LC Subject Heading: Portraits
Item 4169
Hannah Lane Usher, Hollis, ca. 1870
Contributed by: Maine Historical Society Date: circa 1870 Location: Hollis Center Media: Photographic print
Item 78754
Waldo Pettengill, Rumford, ca. 1900
Contributed by: Greater Rumford Area Historical Society Date: circa 1900 Location: Rumford Media: Oil on canvas
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.
