Category: People, Famous Maine People, Longfellow, Henry Wadsworth
Item 11952
Henry Wadsworth Longfellow letter to George S. Hillard, 1837
Contributed by: Maine Historical Society Date: 1837-12-21 Location: Portland; Boston Media: Ink on paper
Item 13228
Stephen Longfellow house, Gorham, ca. 1880
Contributed by: Maine Historical Society Date: circa 1880 Location: Gorham Media: Photographic print
Exhibit
Henry Wadsworth Longfellow's popularity in the 19th century is reflected by the number of images of him -- in a variety of media -- that were produced and reproduced, some to go with published works of his, but many to be sold to the public on cards and postcards.
Exhibit
Longfellow: The Man Who Invented America
Henry Wadsworth Longfellow was a man and a poet of New England conscience. He was influenced by his ancestry and his Portland boyhood home and experience.
Site Page
NPS, Longfellow House-Washington's Headquarters Historic Site
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Lesson Plan
Maine's Acadian Community: "Evangeline," Le Grand Dérangement, and Cultural Survival
Grade Level: 9-12
Content Area: English Language Arts, Social Studies
This lesson plan will introduce students to the history of the forced expulsion of thousands of people from Acadia, the Romantic look back at the tragedy in Henry Wadsworth Longfellow's famous epic poem Evangeline and the heroine's adoption as an Acadian cultural figure, and Maine's Acadian community today, along with their relations with Acadian New Brunswick and Nova Scotia residents and others in the Acadian Diaspora. Students will read and discuss primary documents, compare and contrast Le Grand Dérangement to other forced expulsions in Maine history and discuss the significance of cultural survival amidst hardships brought on by treaties, wars, and legislation.
