Keywords: science education
Item 26455
Science class, Prescott School, Good Will Home, Fairfield, ca. 1920
Contributed by: L.C. Bates Museum / Good Will-Hinckley Homes Date: circa 1920 Location: Fairfield Media: Photographic print
Item 25830
Domestic Science Class, Saco, ca. 1912
Contributed by: Dyer Library/Saco Museum Date: circa 1912 Location: Saco Media: Photographic print
Item 135763
Charles A. Dana Education Center elevations, Portland, 1983
Contributed by: Maine Historical Society Date: 1983 Location: Portland Client: Maine Medical Center Architect: Shepley Bulfinch Richardson and Abbott
Exhibit
Westbrook Seminary: Educating Women
Westbrook Seminary, built on Stevens Plain in 1831, was founded to educate young men and young women. Seminaries traditionally were a form of advanced secondary education. Westbrook Seminary served an important function in admitting women students, for whom education was less available in the early and mid nineteenth century.
Exhibit
Practical Nursing in Waterville
The Maine School of Practical Nursing opened a facility in Waterville in 1957 and continued teaching practical nursing there until about 1980 when changes in the profession and in the state's educational structure led to its demise.
Site Page
Farmington: Franklin County's Shiretown - Education
"… level of education in languages, music, math and science. Farmington Academy’s existence was one reason the Town of Farmington didn’t support a…"
Site Page
Mercy Hospital - School of Nursing - Page 2 of 3
"Prevention was interwoven with “the science called Bacteriology.” Treatment of various germs and the destruction of tissue required the study of…"
Story
Anne Macdonald - Middle School Science
by MLTI Stories of Impact Project
Anne Macdonald on the impact of the MLTI providing ubiquitous access to real time science data.
Story
Damian Bebell - Education Researcher
by MLTI Stories of Impact Project
Education innovations benefit from thoughtful reflection by everyone involved.
Lesson Plan
Primary Sources: Healthcare History in Maine
Grade Level: 6-8, 9-12
Content Area: Social Studies
This lesson plan will give students the opportunity to read and analyze letters, literature, and other primary documents and articles of material culture from the MHS collections relating to how people in Maine have given and received healthcare throughout history. Students will discuss the giving and receiving of medicines and treatments from the 18th-21st centuries, the evolving role of hospitals since the 19th century, and how the nursing profession has changed since the Civil War. Students will also look at how people and healthcare facilities in Maine have addressed epidemics in the past, such as influenza and tuberculosis, and what we can learn today from studying the history of healthcare and medicine.
