MSP logo

MSP Banner

 

 Menu

 • Home
 • Resources
 • Features
 • Mass Firsts
 • State Symbols
 • About MSP
 • Contact Us
 • Website Links
 • Students Page
 • Maps


Place 

Place Home

Introduction Topics

Special Readings

Bibliography Curriculum Resources Development Units


PLACE Topics

Gallery of Digital Photos by Prof. Richard Gelpke

Peoples of Massachusetts: Native Americans and First English Settlers:
Eric Johnson, Archaeologist/Preservation Planner, Massachusetts Historical Commission
Outline of Topics Covered
Power Point presentation with Presentation Notes

Peoples of Massachusetts: Immigration to Massachusetts:
Dr. Westy A. Egmont, Director, International Institute of Boston and Dreams of Freedom, Boston's Immigration Museum
Outline of presentation
Images: Percent Born Outside,
English as a Second Language,
Ethnicity and Race1,
Ethnicity and Race2

Physical Geography:
Dr. Richard Gelpke Professor. Earth and Geographic Sciences, University of Mass. Boston.
Outline of Topics Covered
Power Point Presentation
Images: Mass Towns
Mass Topography

The Massachusetts Settlement Landscape: The Development of Towns
Michael Steinitz Director, Survey and Planning, Mass. Historical Commission
Outline of Topics Covered with Presentation Notes
Power Point Presentation

Economic Transitions: From New England Village to the City of Lowell Village Life
Dr. Laurence Gross, Professor Economic and Social Development, University of Mass. Lowell
Outline of presentation
Presentation Notes

From Maritime Trades to Factory: A Tale of Several Cities
Dr. Len Travers, Professor of History, University of Mass. Dartmouth
Outline of presentation
Primary Sources,
New Bedford 1838

Steve Kocur website on Maritime to Factory

Lowell as a Case Study of Reforms in Society in Early Nineteenth-Century Massachusetts
Sheila Kirschbaum, Education Specialist, Tsongas Industrial History Center, Lowell
Outline of presentation

Fugitives, Whaling, and the Antebellum Coasting Trade: The Case of New Bedford
Kathryn Grover, Historian, New Bedford
Outline of presentation

State and Regional Systems: Water, Energy, Transportation and Communication
Dr.Jack Looney, Chair, Earth and Geographic Sciences, University of Mass. Boston
Outline of Topics Covered
Power Point Presentation

 

 

© Massachusetts Studies Project 1997 - 2002