Maine Memory Network

Hand-pump fire engine model, Portland, ca. 1850

Contributed by: Maine Historical Society Date: circa 1850 Location: Portland Media: Wood, paint

1922 Ford Model T, photographed at Seal Cove Auto Museum, ca. 2005

Contributed by: Seal Cove Auto Museum Date: 1922 Location: Seal Cove Media: Metal and Rubber

House One model house, Portland, 1992-1995

Contributed by: Maine Historical Society Date: 1992–1995 Location: Portland Client: House One: A Maine Corporation Architect: Carol A. Wilson; Carol A. Wilson Architect

Arthur S. Bosworth cottage, Cape Elizabeth, 1928

Contributed by: Maine Historical Society Date: 1911–1951 Location: Cape Elizabeth Client: Arthur Sewall Bosworth Architect: John Calvin Stevens and John Howard Stevens Architects

Sylvan Site: A Model Development

Frederick Wheeler Hinckley, a Portland lawyer and politician, had grand visions of a 200-home development when he began the Sylvan Site in South Portland in 1917. The stock market crash in 1929 put a halt to his plans, but by then he had built 37, no two of which were alike.

We Used to be "Normal": A History of F.S.N.S.

Farmington's Normal School -- a teacher-training facility -- opened in 1863 and, over the decades, offered academic programs that included such unique features as domestic and child-care training, and extra-curricular activities from athletics to music and theater.

Lincoln, Maine - Cars, Model T

"… Steering Riding Down the Roads of Lincoln Model T Buy a Model-T Cruising Down Streets of Lincoln Going Home Again Works Cited Bradstreet, Taylor…"

Presque Isle: The Star City - Links to Presque Isle Pastimes

"… Museum of Science X Maine Solar System Model Saturn X The Francis Malcolm Science Center Francis Malcolm Science Center X…"

Argy Nestor - Arts Educator & Arts Education Consultant
by MLTI stories of Impact Project

Argy Nestor reflected on the professional development model implemented in the original MLTI.

Vincent Vanier - Technology Coordinator in Madawaska, ME
by MLTI Stories of Impact Project

Vincent Vanier describes what worked well in the initial MLTI laptop training model.

Longfellow Studies: The Writer's Hour - "Footprints on the Sands of Time"

Grade Level: 3-5 Content Area: English Language Arts, Social Studies
These lessons will introduce the world-famous American writer and a selection of his work with a compelling historical fiction theme. Students take up the quest: Who was HWL and did his poetry leave footprints on the sands of time? They will "tour" his Cambridge home through young eyes, listen, and discuss poems from a writer’s viewpoint, and create their own poems inspired by Longfellow's works. The interdisciplinary approach utilizes critical thinking skills, living history, technology integration, maps, photos, books, and peer collaboration. The mission is to get students keenly interested in what makes a great writer by using Longfellow as a historic role model. The lessons are designed for students at varying reading levels. Slow learners engage in living history with Alice’s fascinating search through the historic Craigie house, while gifted and talented students may dramatize the virtual tour as a monologue. Constant discovery and exciting presentations keep the magic in lessons. Remember that, "the youthful mind must be interested in order to be instructed." Students will build strong writing skills encouraging them to leave their own "footprints on the sands of time."