Homework

1. Prepare a short (1-2 mins) presentation about the topic assigned to you from chapter 3 of the textbook. Use maps, photos, illustrations, etc. Use the textbook information but also find something new that is not in the textbook.
2. Answer the questions about the movie “Far and Away”
   1. Why does Joseph want to kill the landlord Mr Christie?
   2. Is he justified?
3. Presentation topics
   1. Robert de Niro and Woody Allen
   2. Manhattan, Brooklyn, Queens, The Bronx, Staten Island – how are they connected? (1 bridge, 1 tunnel, 1 ferry)
   3. Manhattan – Wall Street, Twin Towers, Ground Zero
   4. Chinatown
   5. Lower East Side
   6. Little Italy
   7. Garment District
   8. Greenwich Village
   9. Edith Wharton
   10. Henry James
   11. Mark Twain
   12. Edgar Allen Poe
   13. Harlem
   14. Brooklyn, Queens and the Bronx

If you were absent today, please choose from these topics in the textbook:

1. Central Park
2. Rockefeller Center
3. Times Square
4. Broadway
5. Lincoln Center
6. Madison Square Garden
7. Fifth Avenue & Upper Midtown
8. Empire State Building
9. Famous New York food

Today’s class

1. Cause and effect.
   1. Why did Joseph’s father die?
   2. Why did large stones and timbers fall?
   3. Why did the horses hit the timbers?