The following unit plans were created by Rhode Island and Massachusetts teachers, whose names and schools are included on each unit.
Unit Plans
Elementary K-2
Past, Present, & Future: Story Telling Through Family Artifacts
Story Telling Through Family Artifacts.
Supporting DocumentsElementary Grades 3-5
An Immigration Story
Developing an appreciation of the many cultures that shape the Blackstone Valley area.
Recipe CardCultural Appreciation
Developing an appreciation of the many cultures that shape the Blackstone Valley area.
Culture WebMiddle School Grades 6-8
Influenza
History of the 1919 influenza pandemic.
Supporting DocumentsCape Verdean Connection
The relationship between the people of Blackstone Valley, greater New England and the Cape Verdean people.
High School
Early 20th Century Newspaper Project
Creating a newspaper article about living in Woonsocket in the early 20th century
The Art of Historical Inquiry
Help students develop the research, critical thinking and writing skills of a historian while deepening their knowledge of how immigration evolved in the 20th century in Blackstone Valley.
Grades
Blackstone Valley Map
Sample Idea Web
Graphing benchmark for 1970 census
Looking At It This Way
Inference Target
Museum Display Assignment Sheet
Guide to Census Reports
Rhode Island Census Report 1930
RI Census Report 1950
RI Census Report 1990