Maine Memory Network

I have used the Maine Memory Network before. While in high school, I took a class which required students to transcribe documents for the Norlands Living History Center. The first part of the year was dedicated to transcribing documents and learning about the Washburns and their contribution to the Civil War. The second part of the year was dedicated to assembling an online exhibit for the Maine Memory Network. That exhibit can be found here. The final part of the class was presenting the exhibit to the community. That event can be found here.

One of my goals as a teacher is to recreate that amazing class. It would require knowledge of the community's past, collaboration with the local historical societies, aid from other outside sources, and students with a genuine interest in the class. Though the site primarily focuses on Maine history, this site could be used to illustrate various time-periods that effected the United States or World as a whole.

My Maine Story: Was a Maine Memory Project I was unfamiliar with. I watched  The Stories My Parents Told by Henry Gartley. I was entertained by the story of Mr. Gartley's family stories. I have always believed that people can provide insightful information and that everyone is incredibly interesting. An example being my great uncle being a WW2 vet from the European Theater. Another being a coworker who was a boat gunner during the Vietnam War. Integrating audio files and interviews allows for insightful first-hand information to live on after the person has passed.