Partner Organizations

The Hampshire Educational Collaborative (HEC) and Historic Northampton created this site in partnership with the Center for Educational Software Development, the University of Massachusetts Amherst Department of History, and University of Massachusetts School of Education. 

Design Team

Team Leaders

Rich Cairn, Director, Emerging America: TAH, Hampshire Educational Collaborative
Meghan Gelardi, Assistant Director, Emerging America
Kerry Buckley, Director, Historic Northampton
Dave Hart, Director, Center for Educational Software Development
Matthew Mattingly, Media Director, Center for Educational Software Developent
Kelley Brown, Social Studies Teacher, Easthampton High School

Content Advisors

Christopher Clark, Professor of History, University of Connecticut

Bruce Laurie, Professor of History, UMass Amherst

Steve Strimer, Historian

And the teacher-participants in the Emerging America: Teaching American History program

Research Assistants

Marie Panik, Archivist, Historic Northampton
Lindsey VanDoren, Education Staff, Historic Northampton

 

Web Site Design

Chris Sparks, Web Designer, Hampshire Educational Collaborative
Lucia Foley, Graphic Designer, Hampshire Educational Collaborative

 

For Further Information

Contact:

Rich Cairn, Director
Emerging America: Teaching American History
Hampshire Educational Collaborative
413-586-4900 ext. 166

 

This site was made possible through a Teaching American History Grant from the U.S. Department of Education.