Professional Documents
Culture Documents
Working in groups, you will research and document information on this city. You will need to
visit all the online resources and take notes of your findings.
The task
Learn about the story of the city and create a document (text and pictures) with all the
information you have found on the internet.
The process
1. Students will be divided into groups of 2 to 3 members.
2 Each group will choose a particular topic about the city of new York:
General Information - History and Geography– Famous Places – Famous Monuments
3 Each group member will answer a certain number of questions and will be responsible for
visiting the resources assigned.
4. Each group member will take notes about the questions he/she is assigned.
5 Each group will write a paragraph (10-15 lines) about the topic chosen.
6 Group members will compare notes
7 Each paragraph will include iconographic documents: pictures, photos, maps, etc…
Evaluation
- Cooperation and participation in the group
- Answers will be in the paragraph
- Paragraphs will include iconographic documents
- Quality of the grammar and of the language
1 General Information
Find the New York flag: Who are the two ladies, why is one lady blindfolded, What does
“Liberty” hold, who adopted this symbol ( 2 answers)
Symbols
What’s the origin of the name New York ? What’s the motto of New York ?
What’s the time difference with France, what time zone is New York in ?
How much is the “Big Apple Tour” $ ………….. For how long ? ………..…
minutes
Circle Line : What is the “Shark”: How long is the tour, how many passengers can it take ?
2 History or Facts
Who were Verrazano and Hudson ? When did New York approve the
Independence of the USA ?
Where was the first colony established ? When was the Statue of Liberty
built ?
Geography
Where is New York situated in the USA ? Population ? Biggest city ? bordering lakes and
countries ?
New York Almanac: What are the largest cities, the highest place, capital, population,
highest temperature, N° of crimes per year ?
Do you know the famous marathon It takes place in the 5 boroughs (districts) of
New-York.
See Page 2 : What’s the name of the fountain on the lake ? ………………………
When was it opened ? How many Americans entered the USA on Ellis Island ?
What happened to rich immigrants ? What questions were asked to immigrants ? How
long were the tests ?
Verrazano Bridge
How many towers, distance between the towers ? How much odes the bridge weigh
Chinatown
Why did Chinese people come to New York ? What sort of jobs did they have?
4 Famous Monuments
The Statue of Liberty
Book: How long is it ? What is written on the book ? Torch: How many candles
are there ? What is the torch made of ?
Admission fee for adults (How much is it to visit it ?) ………… Year of construction:
…………….
Go to: ESB.kmz
The World Trade Center
How tall were the South and North Towers ? What happened in
September 2001 ? At what time, on what floor,etc… ?
Chrysler Building
Who was Chrysler ? How high is it ? Since when was it the tallest building ?
What famous attractions can you see next to the Chrysler Building ?
L1.2 Structurer un
S’approprier un Recherche documentaire, création d’un environnement de
environnement document présentant New York, enregistrer travail
informatique son travail, indiquer ses propriétés ( format,
taille) L1.4 Personnaliser un
périphérique selon
ses besoins)
Créer un fichier,
retrouver ses
propriétés.
Grilles d’évaluation:
Rapport écrit Recherche
Richesse du vocabulaire 3 Recherche et partage des 5
informations
Correction grammaticale 3 Coopération / Communication 5
Respect des autres membres
Originalité/qualité de la présentation 6 Implication dans le groupe 4
Nombre et cohérence des 4 Esprit d’initiative 3
informations
Appuis iconographiques 4 Gestion du temps 3
Langue Anglais
Date de creation juin 2009
Public 1ère Bac Pro (élèves de 17 à 19 ans)
Objectifs d’apprentissage -
Sensibiliser les élèves à une ville anglophone
- Utiliser l’outil informatique ( recherche Internet, traitement de
texte, importation de documents)
- Développer l’expression écrite
Pré-requis Pronoms interrogatifs, prétérit simple et présent
Réinvestissement Texte: The New York Marathon + localisation : Manhattan
Multimédia: videos + quizzNew York State