Category: Government, Politics & Law, Government Buildings, Town halls and meeting houses
Item 7863
Contributed by: Maine Historical Society Date: circa 1900 Location: Atkinson Media: Photoprint
Item 7867
Contributed by: Maine Historical Society Date: circa 1900 Location: Atkinson Media: Photoprint
Story
Biddeford City Hall: an in-depth tour of this iconic building
by Biddeford Cultural & Heritage Center Voices of Biddeford project
Visual tour and unique insights of Biddeford’s historical landmark
Lesson Plan
Building Community/Community Buildings
Grade Level: 6-8
Content Area: Social Studies
Where do people gather? What defines a community? What buildings allow people to congregate to celebrate, learn, debate, vote, and take part in all manner of community activities? Students will evaluate images and primary documents from throughout Maine’s history, and look at some of Maine’s earliest gathering spaces and organizations, and how many communities established themselves around certain types of buildings. Students will make connections between the community buildings of the past and the ways we express identity and create communities today.
