Join us for an online conversation about social studies and its role in shaping the narrative of history. This program designed specifically for educators will feature PMA staff in conversation with Fiona Hopper, Social Studies Teacher Leader and Wabanaki Studies Coordinator at Portland Public Schools, and Bridgid Neptune, Passamaquoddy Citizen, Nurse Practitioner, and Wabanaki Studies Consultant. We will explore the exhibition Stories of Maine: An Incomplete History; learn about PMA Resources; and discuss how to utilize multiple perspectives in the classroom.

Clockwise from left: Sarah Sockbeson (Penobscot, born 1983), “Blue Fancy Basket,” 2014, ash, sweetgrass, antler, twine, dye, and paint. From the collection of the Abbe Museum, Bar Harbor, Maine, RAM 2014-06-004 A-B. Unknown artist, “Purse Basket with Porcupine Curl,” before 1975 ash. From the collection of the Abbe Museum, Bar Harbor, Maine, RAM AM355. Sarah Sockbeson (Penobscot, born 1983), “Urchin Basket with Landscape,” 2011, ash, sweetgrass, birchbark, twine, and acrylic paint. From the collection of the Abbe Museum, Bar Harbor, Maine, RAM 2012-02-001 A-B. Sarah Sockbeson (Penobscot, born 1983), “Miniature Curly Basket,” 2010, ash, sweetgrass, dye, and antler. From the collection of the Abbe Museum, Bar Harbor, Maine, RAM 2010-08-002 A-B

Evenings for Educators is made possible by the Beatrice Gilmore Endowment Fund for Museum Education at the Portland Museum of Art.