Maine Memory Network

Kiddush cup, Portland, 2006, ca. 2006

Contributed by: Maine Historical Society Date: circa 2006 Location: Portland Media: Ceramic
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Shaarey Tphiloh synagogue, Portland, ca. 1911

Contributed by: Maine Historical Society/MaineToday Media Date: circa 1911 Location: Portland Media: Glass Negative

Portland Orthodox Synagogue, ca. 1954

Contributed by: Maine Historical Society Date: circa 1954 Location: Portland Client: Congregation Shaarey Tphiloh Architect: Perley F. Gilbert Associates

Portland Hebrew School, 1955

Contributed by: Maine Historical Society Date: 1955–1958 Location: Portland Client: Portland Hebrew School Synagogue Association Architect: Abraham Siegal

Building Community/Community Buildings

Grade Level: 6-8 Content Area: Social Studies
Where do people gather? What defines a community? What buildings allow people to congregate to celebrate, learn, debate, vote, and take part in all manner of community activities? Students will evaluate images and primary documents from throughout Maine’s history, and look at some of Maine’s earliest gathering spaces and organizations, and how many communities established themselves around certain types of buildings. Students will make connections between the community buildings of the past and the ways we express identity and create communities today.