Environmental Effects of Industrialization

Elementary School Lesson Plans

Lesson Title	Author of Lesson	Microsoft Word Version /  Adobe PDF Version
Pollution on the Merrimack River	Sheryl Kokkinos, Gates School, Acton, MA

High School Lesson Plans

Lesson Title	Author of Lesson	Microsoft Word Version /  Adobe PDF Version
Technology and the Environment	Kristin Arabasz and Jerry Pei, Arlington High School, Arlington, MA

Additional Resources: 

Use our River as a Classroom Activity Guide (pdf), ourIndustrial Watershed Activity Guide (pdf) or ourRiver of Death Activity Guide (pdf)for more lesson plans. 

Learn more about our River as a Classroom, Industrial Watershed or Bridging the Watershed field trip programs at the Tsongas Industrial History Center or our in-school River of Death program.  

The following classroom activities were created by staff of the Tsongas Industrial History Center:

• Interpreting Historical Images -  A guide for helping students "see" more and consequently learn more from any image they study.
  
  

Partnership

The Tsongas Industrial History Center is an education partnership between the University of Massachusetts Lowell School of Education and the National Park Service at Lowell National Historical Park.