Lesson Number: 7

UMaine Alert

Posted: April 19, 2024 - 1:32 PM

At approximately 9:24 a.m. on Friday, April 19, a University of Maine graduate student was struck by a university vehicle on Long Road at the University of Maine campus in Orono. The student reports that they are at a local hospital with minor injuries.

Emergency services, including the Orono Fire Department, University Volunteer Ambulance Corps, University of Maine Police Department, Orono Police Department and Penobscot County Sheriff’s Office responded to the scene.

The university vehicle involved in the incident was a Chevrolet Express van. It was being operated by a university employee.

Counseling services and support are available for students, faculty or staff who may have been affected. The Counseling Center can be reached at 207-581-1392 and the Dean of Students Office can be reached at 207-581-1406.

The scene has been cleared and Long Road is now accessible. An investigation is being conducted by the University of Maine Police Department with assistance from the Penobscot County Sheriff’s Office Crash Reconstruction Unit. Any witnesses to the incident are encouraged to contact Lt. Noel Santiago at noel.santiago@maine.edu.

Maine Song and Story Sampler

Curriculum Connections Series

Lesson Number: 7

Standards Connection: Social Studies Maine Learning Results – Parameters of Essential Instruction (standard C-1). C. Economics. 1. Economic Knowledge, Concepts, Themes, and Patterns.

Geographic Region: Statewide

Grade Level: 5-12

Instructional Time: Approximately one to one and one-half hours

Introduction: Maine’s economy has historically been based upon resource extraction and use. Furthermore, Maine’s has historically contained only a very small middle class. Most Mainers could reasonably be described as working class while a small population of upper class elites (known variously as Great Proprietors, owners or sports) has provided structure and capital to Maine industry.

Materials: The following materials are required for this lesson:

Digital and sound projection equipment, e.g. a MLTI laptop in one-to-one computing environments OR a teacher-directed LCD/sound projection system in traditional classrooms.
Access to the Maine Song and Story Sampler website.
Access to the Maine Department of Labor website and free-web sources on Maine labor history.
Writing materials.

Pre-Teaching: Students should be familiar with the diversity Maine’s resource-based economy and the geography of Maine. At a minimum, they should understand where Maine’s seafood, agricultural, dairy and lumber industries have traditionally been based.

Activity: Students will review the MS&SS site for examples of documents that relate to specific industries or commercial activities. Students will select a document that represents an industry and develop an annotated timeline of that industry in Maine. For each event on the timeline the students should compose a short (one to three sentences) annotation describing the event. One of the events and annotations must be a relevant MS&SS artifact.

Assessment: Teachers may choose to assess student writing based upon the rubrics or standards of their respective districts. Mastery of PEI C-1 may be assessed through a review of the content of the student’s timeline and annotations.

Download pdf: MSSS C-1