Maine Historical Society creates and hosts lesson plans for K-12 and postsecondary classrooms here on Maine Memory Network. We also accept Maine history lesson plans from teachers of all grade levels statewide. Lesson plans hosted on Maine Memory Network are organized by grade level (K-2, 3-5, 6-8, 9-12 and postsecondary).
If you have any questions about the lesson plans on Maine Memory Network, or are interested in having an educator visit your classroom, please give us a call at (207) 774-1822 or email us at education@mainehistory.org.
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Grade Level: K-2
Grade Level: 3-5
- Becoming Maine: The District of Maine's Coastal Economy
- Becoming Maine: The Votes for Statehood
- An Exploration into Maine's History
- Longfellow Studies: Celebrity's Picture - Using Henry Wadsworth Longfellow's Portraits to Observe Historic Changes
- Longfellow Studies: The Writer's Hour - "Footprints on the Sands of Time"
- Maine's Beneficial Bugs: Insect Sculpture Upcycle/ Recycle S.T.E.A.M Challenge
- Portland History: Construction, Preservation and Restoration of the Portland Observatory
- Portland History: Lemuel Moody and the Portland Observatory
- Portland History: Signalizing and Non-Verbal Communications at the Portland Observatory
- Portland History: The Portland Observatory and Thermometrics
- Primary Sources: Museum Practices for Students
- Primary Sources: Using Source Documents in the Classroom
- Sporting Maine
- Teddy Roosevelt, Millie, and the Elegant Ride Companion Curriculum
- Wabanaki Studies: Out of Ash
- Wabanaki Studies: Stewarding Natural Resources
Grade Level: 6-8
- Black History and the History of Slavery in Maine
- Building Community/Community Buildings
- Chinese in Maine
- The Fur Trade in Maine
- Irish and Ulster Scots in Maine
- Jews in Maine
- LGBTQ+ History in Maine
- Longfellow Studies: "Christmas Bells"
- Longfellow Studies: "Evangeline: A Tale of Acadie"--Selected Lines and Illustrations
- Longfellow Studies: "Haunted Houses"
- Longfellow Studies: "The Jewish Cemetery at Newport"
- Longfellow Studies: "The Poet's Tale - The Birds of Killingworth"
- Longfellow Studies: "The Slave's Dream"
- Longfellow Studies: An American Studies Approach to Henry Wadsworth Longfellow
- Longfellow Studies: Celebrity's Picture - Using Henry Wadsworth Longfellow's Portraits to Observe Historic Changes
- Longfellow Studies: The Acadian Diaspora - Reading "Evangeline" as a Feminist and Metaphoric Text
- Longfellow Studies: The Elms - Stephen Longfellow's Gorham Farm
- Longfellow Studies: The Exile of the People of Longfellow's "Evangeline"
- Longfellow Studies: The Village Blacksmith - The Reality of a Poem
- Longfellow's Ripple Effect: Journaling With the Poet - "Footsteps of Angels"
- Longfellow's Ripple Effect: Journaling With the Poet - "My Lost Youth"
- Longfellow's Ripple Effect: Journaling With the Poet - "Psalm of Life"
- Longfellow's Ripple Effect: Journaling With the Poet - "The Bridge"
- Longfellow's Ripple Effect: Journaling With the Poet - "The Fire of Drift-Wood"
- Longfellow's Ripple Effect: Journaling With the Poet - "The Song of Hiawatha"
- Maine Monochromatic Oceanscape
- Maine's Beneficial Bugs: Insect Sculpture Upcycle/ Recycle S.T.E.A.M Challenge
- Portland History: "My Lost Youth" - Longfellow's Portland, Then and Now
- Portland History: Construction, Preservation and Restoration of the Portland Observatory
- Portland History: Mapping Portland, 1690 - 1900
- Portland History: The Portland Observatory and Thermometrics
- Primary Sources: Daily Life in 1820
- Primary Sources: Healthcare History in Maine
- Primary Sources: Maine Women's Causes and Influence before 1920
- Primary Sources: Using Source Documents in the Classroom
- Teddy Roosevelt, Millie, and the Elegant Ride Companion Curriculum
- Wabanaki Studies: Out of Ash
- What Remains: Learning about Maine Populations through Burial Customs
Grade Level: 9-12
- Black History and the History of Slavery in Maine
- Chinese in Maine
- The Fur Trade in Maine
- Immigration: Challenges and Opportunities in Maine
- Immigration: The Not So Open Door
- Immigration: U.S. Immigrants and the Land of Opportunity
- Irish and Ulster Scots in Maine
- Jews in Maine
- LGBTQ+ History in Maine
- Longfellow Studies: "Christmas Bells"
- Longfellow Studies: "Evangeline: A Tale of Acadie"--Selected Lines and Illustrations
- Longfellow Studies: "Haunted Houses"
- Longfellow Studies: "The Jewish Cemetery at Newport"
- Longfellow Studies: "The Poet's Tale - The Birds of Killingworth"
- Longfellow Studies: "The Slave's Dream"
- Longfellow Studies: An American Studies Approach to Henry Wadsworth Longfellow
- Longfellow Studies: Celebrity's Picture - Using Henry Wadsworth Longfellow's Portraits to Observe Historic Changes
- Longfellow Studies: Henry Wadsworth Longfellow & Harriet Beecher Stowe
- Longfellow Studies: Integration of Longfellow's Poetry into American Studies
- Longfellow Studies: Longfellow Amongst His Contemporaries - The Ship of State DBQ
- Longfellow Studies: Longfellow and Dickens - The Story of a Trans-Atlantic Friendship
- Longfellow Studies: Longfellow and the American Sonnet
- Longfellow Studies: Longfellow Meets German Radical Poet Ferdinand Freiligrath
- Longfellow Studies: Longfellow's "The Village Blacksmith" and "Whitman's Song of Myself" - Alternative Constructions of the American Worker
- Longfellow Studies: The Acadian Diaspora - Reading "Evangeline" as a Feminist and Metaphoric Text
- Longfellow Studies: The American Wilderness? How 19th Century American Artists Viewed the Separation Of Civilization and Nature
- Longfellow Studies: The Birth of An American Hero in "Paul Revere's Ride"
- Longfellow Studies: The Elms - Stephen Longfellow's Gorham Farm
- Longfellow Studies: The Village Blacksmith - The Reality of a Poem
- Longfellow's Ripple Effect: Journaling With the Poet - "Footsteps of Angels"
- Longfellow's Ripple Effect: Journaling With the Poet - "My Lost Youth"
- Longfellow's Ripple Effect: Journaling With the Poet - "Psalm of Life"
- Longfellow's Ripple Effect: Journaling With the Poet - "The Bridge"
- Longfellow's Ripple Effect: Journaling With the Poet - "The Fire of Drift-Wood"
- Longfellow's Ripple Effect: Journaling With the Poet - "The Song of Hiawatha"
- Maine in the News: World War I Newspaper Project
- Maine Statehood
- Maine Statehood and the Missouri Compromise
- Maine's Acadian Community: "Evangeline," Le Grand Dérangement, and Cultural Survival
- Nation to Nation: Treaties and Legislation between the Wabanaki Nations and the State of Maine
- Portland History: "My Lost Youth" - Longfellow's Portland, Then and Now
- Primary Sources: Daily Life in 1820
- Primary Sources: Healthcare History in Maine
- Primary Sources: The Maine Shipyard
- Primary Sources: Using Source Documents in the Classroom
- Wabanaki Studies: Out of Ash
- World War I and Our Community
- World War I and the U.S. Home Front
- World War I Sacrifice and Protest
Grade Level: Postsecondary
- Black History and the History of Slavery in Maine
- Chinese in Maine
- The Fur Trade in Maine
- Irish and Ulster Scots in Maine
- Jews in Maine
- LGBTQ+ History in Maine
- Longfellow's Ripple Effect: Journaling With the Poet - "Footsteps of Angels"
- Longfellow's Ripple Effect: Journaling With the Poet - "My Lost Youth"
- Longfellow's Ripple Effect: Journaling With the Poet - "Psalm of Life"
- Longfellow's Ripple Effect: Journaling With the Poet - "The Bridge"
- Longfellow's Ripple Effect: Journaling With the Poet - "The Fire of Drift-Wood"
- Maine Governors
