MSP Website WWW  Menu  • Resources  • Features  • About MSP  • Contact Us  • Website Links  • Students' Page  • Maps  • Mass Firsts  • State Symbols  What's New Summer 2006 Workshop for Educators (click below for more info) Mass. Communities in American History: Colonial / Revolutionary Eras Aug 14 - 18, Newbury, MA Art, Architecture and the Public Square: the Boston Public Library July 10 - 14, Boston, MA Mass. Memories Road Show Visits Dorchester Slide Show on Places in Massachusetts Community Connections feature Meet Some Great Teachers What people are saying about MSP Massachusetts resources to enhance teaching and learning. NEA Summer Institute: Boston Public Library: Art, Architecture and the Public Square Institute Home What is an Anchor Work? Readings Logistics   READINGS: The reading materials included in your welcome packet will provide an historical grounding for the history of the library, as well as perspectives for developing your curriculum units. Please read the two excerpts included in the welcome packet before attending the institute, and be prepared to discuss these materials on the first day of the session. The excerpts were drawn from: Bibles, Brahmins, and Bosses: A Short History of Boston, by Thomas O’Connor Her Past Around Us by Polly Welts Kaufman and Katherine T. Corbett You will receive additional materials when you arrive at the institute. The Mass. Studies Project workbook Tools for Teaching Local History will be distributed at the Institute. The workbook is also available here online (www.msp.umb.edu/LocHistoryTemplates/)

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