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THE AMERICAN STUDIES ROAD TRIP

 

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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 questions:
  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

 New York Links

 General History Links

 Entertainment

 Museums

 New York Stays and Visits

 Classic Hotels

 Visits

The Plaza Hotel


 

 

 New York Neighborhoods

 Harlem

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

 A Closer Look at The Lower East Side and Immigration

 

 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?

 Audio Files

Music Resouces

Art Resouces

 

 

 Individual Artist Links
The Harlem Renaissance
The 1940s and 1950s

 Photography

 

 New York Restaurants
 Classic Restaurants Mr. Ryan's Favorite Food in New York

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.

 

 

 New York Personalities
 General Information and Personalities By the Decade

1940s and 1950s

1960s snf 1970s

1970s

 

 

 

 

 

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