MANHATTAN SPECIAL
09th OCT 2025
🌆 Manhattan Adventure:
Journey to One World Trade Center
🎯 Goal: Travel through Manhattan and reach the One World Trade Center!
🧭 Follow the steps, make choices, answer quiz questions, and do mini-tasks. Write your answers in the spaces provided.
🗽 Step 1: Battery Park
Choose your first move:
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🚤 Go to the Statue of Liberty – take a boat.
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💼 Walk to Wall Street – see big buildings.
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⚓ Walk at South Street Seaport – see old ships and shops.
📝 Your choice: _______
🛳️ If you choose 1 – Statue of Liberty
You are on the boat. The wind is cold. You see the Statue of Liberty.
📘 Quiz: How many people can go to the crown of the statue at one time?
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a) 10
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b) 25
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c) 7
✅ Answer: _______
💰 If you choose 2 – Wall Street
You see the Charging Bull and many tall buildings.
🧩 Mini-task: Count the steps in front of the New York Stock Exchange: _______
💡 Clue: Follow the street to the subway station.
⚓ If you choose 3 – South Street Seaport
You see old ships, shops, and a lighthouse.
📘 Quiz: What is this?
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a) A ship
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b) A plane
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c) A train
✅ Answer: _______
🚇 Step 2: Subway to One World Trade Center
Choose your subway line:
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🔴 Red Line – fast, few stops.
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🔵 Blue Line – slower, see the city.
🧩 Mini-task: Count how many stations you pass: _______
🏮 Step 3: Chinatown Stop
You are in Chinatown. Streets are colorful and full of life.
📘 Quiz: What is a dumpling?
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a) A drink
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b) A small food made of dough and meat/vegetables
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c) A toy
✅ Answer: _______
🎨 Mini-task: Name one color you see on signs: _______
🏛️ Step 4: City Hall Park
You see the City Hall building and a fountain.
🧩 Mini-task: Count the flags around City Hall: _______
🛤️ Decision:
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🍔 Walk to Brookfield Place for shopping and lunch.
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🚇 Take the subway directly to One World Trade Center.
📝 Your choice: _______
🛍️ Step 5: Brookfield Place (Optional)
You see a big glass building and shops.
🧩 Mini-task: Find one shop and write its name: _______
📘 Quiz: Which river is near here?
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a) Hudson
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b) East
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c) Mississippi
✅ Answer: _______
💹 Step 6: Wall Street Stop (if not already visited)
You see the New York Stock Exchange and the Fearless Girl statue.
🎨 Mini-task: Draw or describe the Charging Bull statue:
🛤️ Decision:
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🚶 Walk south to One World Trade Center (10 min).
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🚇 Take the subway (1 stop).
📝 Your choice: _______
🏙️ Step 7: One World Trade Center Arrival
You are at the One World Trade Center! You see the tallest building in the Western Hemisphere.
📘 Final Quiz: How many floors does One World Trade Center have?
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a) 102
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b) 88
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c) 100
✅ Answer: _______
🎨 Mini-task: Draw or describe the view from the observation deck:
🏁 Adventure Completed! 🎉 Congratulations!
You traveled through Manhattan, learned new things, and reached the One World Trade Center!
✨ Explore, learn, and have fun in Manhattan! 🗽
🗽 Statue of Liberty
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NPS – Statue of Liberty Facts:
https://www.nps.gov/stli/learn/historyculture/index.htm
💰 Wall Street & Charging Bull
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History.com – Wall Street:
https://www.history.com/topics/19th-century/wall-street
⚓ South Street Seaport
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NYCgo – South Street Seaport:
https://www.nycgo.com/boroughs-neighborhoods/manhattan/south-street-seaport
🏮 Chinatown
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NYCgo – Chinatown Manhattan:
https://www.nycgo.com/boroughs-neighborhoods/manhattan/chinatown
🏙️ One World Trade Center
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One World Observatory:
https://www.oneworldobservatory.com/
🚇 MTA Subway Map
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MTA Subway Map:
https://new.mta.info/map
We discover Manhattan
This is what you have to do:
Each group makes a small PowerPoint about a famous place in Manhattan. At the end, everyone presents, and the class can vote or answer questions.
1. Groups & Sights
- maximum of 3 students per group
- you will get a sight
2. Find your sight on the map of Manhattan
https://www.introducingnewyork.com/map
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3. Group Tasks / Instructions
Your group must make 3–5 slides:
Slide 1 – Title & Picture
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Name of your sight
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One big picture
Slide 2 – Facts
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Where it is (MAP!)
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When it was built / interesting info
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Short sentences (3–5 facts) in your OWN words
Slide 3 – Things to do
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What people can do there (walk, take photos, shop, ride bikes)
Slide 4 – Quiz / Question (optional)
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Please come up with two 2 questions for the class
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Example: „What year was the Statue of Liberty built?“
Slide 5 – Fun / Emoji (optional)
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Class can vote: ❤️ Love it / 👍 Want to see / 😐 Not interested
