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Historical Items

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Item 22629

William A. Moody, Brunswick, 1885

Contributed by: Pejepscot History Center Date: circa 1885 Location: Brunswick Media: Photographic print

Item 33918

Mariner's Compass, 1791

Contributed by: Jonathan Fisher Memorial, Inc. Date: circa 1791 Location: Blue Hill Media: Pen and Ink and Watercolor on paper

Item 35416

John Bapst High School Academic Pin for Mathematics, Bangor, 1929

Contributed by: John Bapst Memorial High School Date: 1929 Location: Bangor; Orrington Media: Metal

Online Exhibits

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Music in Maine - Music Education

"… especially in language, reading skills, and mathematical learning. Family and school bands and encouraged children to learn how to play a musical…"

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Away at School: Letters Home

Young men and women in the 19th century often went away from home -- sometimes for a few months, sometimes for longer periods -- to attend academies, seminaries, or schools run by individuals. While there, they wrote letters home, reporting on boarding arrangements and coursework undertaken, and inquired about the family at home.

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Graduation Season

Graduations -- and schools -- in the 19th through the first decade of the 20th century often were small affairs and sometimes featured student presentations that demonstrated what they had learned. They were not necessarily held in May or June, what later became the standard "end of the school year."

Site Pages

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Historic Hallowell - Seaport on the Kennebec

"… School at the Academy to teach advanced mathematics to boys who wished to pursue careers at sea. Good navigators produced good profits."

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Farmington: Franklin County's Shiretown - Jacob Abbott

"… and was rewarded with a job as a professor of mathematics and natural philosophy in 1825 or 1826."

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Early Maine Photography - Famous People - Page 3 of 3

"… graduated from Harvard in 1799 and taught mathematics there until he joined the Bowdoin College faculty in 1805."

Lesson Plans

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Portland History: Construction, Preservation and Restoration of the Portland Observatory

Grade Level: 3-5, 6-8 Content Area: Science & Engineering, Social Studies
Included here are activities based in economics, mathematics, physics, social studies, civics and language arts. Students can debate the issues surrounding preservation and urban development as well as the changing value of money.