The Tsongas Industrial History Center provides unique educational programs and professional development at the Lowell National Historical Park for elementary, secondary and post-secondary students and teachers.
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A hands-on learning center
Watch the video to see how students “do” history and science at TIHC.
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Field Trips
Students participate in hands-on learning activities and visit sites where history was made.
Field Trips
Professional Development
The TIHC offers a variety of engaging professional development opportunities that meet the needs of history, science, and English language arts teachers.
Professional Development
Summer Camps
Explore history, science, and nature at TIHC’s summer camps.
Summer Camps
News
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Every year, more than 200 first-year students receive merit-based, $4,000 Co-op Scholarships in their acceptance packages. The scholarships pay them to do research with a faculty member, intern at a community agency or study abroad.
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Three education master's students helped 12 Lowell High School seniors graduate by teaching a three-week English course.
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The Southeast Asian American Studies Conference at UMass Lowell drew scholars and policymakers, artists and activists from around the country for three days of shared learning and performance.
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A dozen incoming first-year students have been awarded scholarships by the Nisei Student Relocation Commemorative Fund. The fund honors efforts to get nearly 5,000 second-generation Japanese-American (Nisei) students out of World War II relocation camps and into colleges.