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