Vocabulary
Main Ideas
What To Know
Compare & Contrast
Critical Thinking
100
a person who dances, acts, or makes music
What is a PERFORMER?
100
They may have different kinds of buildings. Some have tall buildings with apartments and others have small houses.
What is one way New York City neighborhoods are different from each other?
100
People come to NYC to visit and to have fun.
Why do people come to NYC?
100
An apartment building has one box with many doorbells for many different apartments, while a small house will only have 1 doorbell.
How are the doorbells in apartment buildings different from doorbells in small houses?
100
It was built to keep track of the millions of immigrants coming to America from other countries.
What is Ellis Island?
200
a group's way of life.
What is a CULTURE?
200
People who work in hotels, sell tickets, and lead tours of famous places.
What is a job that someone is tourism might have?
200
Bronx Zoo, Museum of Natural History, New York City Public Library
What are places to visit for fun and learning in NYC?
200
These types of jobs are called service jobs. Workers in a bank serve their customers; food servers bring food to you in a restaurant.
How are service jobs different from jobs where people make things?
200
They might need to know how to run the machines.
What did workers in a factory need to know?
300
the business of helping others.
What is TOURISM?
300
People express their culture through music, celebrations, and games.
How do people express their culture?
300
All neighborhoods are different because of different cultures.
What is the difference between neighborhoods in NYC?
300
Tourism is important to NYC. Tourism creates many jobs for New Yorkers.
What effect does tourism have on NYC?
400
a building in which people use machines to make goods.
What is a FACTORY?
400
New York City changed because buildings became taller, streets became safer and traveling became faster.
How did technology change NYC?
400
A building that reaches very high.
What is a skyscraper?
400
The use of science to make things work better.
What is technology?
400
When immigrants arrived at Ellis Island they were asked questions and checked by a doctor.
What was the process at Ellis Island when immigrants arrived?
500
one or more rooms used as a place to live in a larger building.
What is an APARTMENT?
500
The culture of New York City changes everyday because of the new people arriving in NYC.
What happens to the culture of NYC when new people arrive?
500
Some museums contain art while others have items from history
What are some types of museum exhibits?
500
Every city has its own history, traditions, and mix of cultures and people.
Are cultures in other cities the same as NYC?
500
They were checked by a doctor because if they were sick, they had to stay on the island until they were well again. They were checked before leaving Ellis Island so that they did not bring any diseases with them.
Why were immigrants checked by a doctor at Ellis Island?
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