Suggested books on the Industrial Revolution (Economic Independence):

Submitted by Prof. Pat Fontaine

1.Elementary School- Hannah’s Fancy Notions-P.Ross/ The Bobbin Girl- Emily McCully

2. Middle School- : So far from Home: Diary of Mary Driscoll (Dear America Series) (lower level)

Middle School: The Quilt Trilogy – A.Rinaldi

Lyddie_ K.Patterson (see Tsongas Center Resource Packet)

Beyond the Western Sea (1+2)- Avi

Life in a New England Mill Town- S. Issacs (lower level)

Cobblestone Magazine on Mill Girls

Old Sturbridge Village Historical Teaching Resources: Childhood in Early 19^th Century America and Making Cloth: From farm to Factory

Websites on Industrial Revolution: go to www.nps.gov/lowe.htm - go to Tsongas Industrial Center and then into curriculum resources

Also- www.cr.nps.gov/nr/twhp go into lesson plans and click onto Location- then proceed to Massachusetts and site on the Boot Mills