Painless: A Survival Guide to the (Dreaded) History Project

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Are you a teacher who dreads teaching & grading the same old history projects each year? Are you interested in immersing your students in the excitement of historical investigation? Are you a student wondering how to use primary source documents for a current or future history project? Then this workshop is for you!

Using National History Day's broad 2014 theme of “Rights and Responsibilities” as a springboard, you’ll explore how to approach primary source research in special libraries and archives, the Massachusetts Historical Society & the National Archives through a range of historical documents, including letters, diaries, songs, petitions, and government records.

You’ll collect evidence, analyze information, draw conclusions, assemble your findings into an historical narrative, and design a history project as a paper, website, exhibit, documentary, or performance.

By applying National History Day methodologies, the “dreaded” history project is transformed into the creation of imaginative, engaging, and meaningful history experiences. Representatives from Massachusetts History Day will share how the program works.

For more information: Please contact Kathleen Barker at education@masshist.org or 617-646-0557.

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For more information: Please contact Kathleen Barker at education@masshist.org or 617-646-0557.

Registration Fee: offered in conjunction with the Northeastern Regional Conference on the Social Studies: http://www.masscouncil.org/?page_id=4034

FREE for students!

Location

National Archives of Boston
380 Trapelo Rd.
Waltham, MA 02452-6399

Directions/Transportation/Parking

NOTE: This workshop will be held at the National Archives at Boston, located in Waltham.

Free parking; handicapped access. Coffee provided: just bring your lunch and your confirmation letter!

Directions

From the Massachusetts Turnpike (I-90)

Traveling east, take Exit 14 onto Route 128/I-95N. Go north . Take Exit 28A-Belmont onto Trapelo Road. Follow Trapelo Road for 2.8 miles. The National Archives at Boston is on the right.

From the South

Travel on Route 128N or 95N to 128/I-95N. Go north . Take Exit 28A-Belmont onto Trapelo Road. Follow Trapelo Road for 2.8 miles. The National Archives at Boston is on the right.

From the North

Take Route 128/I-95S. Go south. Take Exit 28-Trapelo Road. Turn left onto Trapelo Road. Follow Trapelo Road for 2.8 miles. The National Archives at Boston is on the right.

Traveling by Public Transportation

Take the MBTA commuter rail (Fitchburg line) or the MBTA bus from Harvard Square, Cambridge, to Waverly Square, Belmont. Take a cab or walk one mile west on Trapelo Road. The National Archives at Boston is on the left.