This workshop focuses on Boston history from the first stirrings of discontent with British rule through the early abolitionist movement. Sessions will focus on individuals such as Samuel Adams, John Hancock and Phyllis Wheatley as well as the places where Bostonians lived, worked and worshipped. Walking tours, artifact study, hands-on activities and lectures will address the state learning standards in history, geography, economics and government. Teachers will also observe a ceremony marking the 225th anniversary of the first reading of the Declaration of Independence in Boston at the Old State House. Preference will be given to 3rd, 5th and 7th grade Massachusetts teachers.
All sites are accessible by public transportation.
This program is a collaboration among historic sites along Boston's Freedom Trail and the Black Heritage Trail. Sponsored by the Freedom Trail Foundation.