Additional Resources

Overview

• "When the Labor and Civil Rights Movements and the ‘New’ Immigration Confronted the Nation’s Status Quo" by Robert Forrant, University of Massachusetts Lowell. View slideshow here: Robert Forrant’s slideshow.

• Brian Sheehy's slideshow, "Displays of Patriotism." View slideshow here: Brian Sheehy's slideshow

Labor History resources

• Lawrence History Center has excellent online and traditional resources for educators interested in teaching about local labor history

• Tsongas Industrial History Center, UMass Lowell, has excellent education resources

• Lawrence Heritage State Park virtual tours highlighting local labor history

• Amesbury Industrial History Museum new museum in Amesbury dedicated to exploring local industrial history

• PBS Newshour book club 2020 recommended Labor History books

• The Labor and Working- Class History Association has resources for teaching national labor history

History of Immigration resources

Lawrence History Center has many digitized sources, including oral histories, to explore local immigration history; El sendero and The Path are digitized tours of the city

Immigration UMass Lowell website: immigration history digital archive that looks at the history of New England immigration with a focus on Lowell. Includes curriculum suggestions, maps, oral histories, and other visuals. lnei.uml.edu

Brown University’s Choices Program Immigration History and Debate resources: excellent set of classroom resources for understanding the complex issue of immigation in both a historic context helping students think about current-day issues from multiple perspectives. https://www.choices.edu/curriculum-unit/immigration-u-s-policy-debate/

Learning for Justice immigration resources: “resources to help teach accurately about immigration and offer undocumented and ELL students resources and support. Address immigration myths, research changing demographics and explore the value of a diverse society.”

https://www.learningforjustice.org/topics/immigration

America for Americans: A History of Xenophobia in the United States by Erika Lee, Basic Books, 2019.

Civics Education resources

Mass Center for Civics Education

Massachusetts Civic Learning Coalition civics resources: https://www.macivicsforall.org/educators

Massachusetts Department of Elementary and Secondary Education Civics Project Guide

REsources from Massachusetts Department of Elementary and Secondary Education: DESE History and Social Science page

Facing History and Ourselves: Democracy and Civic Engagement

Contemporary articles with links to our themes

Access google folder here.