4th Grade African American History Field Trip Topics
First, a map of the sites we will explore in downtown Boston
National Park Service Boston -- A good place to get an overview: Boston African American National Historic Site
4B : Harriet Tubman Park - Two sculptures
1) Step on Board (Harriet Tubman) by Fern Cunningham
Read about sculptor Fern Cunningham article 1 and article 2
2) Emancipation by Meta Warrick Fuller
Learn bout Meta Warrick Fuller's life
4B : The Boston Women’s Memorial
http://blackartblog.blackartdepot.com/features/african-american-monuments-statues/phillis-wheatley-monument.html and
http://www.cityofboston.gov/women/history/
The memorial features 3 women from Boston
1) Phillis Wheatley
2) Abigail Adams
3) Lucy Stone
Try looking up the three women here Kids Infobits
4C : African American Meetinghouse (the building)
Mariah Stewart https://www.thoughtco.com/maria-stewart-biography-3530406
William Cooper Nell http://masshist.org/longroad/02education/education.htm and https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/William_Cooper_Nell
Frederick Douglass--look for information about Douglass at Kids Infobits
4C : The Robert Gould Shaw and Massachusetts 54th Regiment Memorial
https://www.nps.gov/boaf/learn/historyculture/shaw.htm
Go to the Kids Infobits and look up:
-Robert Gould Shaw
-Massachusetts 54th Regiment
Augustus Saint-Gaudens (sculptor)
Governor John Andrew https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/John_Albion_Andrew
4A Abiel Smith School (the building that now houses the Museum of African American History)
Learn about the school. Try this article also!
Read more about the Sarah Roberts case
4A Bill Russell Legacy Project, City Hall Plaza
Read about the Project, from the City of Boston
Bill Russell biography and articles:
Encyclopedia Britannica biography
USA Today article
WBUR report on statue's unveiling
See photos of the project from Ann Hirsch, the sculptor
National Park Service Boston -- A good place to get an overview: Boston African American National Historic Site
4B : Harriet Tubman Park - Two sculptures
1) Step on Board (Harriet Tubman) by Fern Cunningham
Read about sculptor Fern Cunningham article 1 and article 2
2) Emancipation by Meta Warrick Fuller
Learn bout Meta Warrick Fuller's life
4B : The Boston Women’s Memorial
http://blackartblog.blackartdepot.com/features/african-american-monuments-statues/phillis-wheatley-monument.html and
http://www.cityofboston.gov/women/history/
The memorial features 3 women from Boston
1) Phillis Wheatley
2) Abigail Adams
3) Lucy Stone
Try looking up the three women here Kids Infobits
4C : African American Meetinghouse (the building)
Mariah Stewart https://www.thoughtco.com/maria-stewart-biography-3530406
William Cooper Nell http://masshist.org/longroad/02education/education.htm and https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/William_Cooper_Nell
Frederick Douglass--look for information about Douglass at Kids Infobits
4C : The Robert Gould Shaw and Massachusetts 54th Regiment Memorial
https://www.nps.gov/boaf/learn/historyculture/shaw.htm
Go to the Kids Infobits and look up:
-Robert Gould Shaw
-Massachusetts 54th Regiment
Augustus Saint-Gaudens (sculptor)
Governor John Andrew https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/John_Albion_Andrew
4A Abiel Smith School (the building that now houses the Museum of African American History)
Learn about the school. Try this article also!
Read more about the Sarah Roberts case
4A Bill Russell Legacy Project, City Hall Plaza
Read about the Project, from the City of Boston
Bill Russell biography and articles:
Encyclopedia Britannica biography
USA Today article
WBUR report on statue's unveiling
See photos of the project from Ann Hirsch, the sculptor