Here are photos of ancient tools. Some are "camp axes," others are spear points. These were all found on the Upper West Branch of the Penobscot River.

1. How were these tools used?         For more photos, visit  http://gallery.mac.com/penobscotriver#100162

2. How old are these tools?

3.  Visit the sites listed below.

4. Create a Keynote Presentation showing what you have learned about the first Mainers. Tell how you think they lived, where and how they traveled, what they ate, what their homes looked like, and how they dressed.

http://www.sad4.com/~ebartley/NativeAmericans/maliseet.html

http://www.native-languages.org/maine.htm

http://www.nativetech.org/brchbark/bigcanoe.htm

http://www.penobscotnation.org/

http://www.penobscotnation.org/museum/pana'wahb'skk'eighistory.htm

http://www.native-languages.org/wabanaki.htm

http://www.passamaquoddy.com/

Dr. Bartley’s site:

Native Languages of Maine

Birch Bark Canoe Design

Passamaquoddy

Two sites about the Penobscot Nation