Keywords: Oral history
Item 54439
Bangor and Aroostook Railroad excursions, 1952
Contributed by: Presque Isle Historical Society Date: circa 1952 Location: Presque Isle; Boston Media: MP3
Item 54441
Building changes on the corner of Main and State, Presque Isle, since 1940
Contributed by: Presque Isle Historical Society Date: 1940–2000 Location: Presque Isle Media: MP3
Exhibit
CODE RED: Climate, Justice & Natural History Collections
Explore topics around climate change by reuniting collections from one of the nation's earliest natural history museums, the Portland Society of Natural History. The exhibition focuses on how museums collect, and the role of humans in creating changes in society, climate, and biodiversity.
Exhibit
Holding up the Sky: Wabanaki people, culture, history, and art
Learn about Native diplomacy and obligation by exploring 13,000 years of Wabanaki residence in Maine through 17th century treaties, historic items, and contemporary artworks—from ash baskets to high fashion. Wabanaki voices contextualize present-day relevance and repercussions of 400 years of shared histories between Wabanakis and settlers to their region.
Site Page
Skowhegan Community History - About the Project
"… to document their work, recording oral histories with community members, and have been leaders in a local effort to save their town's Grange Hall…"
Site Page
View collections, facts, and contact information for this Contributing Partner.
Story
Share your COVID-19 story for future generations
by Steve Bromage and Jamie Rice, Maine Historical Society
Learn how you can share your stories on Maine Memory Network
Story
Mincemeat Recipe
by Marian Fowler
A recipe for mincemeat, along with the recipe's history.
Lesson Plan
Longfellow's Ripple Effect: Journaling With the Poet - "The Song of Hiawatha"
Grade Level: 6-8, 9-12
Content Area: English Language Arts, Social Studies
This lesson is part of a series of six lesson plans that will give students the opportunity to become familiar with the works of Longfellow while reflecting upon how his works speak to their own experiences.
Lesson Plan
Wabanaki Studies: Stewarding Natural Resources
Grade Level: 3-5
Content Area: Science & Engineering, Social Studies
This lesson plan will introduce elementary-grade students to the concepts and importance of Traditional Ecological Knowledge (TEK) and Indigenous Knowledge (IK), taught and understood through oral history to generations of Wabanaki people. Students will engage in discussions about how humans can be stewards of the local ecosystem, and how non-Native Maine citizens can listen to, learn from, and amplify the voices of Wabanaki neighbors to assist in the future of a sustainable environment. Students will learn about Wabanaki artists, teachers, and leaders from the past and present to help contextualize the concepts and ideas in this lesson, and learn about how Wabanaki youth are carrying tradition forward into the future.
