do now what are the five boroughs of new york city?

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.