• Granite mountains on islands along coast

    Acadia

    National Park Maine

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  • Park Loop Road opening

    May 17, 2013: The entire Park Loop Road and all other paved roads in the park open today. All dirt roads in the park, including the Seal Cove Road, will open on June 3.

  • Trail closures

    April 22, 2013: The Precipice, Orange and Black, Valley Cove, and Jordan Cliffs Trails are closed until further notice because of nesting peregrine falcons. All other trails in the park are open, whether accessible from the park or from state roads.

  • Hulls Cove Visitor Center

    May 17, 2013: The visitor center will open on May 19 and will be open 9-5 every day. All park passes are available there. There is an accessible entrance at the back of the building for those who have trouble climbing stairs.

Passamaquoddy Kit Lesson 4

Tomah Joseph: A Traditional Passamaquoddy Birchbark Artist

If you are accessing the digital version of this lesson, you must complete the following steps in addition to those steps listed in the lesson plan.

Preparation:

1. Due to copyrights on photos of the Tomah Joseph objects in the kit, only the photo of the Handkerchief Box is available for the online version of the kit. To do this lesson, use the Reproducible Tomah Joseph focus worksheet for the Handkerchief Box along with the photo of the Handkerchief Box. To find and use additional high quality images of Tomah Joseph objects like the Handkerchief Box, search Google Images. (Many of the images you find may have copyright issues as well. Please be certain of the use rights.) You will need to create focus worksheets for the images you find. Use questions from the focus worksheets as a model.

2. You may choose to laminate the following:

  • Photo of the Handkerchief Box
  • Any other photos of Tomah Joseph objects you use

Links to photo of the Handkerchief Box and Reproducible Tomah Joseph focus worksheet for the Handkerchief Box can be found on the Passamaquoddy Teaching Kit Index under Lesson 4.

Did You Know?

From atop Cadillac Mountain, the sun is just starting to rise over the Porcupine Islands.

Cadillac Mountain in Acadia National Park is the tallest mountain along the eastern coast of the United States. During certain times of the year, it is the first place in the U.S. to see sunrise.