BU COMMUNITY

After successful completion of Week Three of FY101, students will be able to:

  • Discover the skills and practices necessary to make personal connections
  • Make personal connections with other students and staff in FY101
  • Identify Boston neighborhoods and how to access them via public transportation

Week Three Outline:

  • Highs and Lows of the Week
  • Event/Meeting Check-In: Who went where?
    • Buzzfeed Neighborhood Quiz- Here
      • Group students by what neighborhood they get and have them research and present a 1/2 day itinerary in that neighborhood (i.e. food, activity, how to get there). Have your Peer Mentor score each presentation and award the group that described the itinerary they would most likely do.
    • Put students into groups and have them make a Boston itinerary for hosting different types of guests:
      • Wealthy uncle who wants to treat you and your friends to dinner and an activity. Your uncle is into Boston history and loves seafood. What do you suggest and how do you get there?
      • Friend from another college who misses Dominican food and loves music. They are on a student budget but have a college ID for discounts. What do you suggest and how do you get there?
      • Your 15 year old brother who is into art and boba tea. Your parents gave you $100 for the weekend to entertain him.  What do you do and how do you get there?
      • Your friend who is still in high school but is interested in coming to Boston for college. They are into outdoor parks and Indian food. What do you suggest and how do you get there?
    • Boston Trivia Kahoot- Here  An interactive intro to Boston including city demographics and an interactive component (use our Kahoot log in: username- ospl@bu.edu/pw: Yawkey423!)Possible Boston Activities
    • Boston Pictionary- Make it Boston themed (create prompts in advance)
    • Assign students to review a specific neighborhood in BU’s Diversity and Inclusion Neighborhood guide and then present a half day itinerary for that neighborhood including a place to get food, an activity and how to get there
    • Put students on teams and assign each team a neighborhood. Each team researches and presents an itinerary that includes how to get there, a free activity, a paid activity, and lunch with dessert. Have the Peer Mentor decide which group wins aka which itinerary they would choose for their Saturday!
  • Boston Resources to share with your class:
    • BU’s Diversity and Inclusion crowdsourced Cultural Guide to Boston (a great resource that includes locations to get natural hair styled, find food from all ethnicities, seek LGBTQ community, etc)
    • Curated Guide to Boston
    • WBUR’s Field Guide to Boston (learn what it means to be “storrowed”; discover the magic of “Allston Christmas”)- sign up for their Boston newsletter here
  • Peer Mentor has students sign up for one on ones (one on ones take place mid-september to late october)