Elementary School Lesson Plans

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Child LaborDeb Vanderpoel, Mosier Elementary School, South Hadley, MA
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Cottage ]Industry to Factory IndustryJeffrey Bourque, Alvirne High School, Hudson, NH
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Cottage to Factory IndustryMary Ostermick, Talkeetna Elementary School, Talkeetna, AKword-logo    AdobePDF_2

Middle School Lesson Plans

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Farm or MillLynne Baillargeon, Tyngsboro Middle School, Tyngsboro, MAword-logo    AdobePDF_2
Cottage Industry to Factory IndustryJeffrey Bourque, Alvirne High School, Hudson, NH
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Should I Stay or Should I GoDebra Sands, Birch Wathen Lenox School, NY, NY
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High School Lesson Plans

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Cottage Industry to Factory IndustryJeffrey Bourque, Alvirne High School, Hudson, NH
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Additional Resources:

Use our Workers on the Line Activity Guide (pdf) for more lesson plans.

Learn more about our Workers on the Line field trip program at the Tsongas Industrial History Center.


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

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.

  • UMass Lowell
  • National Park Service