Exploring the NYC map

New York before the grid - Questions

Read the text and answer the following questions.

What is this document? What is it about?
Highlight the different names or nicknames given to the cityin red.
Underlineall the information related to the geography of the place (landscape, natural elements, etc.).
Find a title for each paragraph.

New York before the grid (timeline) - Let's play!

New York before the grid (story of) - Let's play!

Manhattan grid system - Questions

1.Can you find in the text:

the date the plan was developed?
the names of three famous avenues?
the names of three streets?
the name of a street that does not follow the grid?

2.Can you explain the main characteristic of:

the streets of Manhattan?
the avenues?

3.Why did they decide to create this plan?

Guess what city you're in - Questions

Look at the picture and answer the following questions.

What city do you think this is? Why?
What can you say about the streets (people, cars, shape...)?
What about the buildings (style, height, materials...)?
What can you say about the colours?
Where was this photo taken from?
What emotion/impression does this photo create?

New York, New York - Vidéo

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New York, New York - Questions

Watch the first 25 seconds and write down:

the number of inhabitants,
the number of streets,
the number of boroughs,
the number of rivers.