Virtual Field Trip

Margaret Chase Smith: The Voice of Maine, the Conscience of the Senate (Video)
A Senator’s Home: Virtual House Tour
Museum Exhibits
List of Educational Programs

Activities

Margaret Paper Doll
Margaret Coaching Basketball (Coloring Sheet)
Margaret’s First Plane Ride (Coloring Sheet)
Margaret’s Favorite Flower (Coloring Sheet) The Telstar Satellite (Coloring Sheet)
MCS Creative Drawing Worksheet
Word Jumble and Match
Word Search
Museum Scavenger Hunt

book chats with kim

MCS: A Woman for President by Lynn Plourde
Margaret Chase Smith by the 4th graders from Wiscasset Central School in 1993-94.
Famous American Women Coloring Book

LESSON PLANS

Elementary school (click to download)

Growing Up in Maine: Margaret’s Childhood (Grades 1-6)
Traveling Through History: Transportation During Margaret’s Lifetime (Grades 1-6)
Searching for Margaret’s Readers-An Escape Room Activity (Grades 4-6)
Learning about Maine-An Escape Room Activity (Grades 4-6)
Margaret Chase Smith Video Lesson Plan by Cherrie MacInnes,
Greely Middle School (Grades 4-6)

middle school (Click to download)

Margaret the Telephone Operator: A Geography Lesson Trivia Challenge: Buildings & Sites Named for Margaret Chase Smith

High school (Click to Download)

Margaret Chase Smith and Her Declaration of Conscience
Margaret Chase Smith’s World Trip
Margaret’s Presidential Campaign: Gender and Politics in the 1964 Election

National history day Lesson plan collections (Click to Download)
Grades 6-12

Herstory: Women in American History
Teaching World War I
Great War, Flawed Peace, and the Lasting Legacy of World War I
Teaching the Civil War in the 21st Century
Building a More Perfect Union
Guide to Student Research and Historical Argumentation

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