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