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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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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
Wild Blueberry Silly Sentences – Fact or Fiction
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Lesson Description: This activity pairs with the book Wild Blueberries for ME and helps students understand sentence construction and statements that are fact or fiction. In this activity students will construct silly wild blueberry themed sentences, choose a favorite, and illustrate it. They will write their blueberry silly sentence (fiction) and a blueberry fact (non-fiction) from the book Wild Blueberries for ME. … view full description & alignments
Till We or Won’t We?
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Lesson Description: Students construct and perform experiments simulating rain on a field, investigating how soil preparation, tillage techniques, and mulches affect soil erosion and water runoff.… view full description & alignments
Fiber Maine-ia 8 – Maine Fiber Today
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Activity: Discovering Maine’s Fiber Producers, Processors, and Artists
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Brief Description: Students will research the revival of Maine’s Fiber industry with the establishment of small farms and mills. Using a map of Maine students will use computers to visit specific web-sites to learn about modern Maine fiber production.
Fiber Maine-ia 7 – Mills and Money
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Activity: Getting to Know a Maine Mill Girl
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Lowell Mill Girls
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Brief Description: Mills gradually took over the spinning and weaving jobs done at home. Because of the number of rivers in Maine, water power was plentiful so many mills and mill towns were established. Mills carded, spun yarn and wove fabric. Maine was even involved in the production of silk thread in the mid to late 19th century. Often very young people worked in the mills and the jobs were dangerous. Students will discover what working … view full description & alignments
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.