These links go to web sites with multi-media resources for teaching Maine history.

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Maine Public Broadcasting Network
http://www.mpbn.net/index.html

HOME – The story of Maine
An outstanding web site for studying Maine history. Lots of resources
http://www.mpbn.net/homestom/index.html

How to get copies of HOME for free
http://www.mpbn.net/homestom/classroom1.html

The Maine History Timeline
From the departure of the last glacier to the onset of the 1998 Ice Storm, important events in Maine and the world at large.
http://www.mpbn.net/homestom/timelines/timeline1.html

Timeline of Maine Arts and Culture
Why did Giovanni da Verrazzano call Maine "the land of the bad people"? Trust me, he had a very good reason. Where is the Center for the Wyeth Family? Find out here.
http://www.mpbn.net/homestom/timelines/artstimeline.html

Timeline of Native American Culture
Fluted points, Red Paint People, The People of the Dawn, the great dying, and the Wabanaki Confederacy. Find them here.  
http://www.mpbn.net/homestom/timelines/natamtimeline.html

The Maine Experience
Short video clips on famous and obscure topics in Maine history.
http://www.mpbn.net/maineexperience/segments.html

The Video Ticker
A random assortment of very brief video clips on many aspects of Maine past and present.
http://windowsonmaine.library.umaine.edu/ticker.aspx

Maine Memory Network
An on-line digital museum with over 10,000 rare photographs, documents and artifacts. Explore exhibits; access resources for teaching Maine history; and learn about how you can participate and help preserve Maine history. 
http://www.mainememory.net/

The Maine State Museum Virtual Tour
http://www.state.me.us/museum/exhibits/index.html

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