Tsongas Industrial History Center
The Tsongas Industrial History Center is a partnership between the University of Massachusetts Lowell Graduate School of Education and Lowell National Historical Park. The mission of the Tsongas Industrial History Center is to inspire connections with and understandings about America's industrial past, present, and future through experiential learning using Lowell's unique resources. Visit our website at http://www.uml.edu/tsongas for more information about our programs.
We offer unique field-trip programs and teacher workshops that incorporate hands-on activities and the authentic resources of Lowell National Historical Park. Our interdisciplinary approach brings history and science to life for students and teachers. We present education programs in classrooms, too!
Field Trip Programs at the Tsongas Industrial History Center
Unbroken Bonds: The Meaning of Slavery and Abolition in a Northern Textile City
1996 River as a Classroom Program
Walden Pond: People and Landscapes
Thoreau at Walden Pond
Home Textile Production 1830s
Carding Mill – Processing Raw Wool for Home Textile Production
Domestic Life on a Rural Farm 1830s
Lowell’s Belvidere Neighborhood: Home to Mill Owners and Prominent Businessmen
Cork Street’s Immigrant Housing
Boardinghouse System and Agent’s House
Lowell’s Acre Neighborhood in the Early 1800s: Irish Immigration
Changing Immigrant Communities in Lowell’s Acre
Education Reform in Lowell
1912 Strike and Labor Reform in Lowell/Lawrence
Immigration and Temperance Reform in Lowell
Tour of Lowell National Historical Park’s “River Transformed” waterpower exhibit
Every Voice Counts: Mill Girls & The Suffrage Movement
Every Voice Counts: The Success (& Failure) of the 15th Amendment and African American Voting Rights
Every Voice Counts: Becoming a Citizen and the Importance of Voting: The Immigrant Experience
Every Voice Counts: Activating Youth Voices
Every Voice Counts: Overview Voting Rights in the United States and Massachusetts
Nature Observations Program: Final Week - Sharing Out!
Spiders and their Amazing Silks
Nature Observations: Looking for Meteorites
Nature Observations Program: Planisphere
Nature Observations Program: Introduction to Week 5 - Night Sky!
Nature Observations Program: Water Cycle in a Jar
Nature Observations Program: Cloud Identification