Great Massachusetts Day Trips
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Topic	Related Activity	Extension
Module 1 From Ipswich MA to Washington DC, MA history is the nation's history. A Slice of MA History: Within These Walls	Module 1 Learning to Read Charts and Timelines Create a Timeline Writing a Topic Sentence and Paragraph	Module1 MA Handbook * Reading and Activity Map Math Activity Virtual Visit to Ipswich
Module 2 People, geography, and industry come together to begin the US Industrial Revolution in MA. Video Clip of the Lowell Industrial Revolution (click on "Lowell Mills") Boott Mill and Boarding House Photographs	Module 2 Writing a Paragraph Paragraph Activity:  The Life  of a Lowell Mill Girl Virtual Visit to Lowell National Park	Module 2 MA Handbook Reading and Activity Map Math Activity Interactive: Play a Part in History--Become a Lowell Mill Worker
Module 3 In the 1930s, four towns and seven villages in Central MA were flooded to create the Quabbin Reservoir to supply drinking water to Eastern MA. Visit a Web site that tells the story of the Quabbin	Module 3 Listen to some Quabbin memories View photographs that show how, over time, a town became a body of water Quabbin Questions	Module 3 Reading and Activity Map Math Activity Quabbin Reservoir, MA Dept. of Conservation and Recreation
Module 4 Though small in size, MA has had a continuing impact on national culture and education. Slide Show: What you can do in your own back yard (best viewed in MS Internet Explorer)	Module 4 Choose day trips of interest to you Become a Berkshire Poet	Module 4 MA Handbook Reading and Activity Map Math Activity
Module 5 Read about the notable and notorious from Massachusetts. Slide Show (best viewed in MS Internet Explorer)	Module 5 Create a Chart of the Notable and Notorious Create a Tall Tale Character	Module 5 MA Handbook Reading and Activity
Module 6 Visit Gloucester, America's oldest seaport. Slide Show (best viewed in MS Internet Explorer)	Module 6 Create a Chart of Cape Ann Lighthouses The Perfect Storm, Author Interview	Module 6 MA Handbook Reading and Activity
Module 7  MA Day Trips Wrap Up Match Places to Locations Map to Use	Module 7 Create a Table of Distances and Times	Module 7 Reading and Activity: The Sinking of the Northern Edge

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