Teacher Resources

The Prescott Girls is a middle-grade historical novel inspired by real nineteenth-century needlework samplers. The materials below provide historical background, artifact guides, and maps that teachers, students, and homeschool families can use when exploring the story.

Explore the Real Location

The Prescott family story is grounded in a real historic site. The Pownalborough Court House in Dresden, Maine, where the girls lived, is preserved today by the Lincoln County Historical Association.

Teachers and students can explore the history of the building, its role as a courthouse, tavern, and post office, and its later life as a family home.

Lincoln County Historical Association
Pownalborough Court House Museum

Resources & Study Guides

Start here. Use these guides together to support reading, discussion, and historical understanding in the classroom.