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Welcome to the MOOSE platform! MOOSE stands for Maine Online Opportunities for Sustained Education.
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Featured Learning Modules
What Do You Know about the Wabanaki Nati...
Have you ever wondered what language was first spoken in your community? It wasn’t English!
The first people to live in the land we now call Maine are called the Wabanaki. Wabanaki means ‘people of the dawn.’
There are now five Wabanaki languages spoken in Maine. You will learn about these languages in this module.
The drawing on the right is called a 'double curve'. It is a symbol used by the Wabanaki Confederacy to show union between the Wabanaki Nations.
The Wabanaki and the Environment: Learni...
Eager to learn how you can make big changes in your community? Interested in nature and the environment all around you? Love to tell stories, write, or create art?
Come explore this module! We will dive into the crafts of storytelling, writing, and art through the work of some incredible people from our Wabanaki Nations. We will learn from the Wabanaki about how important it is to respect our environment and about some of the most powerful ways to make our voices heard today.
Wabanaki Stewardship: Our Relationship w...
Kkwey! Qey! Welcome! In this module, we will learn what it takes to become a steward of the water in what is now called Maine. We will explore many ways that the Wabanaki work to conserve and preserve our water today. Through this journey, we will become familiar with individual Wabanaki citizens and the connections that each of them have to the waters of their homelands.
Wabanaki Homelands: Culture & Identity
"Geography dictates how we live. It is basically who we are, our way of life. The river allows us to eat. The land sustains us."
—John Neptune, citizen of Panawahpskek (Penobscot) Nation
Above, John Neptune expresses the deep and personal connection between where he lives and who he is. Have you ever wondered how places around this land now called Maine get their names? Or, have you ever wondered how where you live shapes who you are?
More About MOOSE
Welcome to the MOOSE platform! MOOSE is an acronym that stands for Maine Online Opportunities for Sustained Education. This website contains a learning library of assorted project-based learning experiences. Modules are self-paced and offer variety and choice in activities and topics.
Benefits of joining MOOSE!
- Save your progress in modules you begin to resume later.
- Keep track of completed modules.
- Earn badges and work through your learning journey as you tackle new lessons.