CI-H185 Honors City of Stories: Walking Tours of Boston's Past
Often referred to as Americas 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 Bostons diverse and varied history? Why is the act of walking an inherently creative endeavor? Through field trips, group projects, personal reflections, and discussions, youll learn the techniques that historians use to bring historical information and ideas to broader audiences field known as public history. Well put those techniques to use developing our own walking tours of Boston. As we learn to understand the city around us on foot, well also incorporate sensory techniques (smell, taste, touch, and sound) to accompany the content of our tours. Well focus our research on the unheard stories of Bostons past and the underrepresented perspectives, including the stories of different races, cultures, classes, genders, sexualities, and more that surround us every day.
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Student has satisfied all of the following Student is a member of the Honors Summary All Student Cohort And 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 54 Credits