The Tsongas Industrial History Center invites educators from across the U.S. to Lowell, Massachusetts, to apply to take part in one of three sessions of a week-long workshop in Lowell next summer, Inventing America: Lowell and the Industrial Revolution, funded by the National Endowment for the Humanities.

The Inventing America workshops combine scholarly presentations with on-site investigations of the canals, mills, worker housing, and exhibits of Lowell National Historical Park. In addition to Lowell’s landmark resources, we will use drama, historical fiction, hands-on simulations, and field studies at Old Sturbridge Village, Walden Pond, and Concord, MA, museums to bring history to life.

Who: K-12 teachers (public & private), administrators, and other school personnel

When: June 24-July 29; July 8-July 13; and July 29-August 3, 2007 (choose one week)

Where: Tsongas Industrial History Center at the historic Boott Cotton Mills, Lowell, MA

The Tsongas Center is a partnership of Lowell National Historical Park and UMass Lowell’s Graduate School of Education.

Housing available at Lowell’s Doubletree Hotel.

$500 stipends paid toward expenses. Travel subsidies on case-by-case basis.

CEUs/PDPs and graduate credit available through UMass Lowell.

This Landmarks of American History Program is presented by the Tsongas Industrial History Center and funded by the National Endowment for the Humanities.