Workers on the Line

Description

Grades 4-12

During the Industrial Revolution, the new factory workplace changed the nature of work and the relative power of workers and owners.

Activities include:

1. Becoming workers on a textile printing assembly line
2. Experiencing a loss of control as equipment is "speeded up"
3. Reacting to wage cuts
4. Investigating child labor, past and present
5. Visiting the Boott Cotton Mills Museum with its operating power looms.
   

Scheduling and Reservations

Workers On The Line is offered September through June.

Guided School Program Fees: $195

Programs may be reserved now for dates during the 2011-2012 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.

Resources

Download the Workers On The Line Activity Guide. (170kb PDF Document 16 pages)
All of our programs have been reviewed to ensure their relevance to state and national standards. View how these this program ties to the Massachusetts Curriculum Frameworks.

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