Boston, Massachusetts By Muhammad Sardar

LET’S TAKE A TRIP TO BOSTON TOGETHER! Who has heard of Boston Massachusetts? Has anyone ever been to Boston? Why? Can anyone tell me of some famous sites around Boston? LET’S TAKE A TRIP TO BOSTON TOGETHER!

Fenway Park Construction began in September 1911 on a landfill for $650,000 The Green Monster is the tallest wall in any MLB park at 37 feet The oldest stadium in the country Fenway caught on fire May 8, 1926 and was not rebuilt until after a second fire

Freedom Trail 2.5-mile redbrick trail from Boston Common to Bunker Hill 16 historically significant sites Read About the Official Historical Sites Click Here to See a View of the Freedom Trail

Faneuil Hall Marketplace In 1742 Peter Faneuil built Faneuil Hall Home to merchants, fishermen, meat and produce sellers, and provided a platform for the country's most famous orators. Faneuil Hall was expanded in 1826 to include Quincy Market Check Out Fenuil Hall Marketplace

Franklin Park Zoo The Zoo was founded in 1912 and was managed by the City of Boston until 1958 Over one hundred different kinds of animals Read About the Different Types of Animals!

What Did You Learn? Explain the importance of one of the sites we visited in Boston today. Make sure to include at least three details about what you learned. Fill out the given graphic organizer with two of the other sites you toured and provide two facts for each site.

Resources http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=A8TzQoOyibk http://www.zoonewengland.org/FPZanimals http://nesn.com/2012/04/fenway-park-rich-history-defined-with-100-facts-to-celebrate-100-year-anniversary/ http://boston.redsox.mlb.com/bos/ballpark/information/index.jsp?content=history