Please contact Education Director Louise Miller at education@lincolncountyhistory.org with questions or to book a presentation!
Sharing the Voyage: A Ship Captain’s Wife’s Experiences (A Powerpoint Program)
“Sharing the Voyage” provides glimpses into Dresden woman Sallie (Sarah) Goodwin’s adventures and experiences traveling with her husband who captained a cargo ship. Sallie and her husband journeyed from U.S. ports to Canada, Ireland, and England during the 1850s. Utilizing Sallie’s letters and journals, this presentation offers a window into the life of a nineteenth-century ship captain’s wife.
Time: 60-90 min
Fee: $100CCSS.ELA-LITERACY. SL.4.1.D, 4.2, 4.3, 5.1.D, 5.2, 5.3, 6.1.D, 6.2, 6.3. MLR Social Studies Grades 4 & 5, History 1; Grades 6 – 8, History 1, F1, D1. Enduring Themes: Unity and Diversity. Eras in U.S. History, #5
Daily Life Seen Through Textiles (A PowerPoint Program)
“Daily Life Seen Through Textiles” shows students the importance and necessity of historic textiles and provides insight into the tools used to bring fiber to thread and cloth. Using the textile collection at the Chapman-Hall House, this presentation gives an overview of the textiles used by eighteenth and early nineteenth century families. Students learn about the basic tools used to manufacture textiles.
Time: 60 minutes
Fee: $100CCSS.ELA-LITERACY. SL.4.1.D, 4.2,4.3, 5.1.D, 5.2, 5.3, 6.1.D, 6.2, 6.3. MLR Social Studies– Grade 4&5, History 1; Grades 6-8, History 1, F1. Enduring Themes: Continuity and Change, Technology and Innovation. Eras U.S. History #2, #3.
The Colonial Community and its Trades Peoples
“The Colonial Community and its Trades Peoples” introduces students to the wide variety of trades that provided goods for communities during the colonial era and into the early nineteenth century. Students can explore sixteen different trades. Students engage with market wallets, the eighteenth century equivalent of today’s shopping bag, and each wallet contains a copy of an eighteenth or early nineteenth century tradesman or woman’s business card and an example(s) of their wares. These wares include: a pearl necklace from the jeweler’s shop, nails forged by the blacksmith, books from the printer, a sugar cone from the confectioner, a miniature violin from the musical instrument maker.
Time. 60-90 min
Fee: $125MLR Social Studies Grade 4 & 5, History I & 2; Grade 6-8, History I Fl, D2, History 2 Fl. Eras in US History #2,#3, #4. Enduring Themes: Technology & Innovation, Continuity & Change over Time.
17th Century Fisheries of Mid-Coast Maine
This presentation provides perspective on the importance of cod fishing in mid-coast Maine in the seventeenth century and describes the tools and processes that supported the fishing industry. Students learn about the tools and skills required to not only catch cod and mackerel, the two most important fish species, but also how fishermen handled and preserved the fish so they could be shipped back to Europe for sale.
Time: 60-90 minutes (time frame can be adjusted)
Fee: $125CCSS.ELA.-LITERACY.4.1, 5.1, 6.1; CCSS.ELA-LITERACY. RH.6-8.7 MLR Social Studies– Grade 5, Geography 2; Grades 6-8, Geography 2, F1, D1. Enduring Themes: Supply and Demand, Technology and Innovation. Eras in U.S. History #2.
Navigating the Coastal Waters and High Seas
“Navigating the Coastal Waters and High Seas” familiarizes students with seventeenth and eighteenth century navigational instruments and methods. Students engage with replicas of navigational instruments, learning how seamen relied on astronomy, mathematics and scientific observations to make their way along the coast of Maine and across the ocean.
Time: 60-90 minutes (time frame can be adjusted)
Fee: $125CCSS, EIA, LITERACY. 4.1, 5.1, 6.1; CCSS.EIA-LITERACY.RH.6-8.7. MLR Social Studies– Grades 4 $5, History 1; Grades 6-8, History 1, F1, F2; Enduring Themes: Technology and Innovation. Eras in U.S. History #2, #3.
About the Hearth: Foodways in Colonial Mid-Coast Maine (A PowerPoint Program)
This presentation introduces students to the role of food production in the lives of the average colonial family and the various methods of cooking used during the colonial period. Students learn about common colonial foods, the use of the fireplace/hearth for cooking and baking, and engage with a number of cooking tools and household kitchen items.
Time: 60-90 minutes
Fee: $100CCSS.ELA-LITERACY.SL4.1.D, 4.2, 4.3, 5.1, 5.2, 5.3, 3, 6.1.D, 6.2, 6.3. MLR Social Studies–Grades 4 & 5 History 1; Grades 6-8 History 1, F1. Enduring Themes: Technology and Innovation, Eras in U.S. History #2, #3.
Colonial Home Life
This presentation introduces students to some of the basic activities of daily living in colonial Maine. Students get a look at colonial home life, including cooking utensils, clothing, household chores, and education. Students engage with a number of objects typically found in the colonial household.
Time: 60-90 minutes (time frame can be adjusted)
Fee: $125CCSS.ELA.-LITERACY.4.1, 5.1, 6.1; and RH.6-8.7, MLR Social Studies – Grades 4 & 5, History I; Grades 6-8, History I, FI. Enduring Themes: Continuity and Change over Time. Eras in U.S. History, #2, #3.
Greetings to Family and Friends: Letters to and From Lincoln County, 1808-1857
“Greetings to Family and Friends” gives students a look at the life experiences of Lincoln County families during the first half of the nineteenth century. Students engage with a series of letters, based on original documents and actual events, and learn what it might have been like to live in Lincoln County in the first half of the nineteenth century. Students take turns reading the letters to their classmates, allowing them to be part of the presentation. To complement the letters, students learn historical background information and engage with a number of items (reproductions) from the era.
Time: 60 minutes (time frame can be adjusted)
Fee: $125CCSS.ELA – LITERACY.4.1, 5.1, 6.1; CCSS.ELA – LITERACY. RH.6-8.7. MLR ELA – Reading, R.4, R.5, R.6. Enduring Themes: Continuity and Change. Eras in U.S. History, #4, #5.
