ELA Lesson Plan: The Danger of a Single Story

High School History teacher and ACIS Group Leader, Susan Harvey, introduces us to Chimamanda Adichie’s essay, The Danger of a Single Story, and shares how...

Recommended Reading for Black History Month

February is Black History Month, so we asked Group Leaders around the country to share the books that resonate with them and their students in...

5 reasons why you should make your way to the Alps

As someone who loves the mountains but grew up in California, the majority of my mountain experience was at Lake Tahoe – a beautiful area...

Top Instagram Worthy Cafes in Paris

A city that seems picturesque at every turn, nearly all of the City of Lights is instagrammable. On your next school trip to France, Paris...

Fall Foliage Around the World

Brendan Donovan is an International and Domestic Program Coordinator here at ACIS. He has been working based in Boston, MA for the past two years....

Hungry for Travel? Take a Trip to Your Kitchen!

Some say travel is eye opening… I like to say it is mouth opening! Travel has been my passion ever since my first trip out...

How Things Are, and Might Be

This is a guest post written by Giulia Dindo, an ACIS Tour Manager based in Dublin, Ireland. Quarantine – this new word dominates our daily...

“No One at all Loves Things Unknown.” The Magic of Traveling

This is a guest post written by Javier Parrilla Guix, an ACIS Tour Manager based in Barcelona, Spain. Months have gone by since the world...

And I Found Myself in Venice

Today my thoughts took me back to Venice. I had never been to Venice during Carnevale di Venezia, but earlier this year, before the days...

And I Found Myself in London and Rome

In my Facebook and Instagram world, I find myself traveling to all of my familiar haunts and daring to step into places that I am...