CI-H185 Honors City of Stories: Walking Tours of Boston's Past
Often referred to as America's walking city, Boston is full of places to explore. How have Bostonians throughout history understood their city through the neighborhoods, streets, and buildings around them? How can designing walking tours teach us about innovative approaches to telling Boston's diverse and varied history? Why is the act of walking an inherently creative endeavor? Through field trips, group projects, personal reflections, and discussions, you'll learn the techniques that historians use to bring historical information and ideas to broader audience's field known as public history. We'll put those techniques to use developing our own walking tours of Boston. As we learn to understand the city around us on foot, we'll also incorporate sensory techniques (smell, taste, touch, and sound) to accompany the content of our tours. We'll focus our research on the unheard stories of Boston's past and the underrepresented perspectives, including the stories of different races, cultures, classes, genders, sexualities, and more that surround us every day.
Prerequisite
Student has satisfied all of the following Student has not met all of the following Student has satisfied all of the following Student has completed or is in process of completing any of the following course(s) WAIVER 30CR - At Least 30 Transfer Credits, WAIVER 45CR - At Least 45 Transfer Credits, WAIVER 60CR - At Least 60 Transfer Credits, WAIVER 90CR - At Least 90 Transfer Credits, Undergraduate Creativity and Innovation Courses with grade greater than or equal to D- (Undergraduate Grading Scheme). And Student has satisfied all of the following Student is a member of the Honors Summary All Student Cohort