| Workers
On The Line | | Grades 4
- HS | | |
Description During the industrial revolution workers
began to mass produce goods in factories. The new factory workplace fundamentally
changed the nature of work, and the relative power of workers and owners. In this
program, students become workers on textile printing assembly lines. Activities
Include - Take on the role of production workers
- Experience
a loss of control of their lives as equipment is "speeded up"
- Decide
how to react when wages are cut
- Are challenged to find better solutions
to improve the workplace
- Visit the Boott Cotton Mills Museum and the
multi-media slide presentation "Wheels of Change."
Scheduling
and Reservations Workers On The Line is offered September through June.
2008 - 2009 Guided School Program Fees: $195
Programs may be reserved as of May 1, 2008 for dates during the 2008-2009 school
year by calling Lowell National Historical Park at 978-970-5000. Please
see our curriculum pages
for information about our curriculum packets with pre- and post-visit activities.
Tsongas Center has been approved for PASS Program funding support. Contact your
local cultural council for information on the PASS program. Resources Download
the Workers On The Line Activity Guide. (170kb PDF Document 16 pages) | 
