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Uncovering the Quabbin

Uncovering the Quabbin. A Local History Project involving Elementary Schools from the towns of Pelham, Petersham and New Salem. Funded by the Massachusetts Department of Education, Fund Code 165

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Uncovering the Quabbin

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  1. Uncovering the Quabbin A Local History Project involving Elementary Schools from the towns of Pelham, Petersham and New Salem Funded by the Massachusetts Department of Education, Fund Code 165 Coordinated by the Center for Computer-Based Instructional Technology, University of Massachusetts Amherst

  2. Continuation of Four-Year Project • Initial partnership between University of Massachusetts and Amherst Public Schools (Opening Windows to the Past) • Focus on study of primary source documents, local history, and student construction of websites • Year Three expanded to include districts outside Amherst such as Hatfield and Pelham (Living History Online)

  3. Focus for Uncovering the Quabbin • Grades 3, 4, 5 and 6 in Petersham, New Salem and Pelham • Exploration of ways in which towns have been affected by the flooding of the Swift River Valley • Teacher study group meets monthly (on average) with support from UMass staff and a local archivist

  4. Massachusetts Curriculum Frameworks Addressed • Massachusetts History and Social Science • Grade 3 Concepts and Skills, 3.8 – 3.14 • Grade 5 Concepts and Skills, 5.17, 5.19, 5.20 • Grade 6 Concepts and Skills (History and Geography)

  5. The Foundation of a House Moved from Pelham during the Flooding of the Swift River Valley

  6. A Scanned 18th Century Map of Pelham Used by Students

  7. Students in Petersham studying primary source documents

  8. Area Historian Mikey Cutting working with Petersham students

  9. Students Work in Groups to Answer Questions

  10. An artifact from a former hat factory

  11. Storyboarding the Student Website in Petersham

  12. A historian from the Swift River Historical Society speaking with students in New Salem

  13. Studying artifacts at the Swift River School in New Salem

  14. Studying Primary Source Documents at the Swift River School

  15. Students in Pelham work on building the website

  16. Grateful acknowledgement to the Massachusetts Department of Education Web links: www.arps.org/amhersthistory/index.html (Years 1 and 2 site) ccbit.cs.umass.edu/localhistory/index.html (Year 3 site) Contact Information: Heather Gianni: hgianni@history.umass.edu Paul Oh: pauloh@cs.umass.edu

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