Folklife Resources for Educators
Materials Related to Maine
There are 2 items in this list. The Maine Song and Story Sampler
by Maine Folklife Center http://umaine.edu/folklife/msss-curriculum-connection-series/
Educational website with thirteen lesson plans plus activities for K-12 teachers that focuses on the folklore, social conditions, history, politics, economics, and cultural life of the state of Maine. Includes access to the Maine Song and Dance Sampler Map with links to audio recordings of stories and songs from the Maine Folklife Center's archival collections, searchable by people or place. The curriculum suggestions are correlated to Maine educational standards for Social Studies.
Grade Level: K-2; 3-5; 6-8; 9-12 |
Curriculum: Language Arts; History and Social Studies; Geography; Art and Culture |
Resource Type: Lesson plans; Activities; Audio recordings |
Language: English |
Subjects: Maine--Social life and customs; Folklore; Oral history; Oral tradition; History; Social history; Social justice; Songs; Tales; Occupations--Folklore; Fishing; Labor unions; Labor history; Civics
Geographic locations: Maine |
Sponsoring Organization: Maine Folklife Center 5773 South Stevens, Room 112B Orono ME 04469-5773
(207) 581-1891 http://umaine.edu/folklife/
Other Organizations:
University of Maine Orono ME 04469
207-581-1865 http://www.umaine.edu/
Woodsmen and River Drivers – Teaching Guide
by Paddy Bowman http://www.folkstreams.net/context,273
Teaching guide for grades 10-12 to accompany the film “Woodsmen and River Drivers,” created by filmmakers Michael Chalufour, Karan Sheldon, and David Weiss in 1989. The 28-minute film, available as streaming video on folkstreams.net, features men and women who worked for a lumber company in Maine before 1930 and who share their recollections of the logging industry. Documentary footage illustrates the dangerous and exhausting work of cutting trees by hand, hauling logs to the river with horses, and floating them down to the mill. By encountering firsthand accounts of arduous physical labor and the seasonal round of old-time logging in the film and teaching guide, students gain perspective on work and occupations in their own lives and communities, including how occupational folklife contributes to a sense of place.
Grade Level: 9-12 |
Curriculum: Art and Culture; History and Social Studies; Language Arts |
Resource Type: Lesson plans; Primary sources; Activities; Video recordings |
Language: English |
Subjects: Hazardous occupations; Labor history; Log driving; Ethnographic films; Loggers; Oral history; Occupations--Folklore; Maine--Social life and customs; Educational films; Industrialization; Place-based education; Logging; Lumbermen; Seasons
Geographic locations: Maine |
Sponsoring Organization: Folkstreams
http://www.folkstreams.net/
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