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Where are good places to take teens (ages 12-18) in San Francisco on a weekend trip?

  • I am planning a "Cultural Awareness" trip with about 10 students from my school. We are going to research the city and some of it's immigrant cultures (namely Chinese) and then visit correlating cultural areas (China Town, Angel Island, etc). Do you have any other location or activity suggestions for our trip? We need to find educational and fun places to visit or experience that are appropriate for ages 12-18.

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    It is good that you would like to encourage students to learn about cultural awareness. As an Asian American Studies major student at San Francisco State University, Ethnic Studies is an amazing experience to learn the "hidden" history that the normal average American textbooks will never tell you about. If you are interested in things that are Chinese, consider some of the obvious areas that you pointed out, including Chinatown and Angel Island. But you also should visit some specific sites such as the CHSA, the Chinese Historical Society of America located in Chinatown. It is a museum of everything Chinese American, from its immigration to today's society. Visit some of the mini-chinatowns established in San Francisco. The one located on Clement St. between 2nd Avenue and 10th avenues; and Irving Street between 22nd avenue and 27th avenues; demonstrates how the immigrants and the next generation wanted to move out of the cramped Chinatown and estabish their own mini-chinatown in San Francisco. Also, a rich history is here at San Francisco State University. This campus is the only college of ethnic studies in the country, and is home to the Third World Strike, that shut down this campus for over one year because students of minorities demanded ethnic studies. If you are interested in other Asian cultures such as Japanese, visit Japantown located on Post St. between Laguna and Fillmore. But as always, the teens should have their fun, and San Francisco is the place to do it. Pier 39 is a very popular tourist attraction and the Fisherman's Wharf is too. Union Square shopping is extremely popular too. If you are in downtown, visit the Metreon where the teens can try the latest Sony Playstation video games, watch an IMAX movie, and play the latest arcade video games in the voted most popular video arcade in the city. Consider a ride on the Cable Cars, the country's only moving national monument, while the price is a little steep, the experience is wonderful. For more city information, visit SF Visitor, located below. There is a form that you can receive free information about the city in the mail with maps, guides, and coupons for free stuff. I hope that you come by and learn the rich history of our city!

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The pirate store on Valencia is the best. Run by young folks. Supports a teen writing program. Go just because it is fun.

aleelauby

Since you are going to Chinatown, perhaps a visit to Japantown off of Geary. My 14 year old was delighted in having a new experience and now she is addicted to Japanese food. You can take buses right from Union Square. A waking tour across Golden Gate Brige is always fun and you can see Berkeley, Oakland and the skyline in the city. BART is always fun to ride.

Jimmy

The school programs and docent led tours at the Asian Art Museum are reportedly excellent. The place holds the most extensive collection of Chinese art in the U.S. - only a fraction of which is on display at any given time. http://www.asianart.org/schoolprograms.htm#tours (It's next to the Civic Center subway station.) Golden Gate Park has Stow Lake, which is a Chinese garden, a Japanese tea garden, as well as one generic "Asian" garden in the arboretum. It also has facilities for every imaginable sport (including fly fishing pools and horseback riding). (The N-line Metro stops next to the 9th street entrance.)

SFdude

Pier 39 for sure, and all the rest of Fishersman's Wharf,& A`L`C`A`T`R`A`Z

There are a number of museums (SF MOMA, DeYoung in Golden Gate Park, Palace of Arms) and of course, Haight Ashbury is always fun to stroll through. Chinatown is having a Chinese New Years celebration coming up soon - that would be really fun. A teacher friend took her kids to see glass blowing in Berkeley or Oakland when she visited from Montana - I don't know the location, but they LOVED the experience and they got to participate. The Mission District has lots of Hispanic and Latino history and culture. Japantown can be interesting as well. There is a Japanese art museum too...

JAF

When I went to San Francisco I was in that age group and I especially liked when we went to Pier 39 (shopping, get to see the sea lions, access to boats that take you by Golden gate Bridge and Alcatraz).There is an internet site: www.pier39.com. and that tells a lot more about it.

Julie

Asian Art Museum near Civic Center, City Hall, there's a small museum inside the City Hall where they display pictures of how the old City Hall used to look like, the 1906 Earthquake, and pictures of the immigrants that populated San Francisco, like the Chinese, Irish, Italians, etc.

lc123

Japanese Tea Garden in Golden Gate Park

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