THE AMERICAN STUDIES ROAD TRIP
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Introduction
TASK: To create a visual presentation using Microsoft
PowerPoint, or other multimedia programs of images of New York,
incorporating music, poetry and prose, archival photography, painting
and film.
Each group has been assigned an historical period in which
to visit New York, the most exciting city in modern times, and
asked to imagine a three-day fantasy vacation to New York's most
important sites. First, the students will research New York and
will focus on a particular decade of the city's life, looking
closely at three to five events in this time frame. They will
be expected to keep concise notes bibliographic notes on their
readings. Third, the students will immerse themselves in particular
places and events, actually taking on the persona of a visitor
by writing a multimedia diary recording the highlights of the
trip.
Time Frame: Expect one week to complete this task. The final
due date for all multimedia presentations is April 19th.
Process:
| Work in groups of five. Use the website below
to help you plan a day in New York. Consider the following
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1. Who will you go to New York with?
2. Which places will you visit?
3. How long will you need to spend in each place?
4. What will you buy? (T-shirts, souvenirs, meals, etc) Describe
these items in detail.
5. Who did you see? (Celebrities, odd balls, etc)
Remember: The best reports will have an historical accuracy
and a certain idiosyncratic details (status details) which
brings that part of history and life in New York alive. |
General Information
on New York
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New York Links |
General History Links |
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Entertainment |
Museums |
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New York Stays and Visits |
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Classic Hotels |
Visits |
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The Plaza Hotel
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New York Neighborhoods |
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Harlem
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The Upper East Side
The Upper West Side
This is Jerry Seinfeld's old neighborhood (he lived at
West 81st Street and Columbus Avenue in the 1980s).
Greenwich Village
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A Closer Look
at The Lower East Side and Immigration |
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Visit the immigrants in New York
Immigrants in New York
1870-1915 At this site you will visit a building in New York
where immigrant families lived in the nineteenth and twentieth
centuries. Click on "Urban Log Cabin." By clicking
on different rooms, you will see a picture and read a story about
the family that lived there. On the left, it is 1870. On the
right side the year is 1915 or later. Make a list of the families
living in the building for both time periods. Next to each family,
tell the country they came from.
What kind of work did immigrants do to support their families?
Which members of the family worked?
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Individual Artist Links
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| The Harlem Renaissance |
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| The 1940s and 1950s |
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Photography
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New York Restaurants
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Restaurants |
Mr. Ryan's Favorite Food in New York |
- Tips
on Tables.com: This site features vintage reviews
of famous Nightclubs and Restarutants, mostly from the
New York area from Mr. Robert W. Dana, entertainment columnist
for the now-defunct New York World Telegram and Sun.
- Dining
in the 1920s: Food
- Delmonico:
The original restaurant
- Delmonico's
Restaurant: Wikipedia
- Russian
Tea Room (1926)
Tavern on the
Green: Look at the menu
- Grimaldi's Pizzeria
- Patsy's Restaurant
in New York The Place Where Frank Ate
- Lombardi's
Pizza: First pizzeria in NY
McSorley's
Old Ale House
- Toots
Shor's Restarurant: Wikipedia
- Katz deli
- The
Stork Club
- The
21 Club
- Food
Timeline: Culinary History Timeline
- Sardi's
Top
Restaurants in New York
- Culinary
History: New York Public Library
- Alice
Statler Menu Collection—San Francisco
Cornell
University Menu Collection
Cullinary
Institute of America Menu Collection
- 1890-1900 Au-Chat-Noir
Hotel
Illustration: Menu, Au Chat Noir Hotel, New York, N.Y.,
February 28, 1897.
- 1800s
Menu Collection of New York: Selections from the Buttolph
Collection
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of Washington Digital Menu Colllection—Mostly
Seattle, but you can get a general idea of the type of
food offered during the different historical periods
The Food Timeline
- 1894 Delmonico's
Recipes from a “Gilded Age”
“A look at the menus of nineteenth century restaurants
shows that a vast majority of them offered a dish featuring
Terrapin. It was most likely the Diamondback Terrapin
that brought bliss to the palates of many a patron.”
- Eggs Benedict:
- 1894 Waldorf
salad—New York, Waldorf-Astoria
- Popular
Foods and Restaurants 1910-1950
- Speakeasy
Dining
- Popular
20th Century American Foods through the decades
- Historic
Food Prices: including groceries and restaurants
- Bridge Cafe:
the oldest surviving tavern in New York
- Fraunce's
Tavern: 54 Pearl Street, New York
The oldest restaurant in the US, built in 1719
- A
Restaurant Timeline
- 1911—Delicatessens
of New York
- New York Food
Museum: Great Site, with menus and descriptions
- New York Menu Pages—great
interactive map
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Mr. Ryan's Travel Hints:
You've got to walk across the Brooklyn Bridge and have
a pizza at: Grimaldi's
Pizzeria.
Located under the Brooklyn Bridge
Take a few steps to: The
Brooklyn Ice Cream Factory
Fulton Ferry Landing Pier
Brooklyn, NY 11201
Then take a walk across the Brooklyn Bridge.
You may want to stop at Tribeca
Grill.
(Robert DiNero's place)
Before you leave New York, have at least two meals at
Patsy's Restaurant in
New York the place where Frank ate.
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New York Personalities |
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Information and Personalities |
By the Decade |
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1940s and 1950s
1960s snf 1970s
1970s
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