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Maine Primary Sources Gallopade International

The Maine Primary Sources is a pack of 20 primary source documents that are relevant to the history in Maine.

The Maine Primary Sources will help your students build common core skills including:

Analysis
Critical Thinking
Point of View
Compare and Contrast
Order of Events
And Much More!

Perfect for gallery walks and literature circles! Great research and reference materials!

The 20 Maine Primary Sources are:
British map of Maine showing the region of the Piscataqua River circa 1670
Painting entitled Destruction of the American Fleet at Penobscot Bay, 14 August 1779 American Revolution
Photograph of 1860 presidential election campaign button featuring Maine Senator Hannibal Hamlin as Abraham Lincolns vice presidential running mate Lincolns picture is on the other side of the button
Photograph of Joshua Lawrence Chamberlain Maine-born Civil War general who received the Medal of Honor for his command of the 20th Maine Volunteer Infantry Regiment at the Battle of Gettysburg 1863
Political cartoon showing Maine politician James G. Blaine covered in his scandals 1884
Telegram (top) sent to the Portsmouth Navy Yard directing that all flags be flown at half mast due to the explosion of the USS Maine in Havana, Cubas harbor February 1898
Photograph of lobster traps, buoys, and nets near Grindstone Inn, Winter Harbor lobster fishing is important industry in Maine circa 1910
Diary entry of Robert Peary when his expedition reached the geographic North Pole Peary grew up in Portland April 1909
Workers unload potatoes in Caribou potatoes have been grown in Maine since Irish immigrant farmers started