Over 560 Teacher resources are now available for Seashore Trolley Museum’s Teddy Roosevelt, Millie, and the Elegant Ride, a book for grades 3-8!
Middle Grade Social Studies Units
Woven into the Teddy Roosevelt, Millie, and the Elegant Ride story are topics that 
provide opportunities to help Maine students discover and expand their use and understanding of history, social studies, language arts, and science. Following the guidance of the Maine Department of Education, these plans target the 2019 Maine Learning Results for Social Studies and Common Core State Standards: English Language Arts Standards > History/Social Studies > Grades 6-8.
Maine Historical Society has created companion lesson plans inspired by Teddy Roosevelt, Millie, and the Elegant Ride – These State-standard-based lesson plans for classroom use in grades 6, 7, and 8. These are now available as open-access resources online through Seashore Trolley Museum’s website and soon will also be available online at Maine Memory Network with other statewide lesson plans K-12.
Titles of Classroom Lesson Plan Units – Grades 6, 7, & 8
“Clang, Clang, Clang, Went the Trolley…”
Then and Now: Life in Maine
Maine Agriculture
The Narcissus and the PLI (Portland-Lewiston Interurban)
Teddy Roosevelt in Maine
President Theodore Roosevelt
World War l Letters
United States Home Front and Propaganda during World War l
Unit Development
Vocabulary activities (Grades 3-8) are based on Tier Two vocabulary words extrapolated from Teddy Roosevelt, Millie, and the Elegant Ride text using the Maine Department of Education online Academic Word Finder. Additional grade-level vocabulary words are identified and marked using the Wordsmyth Vocabulary Inventory (WVI) grade-level band identifier. These are now available as open-access resources online through Seashore Trolley Museum’s website.
Vocabulary and Reading activities include grade-specific Tier Two words from Teddy Roosevelt, Millie, and the Elegant Ride; including words to define, crossword puzzles, word search, chapter discussion questions, figurative language activities, etc. Appendix of vocab words in their sentences, in alphabetical order, with chapter, page, Tier Two/WVI band identifier noted. These are now available as open-access resources online through Seashore Trolley Museum’s website.