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    • High School
      • HS Unit I: Free But Far From Equal: The African American Experience in Massachusetts, 1780–1863
        • Lessons
          • Lesson A: The Struggle for Racial Justice, 1780-1863
            • Activities
              • Activity 1: Starting With What Students Know
              • Activity 2: Exploring the Mass Moments Website for Answers
              • Activity 3: Creating a Timeline
              • Activity 4: Additional Research
            • Other Links & Resources
          • Lesson B: Men and Women, Black and White, Who Made a Difference
            • Activities
              • Activity 1: Interviewing Anti-Slavery Activists
            • Other Links & Resources
          • Lesson C: The Fight for Equal Education, 1800–1855: Two Case Studies of School Desegregation
            • Activities
              • Activity 1: Panel Discussion/Debate: Integration v. Segregation?
              • Activity 2: New Opportunities in Education
          • Lesson D: The Fugitive Slave Act of 1850: A Case Study of Resistance
            • Activities
              • Activity 1: Analyzing the Fugitive Slave Act
              • Activity 2: Comparing and Contrasting Two Points of View in Newspaper Reports
              • Activity 3: Anthony Burns—Slave-Catchers Come to Boston for the Last Time
            • Other Links & Resources
        • Unit Vocabulary List
      • HS Unit II: Women's Struggle for Equal Rights, 1825 - 1930
        • Lessons
          • Lesson A: Advocates for Higher Education
            • Activities
              • Activity 1: The 1840s—How Things Stood for Women
              • Activity 2: Advocates for Female Education
              • Activity 3: Extended Research
            • Other Links & Resources
          • Lesson B: The Activists
            • Activities
              • Activity 1: Nineteenth-Century Women Activists
              • Activity 2: The Difference One Individual Can Make
              • Activity 3: Fifty Years’ Worth of Gains
              • Activity 4: The “Anti’s’” Efforts
            • Other Links & Resources
          • Lesson C: The Trail Blazers
            • Activities
              • Activity 1: Women Making History
              • Activity 2: The Work of a Nobel Peace Prizewinner
              • Activity 3: Creative Extensions
            • Other Links & Resources
        • Unit Vocabulary List
      • HS Unit III: Voices of Labor - Working People Organize, 1925-1930
        • Lessons
          • Lesson A: Creating a Context
            • Activities
              • Activity 1: Early Years in the Lowell Mills
              • Activity 2: The Impact of Invention
              • Activity 3: Why Unions?
            • Other Links & Resources
          • Lesson B: Working Toward Change
            • Activities
              • Activity 1: George McNeill’s Work
              • Activity 2: Extended Research
            • Other Links & Resources
          • Lesson C: The Right to Strike?
            • Activities
              • Activity 1: On Strike
              • Activity 2: Finding Patterns
              • Activity 3: Extended Research
            • Other Links & Resources
        • Unit Vocabulary List
    • Grades 5-8
      • E/MS Unit I: Two Cultures Collide: Early Relations Between English Settlers and Indigenous People in Plymouth and Massachusetts Bay Colonies
        • Lessons
          • Lesson A: Native American Tribes and English Colonists in Early Massachusetts
            • Activities
              • Activity 1: Mapping Native American Tribes and English Settlements
              • Activity 2: Reading Early Settlers’ Accounts
              • Activity 3: Examining a Land Deed
              • Activity 4: Examining Historic Maps for Information
              • Activity 5: Creative Extension - County Maps
          • Lesson B: Indian “Praying Towns”
            • Activities
              • Activity 1: Examining the Puritans’ Goals in Relation to Native Peoples
              • Activity 2: Establishing "Praying Towns" and Educating Indian Youth
          • Lesson C: King Philip’s War
            • Activities
              • Activity 1: Accounts of King Philip’s War
              • Activity 2: The Fate of Indian “Praying Towns”
          • Lesson D: William Apess and the “Mashpee Revolt”
            • Activities
              • Activity 1: The Rev. William Apess Presents a Different Point of View
              • Activity 2: The "Mashpee Revolt"
        • Unit Vocabulary List
      • E/MS Unit II: Building a New Society: Life in Colonial Massachusetts
        • Lessons
          • Lesson A: The First English Settlements in the Massachusetts Bay Colony
            • Activities
              • Activity 1: Creating Big Maps Showing Early Towns
              • Activity 2: Multiplying Towns
          • Lesson B: Religious Intolerance in Seventeenth-Century Massachusetts
            • Activities
              • Activity 1: The Puritans’ Promise to God
              • Activity 2: High Cost of Following Other Religious Beliefs
              • Activity 3: Religious Diversity Today
              • Activity 4: How the Puritans Celebrated Christmas
            • Other Links & Resources
          • Lesson C: A Young Colony Faces Challenges
            • Activities
              • Activity 1: The Need for Labor
              • Activity 2: Threats to the Community
              • Activity 3: The Printed Word
              • Activity 4: Creative Extension
            • Other Links & Resources
        • Unit Vocabulary List
    • Grade 3
      • Using Mass Moments in Third Grade Classrooms
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  • High School
    • HS Unit I: Free But Far From Equal: The African American Experience in Massachusetts, 1780–1863
      • Lessons
        • Lesson A: The Struggle for Racial Justice, 1780-1863
          • Activities
            • Activity 1: Starting With What Students Know
            • Activity 2: Exploring the Mass Moments Website for Answers
            • Activity 3: Creating a Timeline
            • Activity 4: Additional Research
          • Other Links & Resources
        • Lesson B: Men and Women, Black and White, Who Made a Difference
          • Activities
            • Activity 1: Interviewing Anti-Slavery Activists
          • Other Links & Resources
        • Lesson C: The Fight for Equal Education, 1800–1855: Two Case Studies of School Desegregation
          • Activities
            • Activity 1: Panel Discussion/Debate: Integration v. Segregation?
            • Activity 2: New Opportunities in Education
        • Lesson D: The Fugitive Slave Act of 1850: A Case Study of Resistance
          • Activities
            • Activity 1: Analyzing the Fugitive Slave Act
            • Activity 2: Comparing and Contrasting Two Points of View in Newspaper Reports
            • Activity 3: Anthony Burns—Slave-Catchers Come to Boston for the Last Time
          • Other Links & Resources
      • Unit Vocabulary List
    • HS Unit II: Women's Struggle for Equal Rights, 1825 - 1930
      • Lessons
        • Lesson A: Advocates for Higher Education
          • Activities
            • Activity 1: The 1840s—How Things Stood for Women
            • Activity 2: Advocates for Female Education
            • Activity 3: Extended Research
          • Other Links & Resources
        • Lesson B: The Activists
          • Activities
            • Activity 1: Nineteenth-Century Women Activists
            • Activity 2: The Difference One Individual Can Make
            • Activity 3: Fifty Years’ Worth of Gains
            • Activity 4: The “Anti’s’” Efforts
          • Other Links & Resources
        • Lesson C: The Trail Blazers
          • Activities
            • Activity 1: Women Making History
            • Activity 2: The Work of a Nobel Peace Prizewinner
            • Activity 3: Creative Extensions
          • Other Links & Resources
      • Unit Vocabulary List
    • HS Unit III: Voices of Labor - Working People Organize, 1925-1930
      • Lessons
        • Lesson A: Creating a Context
          • Activities
            • Activity 1: Early Years in the Lowell Mills
            • Activity 2: The Impact of Invention
            • Activity 3: Why Unions?
          • Other Links & Resources
        • Lesson B: Working Toward Change
          • Activities
            • Activity 1: George McNeill’s Work
            • Activity 2: Extended Research
          • Other Links & Resources
        • Lesson C: The Right to Strike?
          • Activities
            • Activity 1: On Strike
            • Activity 2: Finding Patterns
            • Activity 3: Extended Research
          • Other Links & Resources
      • Unit Vocabulary List
  • Grades 5-8
    • E/MS Unit I: Two Cultures Collide: Early Relations Between English Settlers and Indigenous People in Plymouth and Massachusetts Bay Colonies
      • Lessons
        • Lesson A: Native American Tribes and English Colonists in Early Massachusetts
          • Activities
            • Activity 1: Mapping Native American Tribes and English Settlements
            • Activity 2: Reading Early Settlers’ Accounts
            • Activity 3: Examining a Land Deed
            • Activity 4: Examining Historic Maps for Information
            • Activity 5: Creative Extension - County Maps
        • Lesson B: Indian “Praying Towns”
          • Activities
            • Activity 1: Examining the Puritans’ Goals in Relation to Native Peoples
            • Activity 2: Establishing "Praying Towns" and Educating Indian Youth
        • Lesson C: King Philip’s War
          • Activities
            • Activity 1: Accounts of King Philip’s War
            • Activity 2: The Fate of Indian “Praying Towns”
        • Lesson D: William Apess and the “Mashpee Revolt”
          • Activities
            • Activity 1: The Rev. William Apess Presents a Different Point of View
            • Activity 2: The "Mashpee Revolt"
      • Unit Vocabulary List
    • E/MS Unit II: Building a New Society: Life in Colonial Massachusetts
      • Lessons
        • Lesson A: The First English Settlements in the Massachusetts Bay Colony
          • Activities
            • Activity 1: Creating Big Maps Showing Early Towns
            • Activity 2: Multiplying Towns
        • Lesson B: Religious Intolerance in Seventeenth-Century Massachusetts
          • Activities
            • Activity 1: The Puritans’ Promise to God
            • Activity 2: High Cost of Following Other Religious Beliefs
            • Activity 3: Religious Diversity Today
            • Activity 4: How the Puritans Celebrated Christmas
          • Other Links & Resources
        • Lesson C: A Young Colony Faces Challenges
          • Activities
            • Activity 1: The Need for Labor
            • Activity 2: Threats to the Community
            • Activity 3: The Printed Word
            • Activity 4: Creative Extension
          • Other Links & Resources
      • Unit Vocabulary List
  • Grade 3
    • Using Mass Moments in Third Grade Classrooms
 
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