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CITY TOUR BROOKLYN BRIDGE BROADWAY SHOW THE UNITED NATIONS THE MET MUSEUM NATIONAL 9/11 MEMORIAL Explore Manhattan, the heart of the Big Apple Go onGo a onwalking a walking tour acrosstour across New York’sNew York’siconic A Amust-see must-see while while in inthe the city city and an home home to to Visit the United Nations and get a behind Visit the largest art museum in the world, Visit the national memorial honoring and New York’s most densely populated bridge,iconic the first bridge, steel-wire the suspension first steel-wire bridge musicalsmusicals such such as as Wicked, Wicked, Phantom Phantom of of the scenes look into the U.S. headquarters showcasing over 5,000 years of artwork, victims of the terrorist attacks on borough, where you’ll see some of the city’s in thesuspension U.S., which bridge links inbustling the U.S., Manhattan which thethe Opera, Opera, and and Hamilton. Hamilton. for world diplomacy since 1952. located near Central Park. September 11, 2001. best-known landmarks, including Times withlinks ultra-hip bustling Brooklyn. Manhattan with ultra-hip Square and Rockefeller Center. Brooklyn. EMPIRE STATE STATUE OF LIBERTY CENTRAL PARK WALL STREET BUILDING Check out& ELLISthe 90-foot ISLAND folk art sculptures Visit the historic Ellis Islands, where Stroll through the country’s most Walk through the Financial District, Visit the United Nations headquarters, a See breathtaking views of New York at night Visitand the explore historic Ellisthe Island,surrounding where displaysmillions ofof Strollmillions through of immigrants the country’s came most tofamous America Walkfamous through park, wherethe Financialyou can find District, Central home to the New York Stock Exchange, hub for world diplomacy since 1952. 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SAMPLE SCHEDULE - WEEK 1 & 2 Sunday Monday Tuesday Wednesday Thursday Friday Saturday Classroom Learning and Project Work Group Activities and Guided Tours Students Arrive Company Tours Week 1 National 9/11 Wall Street, tour National 9/11 NYC Bus Tour & Statue of Liberty & Memorial & One Walking tour of St. Patrick’sSt. Patrick’s Cathe - Morning of Federal Hall & Memorial & One The Met Museum Rockefeller Center Ellis Island World Observa- Brooklyn Bridge Cathedraldral Tour Tour Trinity Church World Observatory tory Lunch Lunch Lunch Lunch Lunch Lunch Lunch Lunch OrientationOrientation & Lec& - St. Peter’s Church TammanyTammany Hall,Hall, St.St. Tenement Muse- ImmigrantService Learning Rights UN Tour and Afternoon Lecture:ture: Immigration Immigration & Battery Park Tenement Museum Patrick’sPatrick’s Old Old Cath - Central Park um Activity Guest Lecture in New YorkYork Memorial Cathedralerdral Group Activity Lower Eastside Shopping on 5th MassMass at atSt. St. Patrick’s Pat- EmpireEmpire State Attend Basketball Evening Baseball & Dinner in Little Dinner Broadway Show Ave. & Dinner at rick’sCathedral Cathedral BuildingBuilding at night Game Italy Eataly Week 2 Morning Lunch Students Depart Afternoon Evening ProgramProgram 0VUMJOFOutline About the Program The springEastside break Catholic program spring introduces break program you to introducesNew York through students the to lensNew of York Catholic through and the lensesimmigrant of Catholic experiences. and immigrant While Catholics experiences. in New While York Catholics were oncein New a Ymarginalizedork were once minority a marginalizedfacing anti-immigration minority facing hostility, anti-immigrant successive hostility, waves ofsuccessive immigration waves from of immigration Ireland, Italy, from and Ireland,other nations Italy and during other thenations 19th during century the slowly 19th century helped slowly make helpedthe city make and the the city nation and themore nationreligiously more tolerant religiously and tolerantdiverse. and diverse. 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