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The Shot Heard 'Round Maine
Thu, Jul 18
|Clifford Arts & Student Center
Following a premiere showing in Machias in June, The Shot Heard 'Round Maine is a locally-produced film by RSU3 students in the Game Loft's I Know ME program. The film captures the eastern frontier of Maine in April 1775 on the brink of the Revolutionary War. 5:30 reception, 6:30 theater opens.
Time & Location
Jul 18, 2024, 5:30 PM – 8:00 PM
Clifford Arts & Student Center, 42 Depot St, Unity, ME 04988, USA
About
The Shot Heard 'Round Maine is the first in a series of historical films produced by 14 students and adults in a program called "Coming of Age in America" designed to help students compare and contrast 1775 to 1856 and to 2024. Check out the TRAILER. Join us for a reception at 5:30; theater opens at 6:30.
Coming of Age in America is a project-based learning initiative supported by RSU#3, Thorndike, Maine and funded through an innovative instruction grant by the Maine Department of Education. Some of the key concepts built-in to Coming of Age are: a small intentional learning community, an engaging project, like making a film, strong adult-youth mentoring relationships, inter-generational mutuality, connection with community and an emphasis on hands-on, experiential learning, in our case, historic food and clothing ways.
The I Know ME program is part of the Aspirations Incubator from the Rural Futures Fund. Programs in the Aspirations…