Can you guess where we are going???

Any guesses?????

New York City, New York

Wilson and Ditch

http://pbskids.org/wilsonandditch/cities/?city=new-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.

PicturesOpen up your laptops and type this address into

your search bar…http://www.travelchannel.com/destinations/new-york/photos/journey-through-new-york-city

I want you to visit this website and look at all of the pictures.

Pictures I want you to visit this website next…

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/

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

Pizzahttp://www.meetmeatthecorner.org/episode/history-of-pizza

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-to-buffalos-famous-wings-12117

Visit this site to watch a video about where the first buffalo wings are created.

Cheesecake

http://www.cheesecake.com/History-Of-Cheesecake.asp

Visit this site and learn about the history of cheesecake.

Go Back…

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