The Peary-MacMillan Arctic Museum, Bowdoin College
The Peary-MacMillan Arctic Museum, Bowdoin College
A one-week seminar for high school students who enjoy history
Dates: June 28 - July 2, 2010
Time: 9:00 a.m. - 3:00 p.m.
Place: Margaret Chase Smith Library, Skowhegan
Time: 9:00 a.m. - 3:00 p.m.
Place: Margaret Chase Smith Library, Skowhegan
If you think the political atmosphere is tough right now, you should have been around in the 1950s. Talk about scare tactics and one side demonizing the other! Senator Joseph McCarthy charged full steam ahead interrogating suspected Communists and the atmosphere was rife with suspicion. Imagine having the courage to speak your mind in the midst of such recrimination. Senator Margaret Chase Smith did just that in 1950. Her “Declaration of Conscience” speech represents the power of an individual holding firm to her own moral compass and creating change as a result.
Want to know more about this outspoken senator from Maine? Come to History Camp 2010!
- Learn about Margaret Chase Smith's life and groundbreaking career.
- Study the impact of the Cold War and McCarthyism on U.S. history.
- Consider the role of different media both in shaping and sharing history.
- Work with primary sources—letters, speeches, posters, cartoons, objects—the actual “stuff” of history.
- Get a behind-the-scenes look at how a library and museum work.
- Understand the career options open to history majors. They are not all teachers and professors!
History Camp Staff
- David Richards, Assistant Director, Margaret Chase Smith Library
- Shane Gower, Social Studies teacher, Maranacook Community High School
