J. C. Solomonese and L.G. Nourse Elementary Schools

Project Title: Historical Norton, Massachusetts

Third grade students explore their own community, do research, and create video reports. Students from two different elementary schools in Norton took an historical tour of their community, with cameras in hand.

They studied the history of Massachusetts during the 1700's and summarized what they learned by creating videos they posted in Google Maps. View the map of Norton and learn about its historical sites through the eyes of 3rd grade students.

Students are from J. C. Solomonese and L.G. Nourse Elementary Schools in Norton, MA.

Norton Public Schools are part of "Google Historical Voyages and Events." They are contributing to a global history project, sharing what they learned about their own community with schools around the World. In addition, they will learn about other students by accessing their projects on the Google Historical Voyages and Events site.

Learn about Norton, MA, by visiting our project in Google's "My Maps" below.

  • Click on the placemarkers to view the students' narrated videos.

  • You will see a map like the one below. The videos will play in your browser.

  • Some of the placemarkers also have image slide shows in the bottom of the left sidebar.

Click the map below to see the finished project

To View The Contents Of "My Maps":

Click on the picture of the map, on the left, to open the project in "My Maps." Then, click each placemarker in the sidebar, or on the map itself.
You can drag the map with your cursor so the placemarkers open in the center of your viewing area.

Watch the videos at the top of each placemarker and see the slide show of images at the bottom of each placemarker.

Click here to open the project

Places We Discuss In Our Videos:

Town Common

First Church

The Devil's Footprint

First School House

Wheaton College

The Crane Farm

Whetherell's Homestead

King Phillip's Cave