LC Subject Heading: Acadians
Item 148630
Héritage Vivant commemorative card, Van Buren, 1973
Contributed by: Acadian Archives Date: 1973 Location: Van Buren Media: Postcard
Item 17298
Acadian woman spinning yarn, ca. 1895
Contributed by: Aroostook County Historical and Art Museum Date: circa 1895 Location: Houlton Media: Painting
Lesson Plan
Maine's Acadian Community: "Evangeline," Le Grand Dérangement, and Cultural Survival
Grade Level: 9-12
Content Area: English Language Arts, Social Studies
This lesson plan will introduce students to the history of the forced expulsion of thousands of people from Acadia, the Romantic look back at the tragedy in Henry Wadsworth Longfellow's famous epic poem Evangeline and the heroine's adoption as an Acadian cultural figure, and Maine's Acadian community today, along with their relations with Acadian New Brunswick and Nova Scotia residents and others in the Acadian Diaspora. Students will read and discuss primary documents, compare and contrast Le Grand Dérangement to other forced expulsions in Maine history and discuss the significance of cultural survival amidst hardships brought on by treaties, wars, and legislation.
