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9/11 Memorial

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The National September 11 Memorial and Museum commemorates the approximately 3,000 lives lost in the 2001 terrorist attack that destroyed the twin towers of the World Trade Center. There are two square pools where the World Trade towers once existed, with trees and some green spaces around them. The names of all the victims are written on the walls that are near these pools. The memorial opened on September 12th, 2011.

The completed South Pool in April 2012
Norman B. The completed South Pool in April 2012 (CC BY-SA)

At the end of the session, you will have:

  • visited the 9/11 Memorial. 
  • had fun singing one of the most famous songs by the New Yorker singer "Lady Gaga"
  • shared your infographic through different means.

Why don't you visit the official 9/11 Memorial's website

At this website, you can obtain some information about all the different activities you can do at the 9/11 Memorial. Before answering the questions, take a Google map virtual tour of the place.

Can you find the answers to the following questions at the website?

  • How much does a teenager (up to 17 years old) have to pay for a General Museum Ticket? (Check the Visit the Museum section)
  • Who have been the architects of the 9/11 Memorial? (Check the Museum Architects section)
  • How much can you save on your ticket if you hold the New York City Pass? (Check the City Pass section)

Remember that the 9/11 Memorial must be part of the route on your Google Sites map.

Continue with your posts on Twitter (#taskbiography and #EDIAnewyork). Which section from the official 9/11 Memorial is, in your opinion, the most impressive for you? Did you see images or videos or what happened in the past? You can also access the complete 9/11 Timeline with audios and videos of what happened that day. The 'Rubric to assess a Tweet' can help you do a good job in this social network.

There is no bad romance in New York!

You have been visiting New York, one of the most important cities in the world. One of the most important singers who were born in New York is Lady Gaga who is a famous singer and actress. 

Would you like to play it and know one of Lady Gaga's songs and its lyrics?. Choose the level of difficulty and have a good time: Lady Gaga - Bad Romance.

Lady Gaga. Lady Gaga - Bad Romance (Official Music Video) (Licencia estándar de YouTube)
  • If you want to know further details about this New Yorker singer, just take a look at her official website
  • You can also get in touch with her through her official Facebook and Twitter. What about tweeting her how we are using her songs to learn english?
  • She also has an official Youtube channel with all her videoclips.

Enjoy with this American singer!

Continue with your posts on Twitter (#taskbiography and #EDIAnewyork). This is an open tweet about Lady Gaga. You can recommend a song (explaining why), suggest some other websites about her, talk about any other American groups, or any other idea you may have about music in English.

End of Task: Infography about your biography.

Task Step 6: Disseminating your infographic about your biography

We have reached the end of this task. It is now time to announce to both parents and other teachers & students that you have been working on your infographic about your biography and that it is finished.

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Cherie A. Thurlby. Defense.gov photo essay 060911 (CC0)

Remember that you have to share your infographic through Twitter using the project hashtags. The 'Rubric to assess a Tweet' can help you do a good job in this social network.

Have you enjoyed this experience a lot? So, we still have some more challenges to carry out along this series of projects.

Learning diary

Learning Diary. Step 7: Upload your infographic link to your learning diary.

At this moment, you have to publish the link of your infography to your personal learning diary.

Then, one of the members of the class or your teacher can put all your infographies links together and publish them to any of the publishing websites:

Thus, you will be able to get instant access to all of them in just one site.

You can also share it through Twitter using the following hashtag: #EDIAnewyork & #taskbiography. The 'Rubric to assess a Tweet' can help you do a good job in this social network.

At this point, you should also think about how the project is going on. Answer the questions you'd find pushing on the button "Feedback".

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