AgendaAmerican Attractions

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American AttractionsStand up if you’ve heard of: • The Grand Canyon• Yellowstone National Park• Yosemite National Park• Walt Disney World• Golden Gate Bridge• Statue of Liberty• White House• Times Square• Mount Rushmore National Memorial

My City Presentation

• With a group of 2-3, read about your assigned city.

• Be prepared to tell the class about the city: – What is there to see?– Would you visit this city?

Boston Massachusetts• Museum of Science• New England Aquarium• The North End• The Waterfront• Museum of Fine Arts• Faneuil Hall Marketplace• Freedom Trail

Charleston, South Carolina• Edmondston-Alston

house• Fort Sumter• H.L. Hunley

Submarine• Downtown• Magnolia Plantation• Middleton Place• Drayton Hall

Cleveland• Rock & Roll Hall of Fame• Playhouse Square• Cedar Point• Metroparks Zoo• Museum of Art• Downtown Cleveland• West Side Market

New Orleans

• Audubon Aquarium• Audubon Zoo• Audubon Park• Harrah’s New Orleans• Bourbon Street• The French Quarter

Los Angeles

• Hollywood• Beverly Hills• Disneyland• Knotts Berry Farm• Six Flags• Third Street Promenade• Universal Studios

New York City

• Broadway Theatres• Rockefeller Center• Bronx Zoo• Central Park• Intrepid Sea-Air-Space Museum• Empire State Building• Statue of Liberty

San Francisco

• Cable Car Museum• Transamerica Pyramid• Golden Gate Bridge• Alcatraz

Washington DC

• Smithsonian Institution• Washington Monument• US Capitol building• Georgetown• John F. Kennedy Center

Plan a Trip!

• You and your group members are going to travel America for 6 nights, 7 days.

• Plan a travel itinerary for your week in the US. Where will you go? What will you do? What will you see? What will you eat?

Now, add up the costs for your trip

Lodging• Average hotel: $80-

200/night• Rural area hotel:

$100/night• Camp/hostel: $15-25

per night per person

Transportation• Car rental: $40/day• Gas: $3/day

Food• Restaurant: $15-25/meal

per person• Tipping: 15-20% per

restaurant• Fast food: $8/meal