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Curriculum units have been developed by Maine classrooom teachers during annual MFS Teacher Workshops. All units are carefully correlated with educational standards in Maine. Unit files are saved in Adobe Acrobat Reader to allow access by any operating system. Download FREE Acrobat Reader by clicking here.

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What is a Dream Deferred?

Identify the dreams of the Native Americans, French, and English and how they conflicted.

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How Do You Build a Colony?

Explore the roles of Fort St. George colonizers and the problems they faced on arrival.

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How Can You Tell Them Apart?

Identify and discuss the similarities and differences in the characteristics of individuals who made contributions to Maine's History.

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What is Needed to Establish a Colony?

Examine the wide array of factors that needed consideration when colonizing.

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What Will it Cost?

Exploration and discovery involve great risk and expense - in 1607 and today!

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To Be or Not To Be?

Compare Jamestown and Popham colonies to determine why one survived.

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What Do You Need?

Explore the concept of trade and how the scarcity of items affected trade for the Popham Colony.

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Who Will Go?

A study of colonial settlement and the skills needed to ensure survival.

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Who were the Early Inhabitants of Maine?

Use a scrapbook to learn about Native Americans and early exploration and colonization in Maine.

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Why the Kennebec?

Learn about the importance of the Kennebec River for Native Americans.

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Artifacts: Maine's History Uncovered - in 1607 and in the future.

Use time capsules to show what technology, inventions, and tools were important to two differente time periods of Maine history.

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