Curriculum Resources for
Unit Development by Course Topic Including Primary
Sources, Websites, Activities and Lessons
Unit Development:
Template
for Unit (Based on Wiggins)
Lesson
Format
Unit for Place,
Lowell
Readings:
Understanding
by Design Grant Wiggins and Jay McTighe (Association
for Supervision and Curriculum Development, 1998)
Concept design , curriculum design methodology.
Selected readings available.
Understanding
by Design Handbook Grant Wiggins and Jay McTighe,
(ASCD, 1999). Companion to assist educators in designing
units and courses of study. Selected readings.
Mapping
the Big Picture: Integrating Curriculum and Assessment,
by Heidi Hayes Jacobs
Classroom
Instruction that Works, by Robert Marzano. Discussion
regarding Marzano book and student directed tasks,
graphic organizers can be found here.
State Standards, Curriculum Frameworks:
Massachusetts
Department of Education, 350 Main Street, Malden,
MA 02148-5023. Education Reform and History/Social
Science Standards (and other disciplines)
Virtual Education
Space: Teacher toolkit and curriculum library:
Connects to district standards as well as state.
Performance Assessment
The
Case for Authentic Assessment, Grant Wiggins
(ERIC Digest)
Alternative
Assessment Implications for K-12 Social Studies,
by Pat Nickell (ERIC Digest)
Performance
Assessment, US Dept. Education, Science Performance
Assess. Examples
Performance
Assessment, Defining the Three-Story Intellect,
by Jo Anne Wangsatorntanakhun (Thailand)
Assessment
& Rubric Information, Kathy Shrock has organized
links to many websites.
Creating
Rubrics, From Family Education Network.
Concept Mapping, Graphic Organizers
Concept
Mapping
Graphic
Organizer This information relates to Inspiration
Software
Standards-Based Units and Lessons
(samples to be added)
Information on Primary Sources
Cobblestone Publishing Co., Peterborough, NH 03452-7380. Check catalog online for issues of
Theme Packs and Primary Sources that relate to Massachusetts.
Discovery
Enterprises, Ltd., Carlisle Ma 01741. Perspectives on History Series, including primary sources. Paperback
for grades 5-12. Many additional books relate to
Massachusetts.
PBS series on Freedom: the History of US, by Joy Hakim,
10 Volumes in the History Curriculum series, (New York: Oxford University Press), 1993-93. Lively and full of images,
primary sources. Teachers guides, classroom materials
available on website. Ongoing during January-April
2003.
Library of Congress, Washington, D.C., primary source document and photographic
collections, including examples from Mass., can be seen online at
Massachusetts Archives, State Archives Building, 220 Morrissey Boulevard, Boston, MA 02125. Town
Maps, 1794, 1830 series; additional primary
sources at State Archives include Mass. Archives
collection, and public records of state government.
Website has teacher lessons related to primary sources
at
National Archives and Records Administration,
Washington, DC 20408. Many primarysources relate to Massachusetts. The Digital Classroom has sample lessons
and documents at
National Council for the Social Studies, 3501 Newark St., NW, Washington, DC 20016:Official journal, Social Education, issued monthly (see feature Teaching with Historic
Documents). National Guidelines at
New
York State Archives and Records Administration,
Consider the
Source: Historic Records in the Classroom, See
Other Services
Interdisciplinary Connections
Literature source
book (Tsongas Industrial History Center)
Historical Fiction Websites (Patricia
Fontaine suggestions)
Children's Literature
Bibliography in draft form, “Kid Lit” by Cheryl
Ann Schwartz, which contains many Mass. history and geography-related books.
COURSE TOPICS
Native Americans
Concord Museum, Native American Sourcebook It offers text, maps, activities with background material
on New
England native peoples, past to present; see especially the section related
to Land and People that includes a land use role
playing activity. Can be purchased from bookshop,
Concord, MA 01742.
Historic Deerfield Frontier town: artifacts, educational materials.
Massachusetts Archaeological Society, Robbins Museum, Box 700, Middleboro, MA 02346. School visits to museum, programs
and Archaeology Resource Kits.
Massachusetts Center for Native American Awareness;
information on existing Mass. tribes; sponsors educational
events; newsletter listing includes powwows, other
events. Check out its website at
Massachusetts
Commission on Indian Affairs, 1 Congress Street, Boston, MA 02114; represents Mass. tribes in relationship with state and local
government agencies. Native
American links can be found at
Massachusetts Historical Commission,
State Archives Building, 220 Morrissey Boulevard, Boston, MA 02125. Native American site surveys, archaeological
and historic preservation, Big Dig exhibit at the
Commonwealth Museum; Publications to request: Boston’s
Archaeological Past: The Archaeology of the Central
Artery Project. A classroom guide for Grades 5-8.
Related booklet, Highway to the Past: The Archaeology of Boston’s
Big Dig.
Annual Mass. Archaeology Week (annually in October)
materials with information on events, exhibits,
websites.
Memorial Hall Museum (relations with
Indians after contact; especially good on earlycolonial
development of town – see below towns)
Plimoth Plantation, museum exhibits and educational
programs include Wampanoag tribal site; website
contains extensive historical
information on the Wampoags.
Mass. Populations, Immigration
Dreams
of Freedom Museum.
While the museum no longer exists, the exhibits
are now located at the Skywalk Observatory in the
Prudential Center, 800 Boylston Street, 50th Floor,
Boston, MA 02119.
National Council for the Social Studies. See especially
Social Education.
Vol. 62, #7, Nov/Dec 1998 on “Social Studies and
the New Immigration”. Excellent articles, website
listings, thematic approaches, etc.
Tsongas Industrial History Center, located
at the Boott Mill, Lowell National Historical Park is a hands-on history center
for students to learn about the American Industrial
Revolution, also includes immigration information.
Check the website for programs and curriculum materials
available.
Physical Geography, Ecology
National
Geographical Society, Key to the National Geography Standards, Geography
for Life: National Geography Standards, Washington, DC, 1994 Sherer,
Thomas E. Jr., The
Massachusetts Atlas, A Student’s Guide to the Geography
of the Bay State (Old Lyme, Ct, Kilderatlas
Publ. Co.) 1995. Also, A Teacher’s Guide to The Massachusetts Atlas.
ESRI:
GIS and Mapping Software
MassGIS:
Massachusetts Geographic Information System
USGS:
U.S. Geological Survey
EOEA:
Mass. Executive Office of Environmental Affairs
Community Settlement and History
Commonwealth Communities: Cities & Towns
Profiles.
Commonwealth Museum. Office of the Secretary
of State, Archives Building, 220 Morrissey Blvd., Boston, MA 02125. Listing of educational materials available
at A Primer
on Local History, The Massachusetts
Ratification of the US
Constitution. contains
information on primary source locations:
Selections from
Places of Massachusetts:
A Local Studies Sourcebook, can be downloaded
from the Mass. Studies Project website under Texts.
Massachusetts Historical Commission,
State Archives Building, 220 Morrissey Boulevard, Boston, MA 02125. Town/city surveys and planning; preservation
including state properties on national register
of historic places.
Memorial Hall Museum
– the American Centuries Project. See especially
Life in a New England Town and The Evolution
of Deerfield: A Study of the People and the Land
at Three Century Turns
— An Inquiry-based Social Studies Unit for High
School Students.
MSP website on Community Connections
for resource listings and suggested activites.
National Park Service, see Massachusetts historical sites and parks, including Lowell and New Bedford at website. Classroom materials at LearnNPS.
Publication Teaching
with Historic Places by National Trust for Historic
Preservation and National Register of Historic Places,
in cooperation with National Park Service (New York,
1995). For website see below.
National
Register of Historic Places “Teaching
with Historic Places” (TwHP)
uses properties listed in the National Park Service's
National Register of Historic Places to enliven
history, social studies, geography, civics, and
other subjects. TwHP has created a variety of products
and activities that help teachers bring historic
places into the classroom. Check out this site!
From Colony to State: History, Government,
Society
Citizens
Information Service, Office of the Secretary of
State, Ashburton Place, Boston, MA 02108. Publishes Massachusetts Facts This can
be mailed or downloaded from CIS websitse http://www.state.ma.us/sec/cis
or from Mass. Studies Project website texts on http://www.msp.umb.edu
Massachusetts Council for the Social
Studies newsletter, Newsline,
Carlyjane Dunn, ed., Bourne High School, 75 Waterhouse
Rd., Bourne, MA 02532-3899. MCSS
offers four videotapes on Massachusetts History,
"Massachusetts Yesterday,"
created by Edward Kingsbury of Wellesley. • Part One: When the Pace
of Life was Slower, 25 mins. • Part Two: The Early
Decades, 14 mins. • Part Three: 1760-1860, 19 mins.
• Part Four, 1861-1972, 17 mins. Four videotapes
with scripts, resource materials, and lesson plans,
$40 first set postpaid via UPS. Each additional
set $25 ppd. Contact MCSS, c/o Mary Ellen Sorenson,
978-664-4447.
Massachusetts Historical Society: A wealth
of primary sources and other historical resources
on history and government.
Mass.
Studies Project website again: See Mass.
History and Government under Features.
Industrial History (I & II)
Industrial History Primary Sources from
MSP website. Click on Resources Database. When the general listing comes up, click
on search resources and indicate Primary Sources
under format and Industrial History under theme.
Click again and 89 records will appear. You can scroll down to view all to
make your selection or you can use the search function
again and type in the community in the title (This
can be done in the first search as well). The record
will have information on its repository and context,
and you can click on the thumbnail for an enlargement
to download or transfer to your unit. Be sure to
give credit.
Resources on Industrial
Revolution (from Patricia Fontaine)
From
Farm to Factory: Lowell:
Tsongas Industrial History Center, located
at the Boott Mill, Lowell National Historical Park is a hands-on history center
for students to learn about the American Industrial
Revolution. Check the website for programs and curriculum
materials available
Maritime
Fall
River,
New
Bedford
Area
Reforms in Society
Women
Labor
Education
Social Institutions
Slavery, Abolition, Diversity
Massachusetts
Studies Project, See “African
Americans in Massachusetts: Case Studies of
Desegregation in 19th century Boston and Nantucket.” See Bibliography and Curriculum Resources.
state and regional Systems:
Transportation,
Energy
Water
Communication