Maine Memory Network

Uncle Zeke's sightseeing tour, Millinocket, ca. 1920

Contributed by: Maine Historical Society Date: circa 1920 Location: Millinocket Media: Photographic print

Helen Kiss at the Old Orchard Beach Gypsy Tour, 1937

Contributed by: Maine Historical Society/MaineToday Media Date: 1937-06-20 Location: Old Orchard Media: Glass Negative

A Tour of Sanford in 1900

This collection of images portrays many buildings in Sanford and Springvale. The images were taken around the turn of the twentieth century.

Student Exhibit: Historic Buildings on Madison Ave in Skowhegan

Take a tour and see some of the beautiful old buildings that used to be on Madison Avenue, Skowhegan? A few still remain, but most have been torn down.

Guilford, Maine - STUDENT CORNER

"PCMS Students BDN Plant Tour X While on their tour of Bangor Daily News, Piscataquis Community Middle School students were very fortunate to…"

Farmington: Franklin County's Shiretown - Madame Nordica concert poster, ca. 1897

"The year is not certain, but Nordica undertook a tour of the United States in 1897. View additional information about this item on the Maine Memory…"

A tour of unique features at St. Andre's Catholic Church
by Biddeford Cultural & Heritage Center

A tour of unique features at St. Andre's Catholic Church

Biddeford City Hall: an in-depth tour of this iconic building
by Biddeford Cultural & Heritage Center Voices of Biddeford project

Visual tour and unique insights of Biddeford’s historical landmark

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."