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Massachusetts
Geographic Alliance
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Mass.
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Some excellent hardcopy sources of information on Massachusetts, its
geography and history are:--
The historical atlas of Massachusetts
by Richard Wilkie (UMass Press) - a great source for background information;
beautiful color plates.
The Massachusetts atlas
by Thomas Sherer
A great teaching tool. Also comes with a teacher's manual (price for
each is $19.95)
Obtainable from Jim Marsh at Centurion Press,
20 Oak Street, Shrewsbury, MA 01545
Phone(508)845-2298
Mapping Boston
A great source of historical urban maps and descriptions of how the
city of Boston was transformed, physically as well as culturally. You can
see the sequential filling in of the Back Bay as well as how the "Big Dig"
changes the city's landscapes.
Edited by Alex Krieger and David Cobb, MIT Press, 1999.
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Are you searching the Web for
Massachusetts maps and information?
Then link from here to:
The official state web site for the state of Massachusetts.
Has information about state offices, etc.
Check out data on your own town.
Also a link to MassGIS, which has interactive maps of
watersheds, etc.
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A source for interactive maps. Call up maps that display information
about Massachusetts. Choose a geographic area; zoom in or out; download
the maps.
Use and enjoy!
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A collaboration of educational, governmental, and private sector
organizations, disseminating information on Massachusetts populations,
industry, history, environment, etc.
Based at Umass Boston.
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A very good source of historical geography maps.
Check out how your local community has changed in the last 200 years.
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Massachusetts
Global Education Consortium
Massachusetts has five regional global education centers
where lesson plans and teaching materials are available
for your use.
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The
Massachusetts History & Social Science Framework.
Read all about it! The full document.
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