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Essential Question: How did wild blueberries become one of Maine’s most important agricultural commodities?… view full description & alignments
War and the Rise of the Cannery
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Essential Question: How have history, technology, and innovation shaped the foods we eat today?… view full description & alignments
The Colonists
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Essential Question: How did colonists adapt what they learned in Maine?… view full description & alignments
People of the Dawn
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Essential Question: How do different beliefs about land influence the way people care for it?… view full description & alignments
Before the Berries—Maine’s Glacial Past
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Essential Question: How did glaciers help create the perfect home for Maine’s wild blueberries?… view full description & alignments
Aquaculture Activity – Crossword
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The Soil’s Alive
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Brief Description: Discover more about what lives in the soil and what it is composed of.
Milk Matters
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Brief Description: Students will make ice cream or butter so they can observe the process of the liquid changing to a solid.
Fiber Maine-ia 6 – Stitches and Stories
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Activity: Traditional Rug Hooking
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Rug Hooking
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Brief Description: Students will learn how early Maine families used worn out or outgrown clothing to make quilts, rugs and other useful items. Both boys and girls learned to sew. Students will research early samplers and rugs and make a basic rug using early techniques.
Fiber Maine-ia 5 – A Colorful Life
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Activity: Dying Yarn
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Maine Fiber Teaching Kit Free to Maine Teachers
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Brief Description: Students will learn that Native Americans and colonists used natural substances to dye fibers, adding color to clothing, blankets and baskets. Mordants were used to “set” the color. Dyed materials were used to create many colonial weaving patterns. Students will be using natural substances to dye fiber/fabric samples of their own.