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Boston, Then and Now: Change in the Urban Environment

map of boston 1900
Year Start
1778
 - 
Year End
1920

Boston Public Schools teachers collaborated on this lesson to engage students with the sweep of American industrial and urban history. Due to Boston’s breathtaking changes in landscape, including the filling of much of Boston Harbor to create neighborhoods–the city offers a dramatic case study of change across the ages. Emerging America brings this lesson to you thanks to the outstanding map resources of the Library of Congress. Aligned to Common Core and Massachusetts State History standards

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Grade Level: 
6-8
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Lesson Plan