LC Subject Heading: Clothing & dress
Item 48463
Woman with ruffled bonnet, ca. 1845
Contributed by: Maine Historical Society Date: circa 1845 Media: Daguerreotype
Item 80673
Carl Shilling's suspenders, Byron, ca. 1970
Contributed by: Byron Historical Society Date: circa 1970 Location: Byron Media: Cotton, metal, elastic
Lesson Plan
Primary Sources: Daily Life in 1820
Grade Level: 6-8, 9-12
Content Area: Social Studies
This lesson plan will give students the opportunity to explore and analyze primary source documents from the years before, during, and immediately after Maine became the 23rd state in the Union. Through close looking at documents, objects, and art from Maine during and around 1820, students will ask questions and draw informed conclusions about life at the time of statehood.
