Boston
What Makes Beantown Tick?
Historic Boston is an exciting place, and it takes a lot to keep the city running, especially with its ever-changing priorities and challenges. This Winterim trip will give students a chance to look at what makes Beantown tick from the inside out, including possible visits to The Boston Globe, among our nation’s most revered newspapers, Channel 10, Boston’s local NBC news affiliate, and GBH, a popular, award-winning PBS station. In addition to learning about the Fourth Estate, through preliminary meetings, students will research their local state lawmakers and issues that matter and speak to them as constituents.
In the lead-up to the trip, students will also learn how to research and write effective policy recommendations for their representatives to consider, before visiting the Boston State House in March. Students will also spend some time getting to know the larger community, as well as possibly doing community service and/or visit historical landmarks and museums in and around the city. To cap things off, students will spend an afternoon at the Edward M. Kennedy Institute, assuming the role of US Senators to pass bills, learn about national politics, and experience a full-scale replica of the United States Senate chamber in Washington. In the past, on the final day, students will have to survive an escape-the-room outing.
Trip Dates: March 10-14
Trip Leaders: David Cutler and Pete Slaski
Historic Boston is an exciting place, and it takes a lot to keep the city running, especially with its ever-changing priorities and challenges. This Winterim trip will give students a chance to look at what makes Beantown tick from the inside out, including possible visits to The Boston Globe, among our nation’s most revered newspapers, Channel 10, Boston’s local NBC news affiliate, and GBH, a popular, award-winning PBS station. In addition to learning about the Fourth Estate, through preliminary meetings, students will research their local state lawmakers and issues that matter and speak to them as constituents.
In the lead-up to the trip, students will also learn how to research and write effective policy recommendations for their representatives to consider, before visiting the Boston State House in March. Students will also spend some time getting to know the larger community, as well as possibly doing community service and/or visit historical landmarks and museums in and around the city. To cap things off, students will spend an afternoon at the Edward M. Kennedy Institute, assuming the role of US Senators to pass bills, learn about national politics, and experience a full-scale replica of the United States Senate chamber in Washington. In the past, on the final day, students will have to survive an escape-the-room outing.
Trip Dates: March 10-14
Trip Leaders: David Cutler and Pete Slaski
Essential Questions
- How do laws get passed in the Senate?
- How do historic landmarks lead to Boston’s rich history?
- How and where are the arts celebrated and displayed in Boston?
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69 Middlesex Road
Chestnut Hill, MA 02467
617-566-7462
Chestnut Hill, MA 02467
617-566-7462
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