LC Subject Heading: Merchants
Item 104434
Joseph Leland of Saco, ca. 1850
Contributed by: Maine Historical Society Date: circa 1840 Location: Saco Media: Daguerreotype
Item 48262
"Grace Davis," France, ca. 1879
Contributed by: Maine Historical Society Date: circa 1879 Location: Portland Media: Oil, canvas, pine
Item 151719
Maine Maritime Academy additions, Castine, 1927-1948
Contributed by: Maine Historical Society
Date: 1927–1948
Location: Castine
Client: Maine Maritime Academy
Architect: John Howard Stevens and John Calvin Stevens II Architects
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Lesson Plan
Primary Sources: The Maine Shipyard
Grade Level: 9-12
Content Area: Social Studies
This lesson plan will give students a close-up look at historical operations behind Maine's famed shipbuilding and shipping industries. Students will examine primary sources including letters, bills of lading, images, and objects, and draw informed hypotheses about the evolution of the seafaring industry and its impact on Maine’s communities over time.
Lesson Plan
Becoming Maine: The District of Maine's Coastal Economy
Grade Level: 3-5
Content Area: Social Studies
This lesson plan will introduce students to the maritime economy of Maine prior to statehood and to the Coasting Law that impacted the separation debate. Students will examine primary documents, take part in an activity that will put the Coasting Law in the context of late 18th century – early 19th century New England, and learn about how the Embargo Act of 1807 affected Maine in the decades leading to statehood.
