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Educators can use Mass Moments to prepare lesson plans, engage students in research, and plan for field trips.
Mass Moments also offers free lesson plans for elementary, middle school, and high school students. Developed by the Mass Moments editorial staff in consultation with K-12 educators, the lesson plans include primary documents, learning activities, and suggested resources.
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The Mass Moments editorial team organizes entries under themes, offering users a chance to explore multiple stories on these topics:
Mass Humanities launched Mass Moments in 2005 with seed funding from the National Endowment for the Humanities’ “We the People” initiative. A team of scholars, Mass Humanities staff, and editors curated the content of the site, which was redesigned in 2017 by Rhyme Digital, LLC.
Audio versions of each Mass Moment are read by Jack Clancy and engineered by Alan Sahatijan. The musical theme in each is the State Song, “All Hail to Massachusetts,” composed by Arthur Marsh, with arrangement and performance by Gideon Freudmann and Mark Herschler of the duo Broque.
Mass Moments is made possible by support from the National Endowment for the Humanities, the Massachusetts Cultural Council, and generous donors like you.
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