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Longfellow & the Forging Of American Identity

Offered by:
  • Maine Historical Society
Platform:
Website Resources
Registration:
None required
  • PreK-Grade 4
  • Grades 5-8
  • High School
Henry Wadsworth Longfellow Link to Longfellow Webpage Maine Historical Society Website Lesson Plans

The curricular resources you will find on this page were developed by thirty teachers from Maine and Massachusetts who participated in an intensive two-year (2003-2004) study of Henry Wadsworth Longfellow's life and poetry that was organized by the Maine Humanities Council. The program was designed to explore ways of bringing Longfellow's work back into the curriculum in a dynamic and meaningful way—in English, Social Studies, American Studies, Art, Music, and other subjects.