Transcript PowerPoint Presentation - Curriculum Model for Community
Curriculum Model for Community Profiles in Massachusetts:
A Student Website Project
Components of the Curriculum Model
• Basic questions to answer in Profile • Research into events—historical to present • Database of resources tied to state frameworks • Local extensions to the curriculum • Sample lessons and projects • Website repository
Basic Questions to Answer :
• • • • • Location? Origin and early settlement? Who settled and who lives there now?
Landscape features and use?
Economic Development First Mass. Colony Seal
Basic Questions to Answer :
• • • • • • Transportation patterns?
Major events?
Outstanding citizens Children’s schooling? Relation to larger world? Other?
Research Into Events
• Students select research questions • Determine sources • Contact Community Organizations • Conduct Oral interviews • Web research, Other?
Create Database of Resources
• Identify primary source images & source • Database forms with background information • Scan primary sources into database • Tie into Frameworks
Primary Sources: Documents (
Nantucket Town Meeting 1842)
Primary Sources: Maps
1832 Map of Lowell
Primary Sources: Census Records
• State and federal census from 1790 on • Information on households, work, country of origin.
• Special censuses (“Colored persons” in Nantucket, left.)
Primary Sources: Photographs
• James Draper, Wayland, 1880’s, • haying in Sudbury River meadows
Wayland Community Profile
• Sample Questions • Student Research • Tie into Standards
Locate Community
Sign on Route 20, five mi. W of 128, 17 mi. W of Boston, 26 mi. E of Worcester
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Settlement of Community
• First settled 1637 • Land Grant 1638 • Sudbury 1639 • East Sudbury 1780 • Wayland 1835 • Sources Research ? :
Settlement Location
• East side of Sudbury • Orig. 5 mi. square; • Surveying, no early maps • Colony grant records • Town records • Research Questions
Early Population
• Native inhabitants?
• Number and origin of early families? • Proprietors Records • Vital Records - Birth, Marriage, Death, census (Gleason family r.) • Cemetery Records
Landscape Features & Use • River dominant feature • “For want of more meadow”for hay • The importance of cattle to early people • Water-rich resources
Economic Development Trade and Industry
• Trades related to farming— tanning • 12 footers early industry • Cochituate Shoe Factory • Area growth
Cochituate: Bent Factory
Immigration: Changing Population French Canadian, Albanian shoe workers arrive
Transportation Patterns
• Early roads and bridges; river during floods • Old Post Road; changes in transportation
Railroad comes to Wayland
First Train to Arrive
Trolley Comes to Cochituate
Landmarks: North Cemetery
First three Meetinghouses and cemetery on hill (Indian site) overlooking river
Landmarks - First Parish
• 5th Town Church in present Town Center • Town Clock, Paul Revere bell • Separation church, state • Church records • Architecture
Historic District Landmarks
1845 George Smith house and shop, 19th c. Wayland Village District
Important Event in Wayland History
King Philip’s War 1675-76
Landmark: KP War Marker
• Ambush site at river • Garrison house nearby (cellar hole remains) • Cost of War (tax relief) • Research sources
Important Person in Community History - Local
• James Draper, builder, historian, surveyor, town benefactor.
• Evidence of presence?
• Home standing, Draper Road.
• Historical writings.
Important Person in Community History - National
• Lydia Maria Child, abolitionist, author, humanitarian.
• Her life in the community; house still standing. • Research on her original records?
Early Schooling
• Colony efforts to get towns to comply • Locations of early schools • School masters/salary • Early “curriculum” compared to today
Relation to Larger World
• Political organization: town meeting — how has it changed?
• Relation to state, General Court • Regional - county, watershed (SuAsCo) • Nearest big city, major roads, MBTA
Relation to Metropolitan Water
• Lake Cochituate, partly in Wayland, was early Boston water supply. Gate house above • 3 aqueducts for MWRA water go through town
Putting it all Together
• Tie basic questions together into profile • Make links to database (primary sources) • Suggest additional community research questions and projects - tied to curriculum • Published online through Massachusetts Studies Project and school/community website