Immigration: Perspectives for ME

Immigration: Perspectives for ME
History Camp, '09, Maine Humanities Council

* Immigration: Perspectives for ME
* July 27 - 31 at Museum L-A, Lewiston
* in collaboration with Museum L-A, Lewiston
More info:
http://mainehumanities.org/programs/history-camp/immigration.html

A one-week seminar for high school students who enjoy history

Dates: July 27 - 31, 2009
Time: 9:00 - 2:30
Place: Museum L-A, Lewiston

Have you ever wondered...

* Why are you here? (We're not speaking existentially, just asking how you or your ancestors came to Maine)
* What has drawn immigrants to Maine?
* Should immigrants try to maintain their culture or assimilate to American culture?

Then come to History Camp and...

* Find out what historians see as the Maine story of immigration
* Explore the 19th century mill at Museum LA
* Visit “Petit Canada,“ once a cultural enclave
* Hear from former mill workers about their lives as immigrants

History Camp Staff

* Gisele Cyr, Director
Humanities, Lewiston Public Schools
* Nancy Ponzetti, Assistant to the Director
Social Studies Department Chair
Catherine McAuley High School

Presenters

* Annette Vance Dorey, Museum Educator, Museum L-A
* Michel Courchesne, 2004 MEA Teacher of the Year. French Teacher, Franco-American Cultural Preservationist
* John Henderson, Irish Historian and Irish Cultural Preservationist
* Rhea Cote Robbins, Editor, Writer and Franco-American Preservationist
* Elizabeth Eames, Professor, Anthropology, Bates College

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