Curriculum Materials

TEACHERS, PLEASE NOTE!! Our pre/post field curriculum materials- including an overview guide, suggested activities, and bibliography-- are now available online for free. If you would like a hard copy of the activity and overview guides, call 978-970-5080 to order a packet ($5.00 handling fee) or download the printable order form.

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Other Available Teacher Resources

A few items are for sale through the Eastern National Bookstore online.

For a complete listing of Teacher Resources available for purchase, please download our Eastern National Bookstore catalog, price list, and order form.

Each of these guides is a PDF (Portable Document Format) document and can be opened with Adobe Acrobat Reader, which is available for a free download from Adobe.com.

Curriculum Packet -- "Cotton, Cloth, and Conflict: The Meaning of Slavery in a Northern Textile City" Using this collection of primary source materials and related activities, students investigate the relationships between the industrial North and plantation South before the Civil War. Designed for grades 8 - 12. Available at the Boott Museum Store (978-970-5015) for $9.95. Click here for a printable order form.

Cobblestone "Mill Girls" Issue "The Mill Girls: From Farm to Factory" provides students with an entertaining and informative look at the life and work of Lowell's early workforce. "Mill Girls" includes background pieces on early Lowell, several short works of historical fiction, primary sources such as maps, mill girl letters, and images of factory and city life, various activity pages, and an industrial history resource list. (March 2001 issue) Available at the Boott Museum Store (978-970-5015) for $4.95.

The Ten- Hour Movement: Women and the Early Labor Movement The Ten-Hour Movement Curriculum Packet includes: * Historical Background Essay and Timeline * Eight activities for classroom use * Thirteen Student Source documents to support the activities Available at the Boott Museum Store (978-970-5015) for $6.95.

Packet -- Mill Girls

In response to the many requests for basic information about Lowell's famous "mill girls," we have developed "Mill Girls" a packet that includes four historic documents and photographs that tell the story of the young Yankee women who left their farms to operate machines in Lowell's textile mills. Available at the Boott Museum Store (978-970-5015) for $4.95.

With this unique, award-winning poster, students can trace the steps of cloth production in a water-powered mill. Available at the Boott Museum Store (978-970-5015) for $4.95.

Looking for ways to make your industrial history units more interdisciplinary? This sourcebook contains 18 activities to help students explore scientific and economic concepts, create and interpret charts and graphs, and use data to solve problems and reach conclusions. Ideal for middle and high school. Available at the Tsongas Center for $4.95. Click here for ordering information or call (978)970-5080.

This is a free curriculum packet produced in connection with the State House Women's Leadership Project and the installation of HEAR US, a new work of art honoring the contribution of women to public life in Massachusetts. The packet focuses on two of the State House honorees, Lucy Stone and Sarah Parker Remond. Through primary source documents transcribed and edited for use by middle school students, teachers can address many of the learning standards recommended in state and national curriculum frameworks as they engage students in exploring the struggle for equality. Available from the Massachusetts Foundation for the Humanities website. For a free copy, please visit: http://www.mfh.org/specialprojects/shwlp/site/curriculum/index.html

• Tsongas Center School Program Curriculum Packets, and
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