DO NOW What are the Five Boroughs of New York City?
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DO NOW
What are the Five
Boroughs of New York
City?
NYC TRIVIAHow many spikes are on the Statue of Liberty’s crown.
Minimum height requirement to be a Rockette.
The number of Italian American families that dominated organized
crime.
Amount of times the network censor allowed the word “pregnant”
to be said on I Love Lucy.
Number of languages spoken by NYC cab Drivers.
Number of words published in the average edition of the NY
Times.
7
5ft. 6 in.
5 Bonanno, Gambino, Colombo, Genovese, and Luchese
060
138,000
Tenement Life
http://www.maggieblanck.co
m/NewYork/Life.html
The Gangs of New York http://www.history.com/news/history-lists/7-infamous-gangs-of-new-york
Show Clip
Gangs of New York Video. Watch the
following video. Note three facts from
the video.
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Idp7f
LSo-nE
Artifacts
In your group, discuss the following:
Describe the objects. How is it
designed? How might this artifact be
used? Who might use this object?
Using Primary Sources
Discuss – How can people learn about you without
talking to you?
Just like a historian, use the primary sources to learn
about the Confino family. What did you find?
FINALLY…
Library of Congress Video Research
http://www.loc.gov/film-and-videos/?q=
new+york
Scroll through and choose which
videos are of interest to you. List the
ones you chose.