PART III: Boston: (August 2-August 8 morning) with Dr. To
Leave New York by bus/Arrive at Boston South Station bus terminal around noon.
Lunch at South Station. Charter bus to Bridgewater.
Check-in Crimson Hall at Bridgewater State College.
Orientation and dinner with some local students.
Tuesday (August 3):
Guest lecturer: Dr. Maggie Lowe, Professor of History
The American Revolution: Telling the Story
The Traditional Narrative: People, Places and Events
Class Conflict: Was the Revolution about Home Rule or Who Would Rule at Home? Whose
Revolution? Women, African Americans and Native American
Questions to consider:
Why is the Freedom Trail such a powerful, international tourist destination?
How does walking the trail help you better understand the story of the American
Revolution?
Which story or stories are most celebrated? Is anyone or anything left out?
Walk the Freedom Trail:
Boston Common
Massachusetts State House
Park Street Church
African American History Museum
Granary Burying Ground
King’s Chapel
Old Corner Bookstore
Old South Meeting House
Old State House
Site of the Boston Massacre
Faneuil Hall (dinner there)
8:10 train back to Bridgewater
BostonNational Historical Park
Site Resources
Boston: Freedom Trail: Places: http://www.nps.gov/bost/historyculture/places.htm
Boston African American National Historic Site, 14 Beacon Street, Room 506, Boston, MA
02108-4025. http://www.nps.gov/boaf/index.htm
Boston National Historical Park, 15 State Street, Boston, MA 02109,
http://www.nps.gov/bost/index.htm
Bostonian Society, 206 Washington St., Boston, MA 02109, (617) 720-1713. Manages the Old
State House and a research library on Boston's history. http://www.bostonhistory.org/
Old South Meeting House, 310 Washington St., Boston, MA 02108, (617) 482-6439.
http://www.oldsouthmeetinghouse.org/default.aspx
Paul Revere House, 19 North Square, Boston, MA 02113, (617) 5231676. http://www.paulreverehouse.org/
U.S.S. Constitution Museum, Charlestown Navy Yard, Boston, MA 02109, (617) 426-1812.
http://www.ussconstitutionmuseum.org/
Readings:
Go through in particular the Freedom Trail website above.
Charles Philips, “American History – A Day to Remember, July 4, 1776”
http://groups.google.com/group/pax-sinica/browse_thread/thread/3aa7150a9fa36dd4
John Ferling, “The Rocky Road of Revolution,” Smithsonian Magazine, July 2004
http://www.smithsonianmag.com/history-archaeology/revolution.html
Video:
The Unknown American Revolution
http://video.google.com/videoplay?docid=-2841426047318912862#
Wednesday (August 4):
Brief Lecture: Literature and Culture of New England and Boston
Guest professors: Dr. Benjamin Carson and Dr. John Kucich
Associate Professors of English
Charter bus day
Salem
Peabody Essex Museum: http://www.pem.org/
Lunch
Cambridge
Harvard University
Concord : http://www.concordma.com/history.html
Walden Pond: http://www.mass.gov/dcr/parks/walden/
The Old Manse:
http://www.thetrustees.org/places-to-visit/greater-boston/old-manse.html
The North Bridge: http://www.concordma.com/magazine/nov98/bridge.html
The Alcott House: http://www.louisamayalcott.org/
The Emerson House: http://www.rwe.org/emersonhouse/
The Concord Museum: http://www.concordmuseum.org/
Readings:
Phillis Wheatley, "To the University of Cambridge"; "On Being Brought from Africa to
America" (two short poems)
http://www.poemhunter.com/poem/to-the-university-of-cambridge/
http://www.poemhunter.com/poem/on-being-brought-from-africa-to-america/
William Apess, "An Indian's Looking Glass for Whites" (short essay)
http://faculty.tamu-commerce.edu/kroggenkamp/IndiansLookingGlass.htm
Henry Wardsworth Longfellow, "The Village Blacksmith" (short poem)
http://www.blupete.com/Literature/Poetry/Blacksmith.htm
Nathaniel Hawthorne, "Young Goodman Brown" (short story)
http://www.online-literature.com/poe/158/
Ralph Waldo Emerson, "The American Scholar" (essay)
http://www.emersoncentral.com/amscholar.htm
Henry David Thoreau, "Where I Lived and What I Lived For" (from Walden)
http://www.transcendentalists.com/walden_where_i_lived.htm
Louisa May Alcott, "Transcendental Wild Oats" (short essay)
http://www.classicauthors.net/Alcott/trancendental/
Thursday (August 5):
Guest Professor: Dr. Michael Kryzanek, Professor of Politics
Brief Lecture: National and Local politics
Massachusetts has long been a leader in key policies areas such as education, health care, and
social welfare. These policies and the process of policy-making in Massachusetts will be
examined. Also time will be given to federal policies, especially in light of the Obama
administration's emphasis on bringing change to a range of key public policy areas.
Readings:
Declaration of Independence, the US Constitution, Bill of Rights
(See Dr. Kendall Johnson’s readings in Philadelphia)
Dr. Kryzanek’s blog about politics:
http://polisciprof.wordpress.com/
Commuter rail to Quincy and visit JFK Library and Museum (lunch there)
http://www.jfklibrary.org/
Afternoon visit State House and Beacon Hill
http://www.thefreedomtrail.org/visitor/state-house.html
Opportunities to meet local senators and politicians
Friday (August 6):
Guest Professor: Dr. Walter Carroll, Professor of Sociology
Education, Society, and Ethnicity
Morning visit Cambridge, the home of Harvard University and MIT
http://www.harvard.edu
http://www.mit.edu
Afternoon visit North End, Italian neighborhood and Paul Revere House
http://www.northendboston.com/
http://www.paulreverehouse.org/
Visit Museum (optional) or Boston Harbor
Museum of Fine Art: http://www.mfa.org
New England Aquarium: http://www.neaq.org/index.php
Boston Museum of Science: http://www.mos.org/
Readings:
Guild Nichols, Boston’s Little Italy
http://www.northendboston.com/history5.htm
South Boston: My Home Town, The History of an Ethnic Neighborhood Historical Journal
of Massachusetts, Winter 2000
http://findarticles.com/p/articles/mi_qa3837/is_200001/ai_n8886561/
Saturday: (August 7):
Dr. Wing-kai To, Professor of History
Chinese and Asian cultures in Boston
Chinatown Walking Tour and Lunch
http://www.boston.com/travel/boston/neighborhoods/chinatown/
Shopping, Back Bay and Free time in the afternoon.
Readings:
Wing-kai To, Chinese in Boston
http://books.google.com.hk/books?id=4K7x05gmBtwC&printsec=frontcover&dq=Wingkai+To+Chinese+in+Boston&source=bl&ots=DdyE17kao&sig=Tz6uRNA6xWzxB7b8RMUxlpVSAK0&hl=zhTW&ei=WyQ8TMf6EobQcdfW7PoO&sa=X&oi=book_result&ct=result&resnum=2&ved=0CC
AQ6AEwAQ#v=onepage&q&f=false
Videos:
Chinatown banquet videos http://www.youtube.com/user/asiancdcorg
Sunday (August 8):
Depending on flight time, check-out Crimson Hall before or after breakfast.
Bus to airport and leaves for HK and arrive on Monday (August 9).