Purpose of the Trip:
This trip will be both educational and inspirational. On the instructional side, it correlates with the U.S. History standards being taught in the first months of school. Students will walk the Freedom Trail (including Paul Revere’s House, the Old North Church, the site of the Boston Massacre, the Boston Tea Party, etc), visit Salem, where the famous Witch Trials took place, and the battlefields of Lexington and Concord. In addition, students will tour the campus of Harvard College and meet with current students and professors. Our goal is to make sure all 8th Graders realize what they can achieve if they work hard. This supports the 8th Grade Team’s theme this year that our students are the College Class of 2017!
Tentative Itinerary:
Thursday, October 30:
9:30pm: Students arrive at Shugart
10:00pm: Bus departs
Friday, October 31:
7am: Arrive in Cambridge
8am: Campus tour with current students. Visit the historical sites in Cambridge, MA.
12noon: Lunch in Eliot House dining hall with the prospective Teach For America corps members from Harvard College
2:00pm: Depart for hotel in Bedford
3:00pm: Downtime at hotel
6:00pm: Depart for Salem. Halloween in Salem! “Legacy of the Hanging Judge” Show, a reenactment of the Salem Witch Trials
10:00pm: Return to hotel in Bedford
Saturday, November 1:
8:30am: Breakfast at hotel, provided
9:00am: Bus departs from Bedford
10:00am – 1:00pm: Walking the Freedom Trail
1:00pm: Lunch in downtown Boston
2:00pm: Tour of the Massachusetts State House
6:00pm: Dinner discussion with Professor from Harvard’s African and African American Studies Department TBA.
8:00pm: Show! Sander’s Theatre at Harvard University. TBA
10:30pm: Return to hotel in Bedford
Sunday, November 2:
10:00am: Buses depart for Lexington and Concord
10:30am: Tour of the battle fields and American Revolution Museum
12:30pm: Lunch on the Green
1:30pm: Buses depart for home
10:00pm: Buses arrive back at Shugart
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About the Trip
From October 30th to November 2nd 45 middle school students and 10 faculty and staff from G. Gardner Shugart Middle School will travel to the Boston Metropolitan Region. The students will have just finished their unit on the American Revolution. We will visit the sites on the Freedom Trail, Salem on Halloween, the museum at Lexington and Concord, and Harvard University.
About Matt and Noah
Matt and Noah are 2007 Metro D.C. corps members in Teach For America. They both teach 8th grade U.S. History at Shugart Middle School.
Matt is a 2007 graduate of Harvard College where he majored in social studies. He grew up in Pasadena, California. Prior to teaching, Matt was Vice President of the Harvard College Democrats, was actively involved at the Harvard Institute of Politics, and worked for a human rights organization out of Oxford College.
Noah is a 2006 graduate of the University of Pittsburgh where he majored in political science and urban studies. He grew up in Syracuse, New York. Prior to teaching, Noah was President of the Pitt College Democrats and founded the Pitt Political Review, a non-partisan journal of politics and policy. He has also worked for Teach For America in several different capacities.
Matt is a 2007 graduate of Harvard College where he majored in social studies. He grew up in Pasadena, California. Prior to teaching, Matt was Vice President of the Harvard College Democrats, was actively involved at the Harvard Institute of Politics, and worked for a human rights organization out of Oxford College.
Noah is a 2006 graduate of the University of Pittsburgh where he majored in political science and urban studies. He grew up in Syracuse, New York. Prior to teaching, Noah was President of the Pitt College Democrats and founded the Pitt Political Review, a non-partisan journal of politics and policy. He has also worked for Teach For America in several different capacities.
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