Transcript Can you guess where we are going???

Can you guess where we are
going???
Any guesses?????
New York City,
New York
Wilson and Ditch
http://pbskids.org/wilsonandditch/cities/?city=ne
w-york-city
Visit this website and click on New York City,
NY. Once you have watched the VFT write a
letter to Wilson and Ditch and ask them to
visit Morgantown, WV.
Pictures
Open up your laptops and type this address into
your search bar…
http://www.travelchannel.com/destinations/newyork/photos/journey-through-new-york-city
I want you to visit this website and look at all of the pictures.
Pictures
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I want you to visit this website next…
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http://www.aviewoncities.com/gallery/nyc.htm
Pictures
I want you to visit this website and explore the
different buildings…
http://www.aviewoncities.com/buildings/nyc.htm
Statue of Liberty
http://www.nps.gov/stli/index.htm
Auguste Bartholdi built the Statue of Liberty along with
tons of workers, working 10 hour days, seven days a
week for 9 years.
The seven points on the Statue of Liberty's crown
represent the seven seas and seven continents of the
world.
There are 354 stairs to the top of the Statue of Liberty.
Only 240 people are permitted to climb the Statue of
Liberty on any given day.
Times Square
http://timessquare.com/
Times Square has earned the nickname “Crossroads of the World.” It is also
known for the New Year’s Eve ball drop.
World Trade Center Memorial
http://www.911memorial.org/
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Names of the 2,981 people who lost their lives
on September 11, 2001, and February 26, 1993
inscribed on parapets surrounding Memorial's
reflecting pools.
Reflecting pools will be built over the footprints
of the original World Trade Center towers.
Set within an 8-acre Memorial Plaza, planted
with hundreds of oak trees.
Design competition elicited more than 5,200
entries from 63 nations.
http://www.panynj.gov/wtcprogress/memorial-museum.html
Pizza
http://www.meetmeatthecorner.org/episode/history-of-pizza
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Click the link to
watch the Virtual
Field Trip to New
York City’s
Lombardi’s Pizza to
learn about the
history of pizza.
Buffalo Wings
http://www.travelchannel.com/video/dig-in-tobuffalos-famous-wings-12117
Visit this site to watch a video about
where the first buffalo wings are
created.
Cheesecake
http://www.cheesecake.
com/History-OfCheesecake.asp
Visit this site and learn
about the history of
cheesecake.
Go Back…
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Pick a couple of pictures to create a
brochure of New York City.
Enjoy!!!
Standards
SS.O.05.04.01 interpret and draw
conclusions from United States maps
(e.g., special purpose maps, graphs,
charts, tables, timelines).
 SS.O.05.04.04 compare and contrast
the various regions of the United
States, locate each of the fifty United
States and correlate them with their
regions
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