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Areas of Focus
American history, primary resource exploration, place-based, civil rights, civic engagement, Walking Tour, Guided Museum Tour, Self-Guided Museum Tour, Student Program
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Program Fees: All of our programs are free for Boston Public Schools.
Transportation Options
School Bus Availability:
Yes, our organization offers buses.
MBTA Accessibility :
Our sites are accessible by a variety of stops, ranging from <1 mile to a few steps away:
Black Heritage Trail: Park Street, Downtown Crossing, Bowdoin
Available Programs
Available Programs
To Register for a Field Trip: Contact Elisabeth Colby at Elisabeth_Colby@nps.gov or call 617-283-3204
Black Heritage Trail
Black Heritage Trail
Sarah Roberts (Grades 1 - 2)
Program Description: On a walk following in the footsteps of Sarah Roberts, students will explore the Black Heritage Trail and learn about the struggle for equal education through the eyes of a fellow Boston student. Their program will conclude at the school Sarah attended, now the Museum of African American History, with a reading of The First Step: How One Girl Put Segregation on Trial.
Theme & Topic: Civil Rights & Social Justice; Active Citizenship
Poetry in Place (Grades 3-5)
Program Description: Students will explore the sites and stories associated with the historic abolitionist community of Beacon Hill’s North Slope through three distinct activities. At Boston Common, students will work together to solve a challenge in the spirit of the men who fought in the MA 54th regiment. Students will then explore the Black Heritage Trail (BHT), recalling historic sites and figures who stepped out to lead their community in the pursuit of positive change and social justice. They will finish their tour of the BHT by stepping into the African Meeting House, and will each read aloud a characteristic or quality of a robust community affecting positive change.
Theme & Topic: Civil Rights & Social Justice; Active Citizenship; Slavery & Abolition
Anthony Burns (Grades 9-10)
Program Description: Students and teachers will participate in a facilitated discussion focused on the Fugitive Slave Law, flashpoints in Boston’s abolitionist community and the unique experiences of Anthony Burns. Using primary resources, including broadsides, quotations and illustrations, students will retrace the footsteps and observations of witnesses to the rendition of Anthony Burns, an enslaved fugitive captured under the federal Fugitive Slave Law, from Boston to Virginia. Following the walking program down State Street to Long Wharf, students will examine a series of primary resources to further analyze the events associated with Burns’ experiences from multiple perspectives.
Theme & Topic: Civil Rights & Social Justice; Active Citizenship; Slavery & Abolition
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