Keywords: aroostook's
Item 10413
Bangor and Aroostook's Oakfield roundhouse, 1922
Contributed by: Oakfield Historical Society Date: 1922 Location: Oakfield Media: Photographic print
Item 20805
Bangor and Aroostook Railroad snow shovel, ca. 1920
Contributed by: Presque Isle Historical Society Date: circa 1920 Location: Presque Isle Media: Metal, wood
Item 109427
Additions and Alterations at Aroostook County Courthouse, Houlton, 1927-1944
Contributed by: Maine Historical Society Date: 1927–1944 Location: Houlton Client: Aroostook County Architect: Harry S. Coombs; Coombs and Harriman
Item 109179
Bangor and Aroostook Railroad Company traffic department alterations, Bangor, 1948-1956
Contributed by: Maine Historical Society Date: 1948–1956 Location: Bangor Client: Bangor and Aroostook Railroad Company Architect: Eaton W. Tarbell
Exhibit
Construction of the Bangor and Aroostook rail lines into northern Aroostook County in the early twentieth century opened the region to tourism and commerce from the south.
Exhibit
Shepard Cary: Lumberman, Legislator, Leader and Legend
Shepard Cary (1805-1866) was one of the leading -- and wealthiest -- residents of early Aroostook County. He was a lumberman, merchant, mill operator, and legislator.
Site Page
Lincoln, Maine - Aroostook War
""The Border Dispute and the "Aroostook War" The Upper St. John River Valley , N. Aroostook Co., Me. and Madawaska Co., NB: A History of the…"
Site Page
Presque Isle: The Star City - Adventures in Aroostook County - Page 3 of 3
"… Adventures in Aroostook County"
Story
Growing up on a potato and dairy farm
by Paula Woodworth
Life growing up and working on a potato and dairy farm was hard work but fun in Aroostook County.
Story
Aroostook Potato Harvest: Perspective of a Six Year Old
by Phyllis A. Blackstone
A child's memory of potato harvest in the 1950s
Lesson Plan
Longfellow Studies: "Evangeline: A Tale of Acadie"--Selected Lines and Illustrations
Grade Level: 6-8, 9-12
Content Area: Social Studies, Visual & Performing Arts
Henry Wadsworth Longfellow, Maine's native son, is the epitome of Victorian Romanticism. Aroostook County is well acquainted with Longfellow's epic poem, Evangeline, because it is the story of the plight of the Acadians, who were deported from Acadie between 1755 and 1760. The descendants of these hard-working people inhabit much of Maine, New Brunswick, and Nova Scotia.
The students enjoy hearing the story and seeing the ink drawings. The illustrations are my interpretations. The collection took approximately two months to complete. The illustrations are presented in a Victorian-style folio, reminiscent of the family gathered in the parlor for a Sunday afternoon reading of Evangeline, which was published in 1847.
Preparation Required/Preliminary Discussion:
Have students read "Evangeline A Tale of Acadie". Give a background of the Acadia Diaspora.
Suggested Follow-up Activities:
Students could illustrate their own poems, as well as other Longfellow poems, such as: "Paul Revere's Ride," "The Village Blacksmith," or "The Children's Hour."
"Tales of the Wayside Inn" is a colonial Canterbury Tales. The guest of the inn each tell stories. Student could write or illustrate their own characters or stories.
Appropriate calligraphy assignments could include short poems and captions for their illustrations. Inks, pastels, watercolors, and colored pencils would be other appropriate illustrative media that could be applicable to other illustrated poems and stories. Each illustration in this exhibit was made in India ink on file folder paper. The dimensions, including the burgundy-colors mat, are 9" x 12". A friend made the calligraphy.
