New York City. Contents. Introduction. Irene Schwarz TOPICS

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1 Contents Introduction... 3 Puzzle... 3 New York State - information boroughs... 7 Manhattan... 8 The Statue of Liberty... 9 Central Park Find out, if the statement is true or false Find the words in the word search write the German meanings next to the English Unscramble each of the words Find correct pairs Match head tails Solve the crossword puzzle NEW YORK NEW YORK Puzzle - The Statue of Liberty Dictionary Tick off the correct clue word Domino - sights Trimino Solutions Introduction Genial Topics Geografie ist ein fächerübergreifendes Arbeitsprogramm, das bestimmte geografischen Themen für den Englischunterricht anbietet und die Schüler zum selbstständigen Erarbeiten eines Themas in englischer Sprache anregt. Interessante Inhalte und zusätzliches Bildmaterial helfen die Texte besser und leichter zu verstehen. Viele differenzierte Arbeitsaufgaben (Puzzles, Rätsel) tragen zur Festigung der neuen Vokabeln bei, die Selbstkontrolle der einzelnen Aufgaben ermöglicht den Schülern das Lerntempo selbst zu bestimmen. Genial GW-Topics is an exciting activity book where your students learn more about big cities. The activities will help your students to learn a lot about life in a mega city easily can also be used in open learning lessons. I wish you your students lots of fun using Topics Irene Schwarz Bildungsverlag Lemberger Genial! Geographie Topics 3

2 New York State - information Try to answer the questions fill in the missing words below. (The map will help you!) Lake Erie Lake Ontario Niagra Falls Pennsylvania Canada Adirondack Mountains Hudson river Albany Catskill Mountains New Jersey Vermont Massachusetts Connecticut Atlantic Ocean? 1. What is the capital city of New York State?? 2. Which country borders New York?? 3. Which ocean borders New York?? 4. Which two Great Lakes border New State?? 5. What is the name of the biggest river in New York State? Bildungsverlag Lemberger Genial! Geographie Topics 5

3 ? 6. The two mountain ranges in New York are? 7. The large waterfall in western New York is called? 8. The two states that border New York to the south are? 9. The three states that border New York to the east are? 10. The name of the huge city at the south eastern corner of New York is Brooklyn Bridge 6 Genial! Geographie Topics Bildungsverlag Lemberger

4 - boroughs is one of the most exciting cities in the world! There are five districts or boroughs in : Write down the correct names: the Staten nylkoorb xnorb nattahnam sneeuq dnalsi Read the sentences fill in the names of the boroughs of. 1 It is the only borough on the mainl. There are many parks. It is the home of the famous New York Yankees baseball team. The 2 It is the largest of New York s five boroughs. Most visitors arrive here because John F. Kennedy International Airport is in this borough. 3 It is at the beginning of New York Harbor. This borough has many lakes trees. In 1964 a famous bridge was built between Brooklyn this borough. S I. 4 It is at the Western End of Long Isl. Two half million people live here. It has a famous beach- Coney Isl -B. 5 It is a long, narrow isl forms the centre of the city. When visitors say they usually mean this borough: M Bildungsverlag Lemberger Genial! Geographie Topics 7

5 Manhattan The first Europeans people from Holl bought Manhattan from the Native Americans for cloth a few glass necklaces. Manhattan is a centre for finance culture. Wall Street is the financial heart of the world. Famous sights Match each picture to the correct text 1 Traffic can be terrible in therefore people usually go by subway or by yellow cabs (taxis). 2 The Guggenheim Museum near Central Park is a museum for modern art. 3 On the famous Broadway near Times Square you can find many theatres. 4 The most famous shops are on Fifth Avenue. With its famous department stores it is still the most fashionable street in the city. (Avenues go north south, most streets go east west. They have numbers or names.) 5 The Empire State Building (443,2m tall,) is a 102- story skyscraper. It was for the tallest building in the world from Perhaps the most spectacular skyscrapers in New York were the two towers of the New York Trade Center, which was destroyed by a terrorist attack in Manhattan is home to the United Nations Headquarters. 8 Genial! Geographie Topics Bildungsverlag Lemberger

New York Geography: History:

New York Geography: History: New York Geography: New York is located on the east coast of the United States. Its official name is City of New York, and it s often called New York City. More than 8 million people live in New York.