Theme VII: Production, Distribution, and Consumption Standard I - The student describes ways that historical events have been influenced by, and have influenced, physical and human geographic factors in local, regional, national, and global settings. Theme III: People, Places, and Environment Standard D - The student identifies and uses processes important to reconstructing and reinterpreting the past, such as using a variety of sources, providing, validating, and weighing evidence for claims, checking credibility of sources, and searching for causality. Standard C - The student identifies and describes selected historical periods and patterns of change within and across cultures, such as the rise of civilizations, the development of transportation systems, the growth and breakdown of colonial systems, and others. (National Council for the Social Studies)īuilding America's Industrial Revolution: The Boott Cotton Mills of Lowell, Massachusetts relates to the following Social Studies Standards: Standard 4C- The student understands changing gender roles and the ideas and activities of women reformers. Standard 2B- The student understands the first era of American urbanization. Standard 2A- The student understands how the factory system and the transportation and market revolutions shaped regional patterns of economic development. Relates to the following National Standards for History:Įra 4: Expansion and Reform (1801 to 1861) United States History Standards for Grades 5-12īuilding America's Industrial Revolution: The Boott Cotton Mills of Lowell, MA Students will strengthen their skills of observation, analysis, interpretation related to history, geography, the social sciences, and architecture. Topics: The lesson could be used in units on America's Industrial Revolution and in other related disciplines such as science and the history of technology. This lesson is one in a series that brings the important stories of historic places into the classrooms across the country. TwHP is sponsored, in part, by the Cultural Resources Training Initiative and Parks as Classrooms programs of the National Park Service. It was written by Stephen Stowell, a former Park Ranger, at Lowell National Historical Park who is now Administrator of the Lowell Historic Board. This lesson is based on the National Register of Historic Places registration file, " Lowell National Historical Park" (with photographs) and other source material about this millyard, as well as other industrial sites in Lowell. Today, the restored mill complex houses the Boott Cotton Mills Museum, a part of Lowell National Historical Park. In essence, the Industrial Revolution's transformation of America from an agrarian-based society to an industrial society can be seen through the physical development of the Boott Cotton Mills from 1835 through the early 20th century. Changes in technology and production capability influenced the development and appearance of the millyard over time. The Boott Cotton Mills complex contains mills built from the mid-1830s to the early 20th century, reflecting the early use of waterpower, steam power, and finally electric power. It was typical of what some call a "cathedral of industry" where people from all over the world toiled for the single purpose of mass-producing a consumer product: textiles. This was the Boott Cotton Mills complex at Lowell, Massachusetts. Rushing water ran water wheels and turbines, and bells constantly clanged to regulate life's daily activities. The sounds from the complex were not those of battles or church choirs, but of machinery clanking and rumbling 10 to 14 hours a day. A single bell tower dominates the central courtyard.įor more than 100 years the bell called people to this place on a daily basis, not to protect the city from invaders or to worship, but to work. Brick or wood stair towers placed along the exterior of the walls provide the only means of entry to upper floors. Within that rampart, thick, red brick walls, punctuated by windows of many shapes and sizes, rise from the ground, surrounding interior courtyard spaces that can be entered only by crossing a single bridge over the deep water of a canal. A great wall separates it from the Merrimack River. Like a medieval fortress or great cathedral, the structure dominates all that is around it. This lesson is part of the National Park Service’s Teaching with Historic Places (TwHP) program. (Lowell Museum Collection/Lowell Historical Society)
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