School Programs
At the Center
Change in
the Making
Invention Factories
Yankees and Immigrants
Bale
to Bolt
Workers on the Line
Power
to Production
Riverworks
Industrial Watershed
River
as a Classroom
Self-guided Tours At
Your School
Farm to Factory
Voices of Change
New! River of Death
New! The Underground River
Extras
Lock
and Canal Boat Tour
Hands-On Workshops
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| Change
in the Making | | Grades
3 & 4 | | |
Description Designed Especially for grades 3 and 4,
this new program addresses national and state learning standards in History/Social
Science, English/Language Arts, and Science. Enormous changes took place
in the way people lived and worked in nineteenth-century New England. Many people
left their farm villages and moved to the new factory towns where large-scale
industrialization was taking place. Activities Include
- Participation in a floor mapping activity with artifacts showing land use
of Native Americans, early settlers, and industrialists
- Trying on costumes
of 19th-century American farm and factory workers
- Investigate changes
in methods of production by hand-picking seeds from cotton then operating a cotton
gin
- Weaving cloth on small looms
- Visit the Boott Cotton Mills
Museum weave room and boardinghouse
Scheduling and Reservations
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 Change in the Making Activity Guide. (180kb PDF Document 16 pages) |
