DISCOVERING OUR INDUSTRIAL PAST

The goal of this project is to support the continued development of a fifth-grade social studies curriculum that is designed to help students understand the relationship between historical changes in the Blackstone River Valley related to industrialization and transportation and the continued transportation developments of the present and their impact on community life in the Valley. The specific curricular developments for this project will focus on incorporating into the social studies curriculum presentations by curators from Slater's Mill Historical Museum in Pawtucket, RI, a field trip to the Museum of Work and Culture, Woonsocket, RI and teaching materials discussing the sources of change in American History as they related to changes in modes of transportation.

Language

• English

Project

• Status: Active
• Funding: $3875.00
• Sponsor Organizations:

  Research and Special Programs Administration

  University Research and Education, 400 7th Street, SW
  Washington, DC    20590-
• Project Managers:

  Estus, Charles

• Performing Organizations:

  Assumption College

  University Transportation Center
  Worcester, MA  United States  01609-
• Principal Investigators:

  Berridge, Sharon

• Start Date: 20020301
• Expected Completion Date: 0
• Actual Completion Date: 0
• Source Data: RiP Project 5864

Subject/Index Terms

• TRT Terms: Curricula; Development; History; Industrial economics; Mode choice; Past ; Research projects; School children; Transportation planning
• Geographic Terms: Rhode Island
• Subject Areas: Administration and Management; Economics; Education and Training; History; Planning and Forecasting; Research;

Filing Info

• Accession Number: 01459478
• Record Type: Research project
• Source Agency: Assumption College
• Files: RiP, USDOT
• Created Date: Jan 3 2013 1:04PM