LC Subject Heading: Industry
Item 31537
Cabinet Clyclopaedia, London, 1831
Courtesy of Jacqueline Field, an individual partner Date: 1831 Media: Ink on paper
Item 6647
The home of Golden Rule Shoes, Freeport, ca. 1900
Contributed by: Maine Historical Society Date: circa 1900 Location: Freeport Media: Chromolithograph
Item 54340
Assessor's Record, 235-311 Forest Avenue, Portland, 1924
Owner in 1924: Winslow & Company Use: Clay Kilns
Item 109109
Penobscot Shoe Company building, Old Town, 1952-1954
Contributed by: Maine Historical Society Date: 1952–1954 Location: Old Town Client: Penobscot Shoe Company Architect: Eaton W. Tarbell
Item 109104
Mr. & Mrs. Louis Brechemin swimming pool, Belfast, 1952
Contributed by: Maine Historical Society Date: 1952 Location: Belfast Client: Louis Brechemin Architect: Eaton W. Tarbell
Lesson Plan
Primary Sources: The Maine Shipyard
Grade Level: 9-12
Content Area: Social Studies
This lesson plan will give students a close-up look at historical operations behind Maine's famed shipbuilding and shipping industries. Students will examine primary sources including letters, bills of lading, images, and objects, and draw informed hypotheses about the evolution of the seafaring industry and its impact on Maine’s communities over time.
Lesson Plan
Becoming Maine: The District of Maine's Coastal Economy
Grade Level: 3-5
Content Area: Social Studies
This lesson plan will introduce students to the maritime economy of Maine prior to statehood and to the Coasting Law that impacted the separation debate. Students will examine primary documents, take part in an activity that will put the Coasting Law in the context of late 18th century – early 19th century New England, and learn about how the Embargo Act of 1807 affected Maine in the decades leading to statehood.
