MANCHESTER HISTORICAL SOCIETY

School Curriculum



Table of Contents

Background and statement of purpose
Goal and objectives
Curriculum description
Curriculum map

Unit One: The Natural Environment

The Coastline: The Beaches, Coves and The Harbor
The Brooks: Life Source of the Early Settlers

Unit Two: Trade

Small Boat Fishing: First Livelihood
Merchant Seaman: International Traders
Privateering: Profits on the High Seas
Cabinetmaking: Premier Industry

Unit Three: Historical people

Masconomo: Sachem of the Agawam Tribe
Abigail and Richard Trask: Entrepreneur and Merchant Seaman
John Perry Allen: Cabinetmaker
The Coolidge Family: Summer residents

Bibliography
Appendix

Town map
Historical time line
Manchester hymn: The Same Tides Flow
Manchester: 1629 - 1995 by Gordon Abbott, Jr.


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