PLACE in Massachusetts History: The Importance of
Place
In 2002, the Mass. Studies Project directed an inter-campus
course entitled PLACE in Massachusetts History
which connected Massachusetts communities to U.S.
and Massachusetts history and geography. The course
tied into the Massachusetts curriculum frameworks
for History/Social Science as well as Language Arts
and Science. Because the background information and
curriculum materials can be used by any educator interested
in making these community connections, they are presented
herein as a Feature. The Units submitted by the teacher/participants
will provide excellent examples of how the materials
can be integrated into the required curriculum standards
in the Commonwealth. If you have developed a unit
on a related topic, or a single lesson or idea, we
welcome your contributions as well.
To learn how you might take advantage of content
from this course, check out the following materials:
Introduction to PLACE;
Outline of topics with
selected Power Point presentations or summaries;
Special readings that
can be downloaded;
Bibliography;
Curriculum resources
listing, including websites;
Professional development
units.