Maine Memory Network

Linwood Elliot and Harriet N. Shaw, Orono, 1911

Contributed by: Maine Historical Society Date: 1911 Location: Orono Media: Photographic print

Trustees of the Centre d'Héritage Franco-Américain, ca. 1972

Do you know these people?

Contributed by: Franco-American Collection, University of Southern Maine Libraries Date: circa 1972 Location: Lewiston Media: Photographic print

Twadelle residence, Rockport, 2005

Contributed by: Maine Historical Society Date: 2005 Location: Rockport Client: Catherine Dodge Twadelle Architect: Gartley & Dorsky

Student Exhibit: Bloomfield Academy

In 1842, the new Bloomfield Academy was constructed in Skowhegan. The new brick building replaced the very first Bloomfield Academy, a small wooden building that had been built in 1814 and served as the high school until 1871. After that, it housed elementary school classes until 1980.

Music in Maine - Community Music

"… create music in their communities, and honor heritage. Mémère’s Notebook Click to hear Robert Sylvain's story Mémère's Notebook By Robert…"

Maine's Paper & Heritage Museum

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L'Heritage Vivant Living Heritage

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My Paper Industry career and setting up a museum
by Sherry Judd

I worked in and around the Paper Industry all my life. Now I run Maine's Paper and Heritage Museum.

Elizabeth Mantis Spiliopoulos: passion for life & Greek heritage
by Biddeford Cultural & Heritage Center

A spunky 99-year-old shares her crystal-clear recollections of all the changes in her lifetime

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."