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School Programs
In person or at-school learning resources and activities for educators.
Visit the museum in person or take resources back to your classroom to bring learning to life. Engage students of all ages with exciting ways to learn about our past, better understand our present, and be inspired for the future.
Museum Field Trip Program
School groups of all ages and abilities are welcome. All tours and activities can be tailored to meet instructional requirements.
Basic Tour
- 1-hour guided tour
- $4/per student
- Class Size: Maximum 40 students at a time.
Basic Tour + Additional Activities
- 1-hour guided tour followed by a 1-hour Museum Educator led activity.
- Hands-on activities that encourage students to interact with historical objects, inventions, and stories. These experiences develop critical and creative thinking skills as students increase their knowledge of the community and its people.
- $8/per student
- Class Size: Maximum class size is 30.
In-School Programming
Designed to bring history to life and to engage students in hands on learning, Museum Educator led classroom visits are a great way to bring Maine MILL to your school or organization. Programs can be tailored to meet the needs of all ages and abilities.
Museum Educator In-School Programming
- Maximum class size is 30 students . Multiple classroom visits in one day preferred over large assembly programming.
- $100/hr fee for visit
- Visit must be scheduled a minimum of one month in advance
Child Labor Kit Lending Program
Grades 3-6 can discover and learn about the industrial history, machines, and people involved in child labor with this take-home kit dedicated to what it was like for minors working in manufacturing mills.
What’s included in the trunk:
- Books
- Primary source weaving objects
- Activities
- Games
- Curriculum guides
- And more!
Guidelines are provided for educators that enable them to adapt materials to students’ abilities. Activities can be used with teams or individuals and encompass several academic areas: social studies, literacy, history, art, science, and technology. Each educational activity has a curriculum guide that shows how it applies to specific performance indicators in Maine’s Learning Results.
Pair the kit with the online Child Labor Unit resources including lesson plans, curriculum, and online tools to bring a full unit of learning to your students.
The kit may be reserved for two-week periods, at no cost.
Energy Innovation Kit Lending Program
- Learn the history of how power was generated in Maine’s mills and factories.
- Discover how new forms of energy are captured and deployed.
- Explore electricity, make circuits, and build solar cars.
- Learn about jobs in the field, including electrician, solar installer, and electrical engineer, and hear from people in these jobs today.
Our Energy Innovation Kit offers teachers 2 weeks (6-8 class periods) of lessons and activities and all the necessary materials to successfully complete each. Each lesson and activity is linked to Maine State Learning Standards and Next Gen Science Standards, where applicable, to help teachers achieve their curricular goals for the year.
The Energy Innovation Kit may be reserved for two-week periods, at no cost.