Field Trip for the Humanities
On the 13th of October, both the classes of A.P. History and A.P. English traveled to the cities of Lexington and Concord. The first stop was a brief walk along Battle Road to the visitor center, where the group was shown a multimedia presentation about the Battle of Lexington and Concord. Next up was a visit to the cabin of Henry Thoreau on Walden Pond. The classes had time to walk around the pond itself, look inside a reconstruction of Thoreau’s cabin, and see the foundation of the original house. After “Thoreau-ly” enjoying themselves, the field trip traveled to the North bridge, where the “shot heard round the world” was first fired, and the Old Manse, home to such writers as Emerson and Hawthorne. A guided tour inside the house ended the very historic and informative field trip. (All photos by Paige Alcon).
Andrew bacher • Dec 5, 2015 at 11:18 am
This was an interesting field trip. I thought the most interesting part of it was seeing the recreation of Henry David Thoreau’s cabin. I would have liked to learn a little more about his daily life in the woods if I could.
Rachel Tripp • Nov 9, 2015 at 2:56 pm
So cool! I wish i could have gone, I’ve been there once with my family and would love to go again. My sister told me about this trip and this article gave me really good insight on what you guys got to see.
Katryn Dwyer • Nov 6, 2015 at 1:08 pm
This field trip was wicked awesome! Being in the same household of the genius himself, Henry Thoreau, was so surreal! I really enjoyed visiting walden pond and highly recommend going there. In person it is much more magical!
Casey saitow • Nov 6, 2015 at 8:02 am
This must have been such a cool field trip I would have loved to see the spot where the “shot heard around the world” took place
Brielle Powers • Nov 5, 2015 at 11:09 am
Love this article! The Thoreau pun was on point! The humanities field trip was so much fun last year, I’m jealous this year’s Juniors also got to go to Walden Pond. Awesome pictures!