Keywords: Writers
Item 30230
Sally Sayward Barrell Keating Wood, Kennebunk, ca. 1840
Contributed by: Abplanalp Library, UNE Date: circa 1840 Location: Kennebunk Media: Daguerreotype
Item 7503
Expandable wooden toy, ca. 1900
Contributed by: Norridgewock Historical Society Date: circa 1900 Location: Norridgewock Media: Wood
Item 151403
Cocks residence, Mount Desert, 2000-2002
Contributed by: Maine Historical Society Date: 2000–2002 Location: Mount Desert Clients: Verna Cocks; Jay Cocks Architect: Carol A. Wilson; Carol A. Wilson Architect
Exhibit
Student Exhibit: Rebecca Sophie Clarke
Sophie May, whose real name was Rebecca Clarke, was the author of over 40 books between 1861 and 1903. She wrote the "Little Prudy Series" based on the little town of Norridgewock.
Exhibit
Capturing Arts and Artists in the 1930s
Emmie Bailey Whitney of the Lewiston Journal Saturday Magazine and her husband, noted amateur photographer G. Herbert Whitney, captured in words and photographs the richness of Maine's arts scene during the Great Depression.
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Site Page
Historic Hallowell - The Stevens Training Center Serenaders
"… How Great Thou Art 6:21 Click here for copy of the lyrics and information about the writers and composers of the songs appearing on the album."
Story
In an Old, Abandoned Island House, I Found my Mentor and my Muse
by Robin Clifford Wood
An aspiring writer finds inspiration and a mentor from the past in an old island home.
Story
Dr. Norman Beaupré: Preserving his Franco-American culture
by Biddeford Cultural & Heritage Center
Journey growing up as a Franco-American in Biddeford to his career as a professor and author.
Lesson Plan
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 writers 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 Alices 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."
Lesson Plan
Longfellow Studies: Henry Wadsworth Longfellow & Harriet Beecher Stowe
Grade Level: 9-12
Content Area: Social Studies
As a graduate of Bowdoin College and a longtime resident of Brunswick, I have a distinct interest in Longfellow. Yet the history of Brunswick includes other famous writers as well, including Harriet Beecher Stowe. Although they did not reside in Brunswick contemporaneously, and Longfellow was already world-renowned before Stowe began her literary career, did these two notables have any interaction? More particularly, did Longfellow have any opinion of Stowe's work? If so, what was it?
