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Educational Programs
Archaeology Workshops
Dig and Discover stories of 19th Century
Black New Englanders
Explore artifacts. Become an archaeologist in a hands-on, interactive workshop
inside the Museum. You will have the opportunity to dig, wash, mend, identify
and classify artifacts in simulated dig stations using archaeological methods
and techniques. View actual artifacts on exhibition from the Museum’s Abiel
Smith School archaeological site. Compare our present lifestyles with those of
African Americans who lived in and contributed to Boston’s early history.
For grades 3 and up. Offered free to Boston Public School classes through
the People and Places program.
Reservations: required.
With art project: Group rate $200
Preschool Storytelling
His, Her and Our Story
Hear vibrant stories and engage in activities focused on African American history
and the Underground Railroad. For preschool-aged children and their parents.
Sponsored in part by the Gillette Company.
Registration: Required
Tuesdays, bi-monthly.
FREE
(For more information on these programs, contact L'Merchie Frazier, Director
of Education Programs at 617-720-2991 x 10.)
*Note, program times and dates are subject to change.
Teachers Workshops
Through Special Tours teachers are directed to participate in workshops with
the intent of gaining knowledge and skills to use the Museum’s content
as primary source material to promote literacy development in their classrooms
and to engage their students with Museum content through the innovative interactive
theater and visual arts projects at the Museum.
National Teachers Writers’
Project Workshops
An interdisciplinary workshop inclusive of visual and performance techniques
focused on the Museum as artifact and source of primary documents for national
teachers organization representing a curriculum design team for schools in 50
states.
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Underground Railroad
Overnight Adventures
Middle and high school students (15 groups of 20 or more each) can spend
the night at the Museum and take a guided flashlight tour of the Underground
Railroad sites on Beacon Hill. Program includes historical reenactment,
singing, storytelling, using maps and art. Call the Museum’s Education
Department, 617-720-2991 x 10 to register.
Workshop:
Giant Steps in a Small Space:
The Abiel Smith School Classroom
Experience what it was like to attend the Abiel Smith
School from 1835-1855 in this interactive workshop for teachers, students and
parents.
The Museum’s Director of Education will lead students
through the learning process dressed as a 19th century school teacher.
View historic objects, and consider how
to teach this history lesson applying today’s standards. Discuss
the students and parents responsibilities in respect to their community,
their safety, abolition, and freedom.
- Learn the name of an actual Abiel Smith School student.
- Practice penmanship on blackboard slates.
- Explore teaching methods in arithmetic, reading, spelling,
science and geography.
- Participate in a spelling contest.
- Recite poetry.
For children of various ages. Reservations required.
Call 617-720-2991 ext. 10 or rsvp@afroammuseum.org
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