Place-Based Education tag:typepad.com,2003:weblog-508985 2009-08-11T10:32:02-04:00 Engaging students in their own communities through local history, local culture and the local environment. An initiative of the Massachusetts Studies Project at UMass Boston. TypePad Behind the Headlines » Blog Archive » John Quincy Adams is now on Twitter tag:typepad.com,2003:post-6a00d834fef97c53ef0120a53b76ef970c 2009-08-11T10:32:02-04:00 2009-08-11T10:32:02-04:00 Nice job from the Mass. Historical Society! "John Quincy Adams tweeting thanks to Mass. society By JEANNIE NUSS Associated Press Writer BOSTON (AP) - It seems John Quincy Adams was way ahead of his time. A high school student touring... Massachusetts Studies Project

Nice job from the Mass. Historical Society!

"John Quincy Adams tweeting thanks to Mass. society

By JEANNIE NUSS
Associated Press Writer

BOSTON (AP) - It seems John Quincy Adams was way ahead of his time.

A high school student touring the sixth U.S. president’s archives recently noticed his bite-sized diary entries looked a lot like tweets. [more ...]

Behind the Headlines Blog Archive» John Quincy Adams is now on Twitter

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 Doing History tag:typepad.com,2003:post-68105485 2009-06-14T21:00:16-04:00 2009-06-14T21:00:16-04:00 Doing History is a "fun introduction to local history" where visitors can learn about the letters, diaries, maps, and cemeteries that tell the stories of the people who once lived in towns like yours." Shared via AddThis Massachusetts Studies Project

Doing History is a "fun introduction to local history" where visitors can learn about the letters, diaries, maps, and cemeteries that tell the stories of the people who once lived in towns like yours."

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 Welcome to the Flow of History tag:typepad.com,2003:post-68105445 2009-06-14T20:58:12-04:00 2009-06-14T20:58:12-04:00 The Flow of History is a history education network for Vermont and New Hampshire communities along the Connecticut River watershed. Massachusetts Studies Project

The Flow of History is a history education network for Vermont and New Hampshire communities along the Connecticut River watershed.


 Historic Burying Grounds Initiative - City of Boston tag:typepad.com,2003:post-67629371 2009-06-04T11:19:27-04:00 2009-06-04T11:19:27-04:00 The City of Boston's Historic Burying Grounds Initiative website displays histories of the 16 burying grounds it manages, with ability to search historic headstones and gravestone iconography. Historic Burying Grounds Initiative Boston's historic cemeteries are important examples of the City's... Massachusetts Studies Project

The City of Boston's Historic Burying Grounds Initiative website displays histories of the 16 burying grounds it manages, with ability to search historic headstones and gravestone iconography.

Historic Burying Grounds Initiative
Boston's historic cemeteries are important examples of the City's early landscape, linking contemporary Boston with a rich historical legacy. The City of Boston has sixteen historic burying grounds and three larger garden-style cemeteries under its jurisdiction which date between 1630 and 1892 and are located in thirteen Boston neighborhoods. The burying grounds house a rich collection of historic artifacts that tell many stories about Boston's cultural heritage.

The Historic Burying Grounds Initiative (HBGI) is a public/private cooperative program established within the Boston Parks and Recreation Department with the history of the initiative dating back to the early 1970's. Its mission is the comprehensive restoration, on-going conservation, and heritage interpretation of Boston's sixteen historic burying grounds."

 A "MySpace" for Local Studies in Massachusetts tag:typepad.com,2003:post-51816260 2008-06-24T20:04:27-04:00 2008-06-24T20:04:27-04:00 Announcing the launch of a new social networking site for "humanities practitioners" in Massachusetts, built on the Ning platform. The National Endowment for the Humanities has funded this experiment, with additional support from the Joseph P. Healey Library at UMass... Massachusetts Studies Project <div xmlns="http://www.w3.org/1999/xhtml"><p><img hspace="10" border="1" alt="Screenshot" title="Screenshot" src="http://placebased.typepad.com/photos/uncategorized/2008/06/24/screenshot.jpg" style="margin: 0px 5px 5px 0px; float: left;" /> </p> <p>Announcing the launch of a new social networking site for &quot;humanities practitioners&quot; in Massachusetts, built on the <a href="http://www.ning.com">Ning platform</a>.&nbsp; </p> <p>The <a href="http://www.neh.gov">National Endowment for the Humanities</a> has funded this experiment, with additional support from the <a href="http://www.lib.umb.edu">Joseph P. Healey Library</a> at UMass Boston, and <a href="http://www.mfh.org">Mass. Humanities</a>.</p> <p>Check out the <a href="http://mastudies.ning.com">MAStudies Network</a> at <a href="http://MAStudies.ning.com">MAStudies.ning.com</a> and join up if this collegial group of Commonwealth collaborators suits you!</p></div> Mapping Out a New Methodology to Study History tag:typepad.com,2003:post-43847264 2008-01-08T11:56:28-05:00 2008-01-08T11:56:28-05:00 Placing History, a Book and CD-ROM from ESRI Press, Shows How Geospatial Technology Helps Historians Analyze the Past Redlands, California—Did poor farming practices cause the Dust Bowl in the 1930s? Was yeoman farming in colonial Concord, Massachusetts, environmentally unsound? What could Confederate general Robert E. Lee see at Gettysburg from where he stood? Massachusetts Studies Project <div xmlns="http://www.w3.org/1999/xhtml"><p><em><u>Placing History</u>, a Book and CD-ROM from ESRI Press, Shows How Geospatial Technology Helps Historians Analyze the Past</em>&nbsp; </p> <p><strong>Redlands</strong><strong>, California</strong><strong>—</strong>Did poor farming practices cause the Dust Bowl in the 1930s? Was yeoman farming in colonial Concord, Massachusetts, environmentally unsound? What could Confederate general Robert E. Lee see at Gettysburg from where he stood?&nbsp; </p> <p>Historians and history students can consider these intriguing questions and others using geographic information system (GIS) technology, said Anne Kelly Knowles, editor of Placing History: How Maps, Spatial Data, and GIS Are Changing Historical Scholarship.&nbsp; </p> <p>[...]</p> <p>See more: &quot;Directions Magazine: The WorldWide Source for Geospatial Technology:&quot; <a title="Press Releases - Directions Magazine" href="http://www.directionsmag.com/press.releases/?duty=Show&amp;id=20502&amp;trv=1">Press Releases - Directions Magazine</a>.</p></div> Digital Storytelling: Using Technology to Tell Stories tag:typepad.com,2003:post-39993214 2007-10-09T14:41:36-04:00 2007-10-09T14:41:36-04:00 Oral history projects are a dime a dozen. It seems so easy: find a few local folks with good stories to tell, and stick a microphone in front of them. Many of us have learned the hard way that oral... Massachusetts Studies Project <div xmlns="http://www.w3.org/1999/xhtml"><p>Oral history projects are a dime a dozen.&nbsp; It seems so easy: find a few local folks with good stories to tell,&nbsp; and stick a microphone in front of them.&nbsp; Many of us have learned the hard way that oral history projects - that is, those that result in interesting, usable primary source material - need to be carefully planned and executed.&nbsp; Fortunately there are materials at hand like this website housed at our sister campus, UMass Amherst:</p> <p><a href="http://www.umass.edu/wmwp/DigitalStorytelling/Digital%20Storytelling%20Main%20Page.htm">Digital Storytelling: Using Technology to Tell Stories</a></p> <p>Created and Maintained by <a href="mailto:dogtrax@crocker.com">Kevin Hodgson</a>, technology liaison for the Western Massachusetts Writing Project, the site is aimed towards Windows users, but contains info that will be useful for oral history projects at all levels, and on all platforms.&nbsp; Sections include: </p> <p><table bordercolor="#990033" cellpadding="5" width="750" align="center" border="4"><tbody><tr><td width="62"><div align="center"><a href="Why%20tell%20stories.htm">Why Tell Stories?</a></div></td> <td width="92"><div align="center"><a href="What%20is%20Digital%20Storytelling.htm">What is digital storytelling?</a></div></td> <td width="76"><div align="center"><a href="Examples%20of%20Digital%20Storytelling.htm">Examples of digital storytelling </a></div></td> <td width="153" bgcolor="#ffffcc"><div align="center"><a href="How%20to%20Create%20a%20digital%20story.htm">How to create a digital story -- a step by step guide </a></div></td> <td width="75"><div align="center"><a href="Rubric%20Assessment.htm">Rubrics for Assessment of work </a></div></td> <td width="109"><div align="center"><a href="Lesson%20Plans%20for%20Digital%20Storytelling.htm">Lessons and instruction for a unit of study </a></div></td> <td width="75"><div align="center"><a href="Resources.htm">List of resources</a></div></td></tr></tbody></table></p> <p><a href="http://www.umass.edu/wmwp/DigitalStorytelling/Why%20tell%20stories.htm"></a></p></div> Yahoo MapMixer tag:typepad.com,2003:post-38857339 2007-09-13T18:23:01-04:00 2007-09-13T18:23:01-04:00 A map mashup tool that lets you combine two maps and fade in and out between them. Great stuff! See this example of modern Roman streets, with overlay of the Roman Forum, and dream of the local history possibilities: Massachusetts Studies Project <div xmlns="http://www.w3.org/1999/xhtml"><p>A map mashup tool that lets you combine two maps and fade in and out between them.&nbsp; Great stuff!</p> <p><a href="http://maps.yahoo.com/mapmixer?lid=79&pg=view">See this example of modern Roman streets, with overlay of the Roman Forum</a>, and dream of the local history possibilities: </p> </div> Primary Research Documentary (Local History by High School Students in Beverly, MA) tag:typepad.com,2003:post-35428806 2007-06-16T21:20:16-04:00 2007-06-16T21:20:16-04:00 This documentary introduces primaryresearch.org, a non-profit website dedicated to promoting local historical research at the high school level. Primaryresearch.org went online in 1999, then funded by a Documentary Heritage Grant from the Massachusetts Historical Records Advisory Board. Originally the website... 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This documentary introduces primaryresearch.org, a non-profit website dedicated to promoting local historical research at the high school level. Primaryresearch.org went online in 1999, then funded by a Documentary Heritage Grant from the Massachusetts Historical Records Advisory Board. Originally the website for Project Apprentice to History (PATH), it has grown to include online projects on Public School History, Landscape History, Women's Suffrage, Nathan Dane, New England Stonewalls, Architecture, Archaeology, African Americans in Antebellum Boston, Puritan Gravestone Studies, and more.
Students Trace Ancestry Through DNA tag:typepad.com,2003:post-30507648 2007-02-15T11:09:57-05:00 2007-02-15T11:09:57-05:00 Approx. 1,000 students from Chicago, England, Jordan, France, South Africa and China are adding their DNA samples to the National Geographic's Genographic Project. ""When their results are ready, each student will discover how his or her ancestors journeyed from the... Massachusetts Studies Project

Approx. 1,000 students from Chicago, England, Jordan, France, South Africa and China are adding their DNA samples to the National Geographic's Genographic Project.

""When their results are ready, each student will discover how his or her ancestors journeyed from the cradle of humankind in Africa to populate the world," said Dr. Spencer Wells, a population geneticist and director of the project, which has collected more than 200,000 DNA samples in less than two years."

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