Cities around the world

What do you know about touristic cities around the world?

Let's find some interesting information!

1) Get together in groups of five students.

2) Each group is going to find information about these cities:

     - New York

     - Dublin

     - Paris

     - Edinburgh

     - London

     - Sydney

3) Each group is going to complete the following chart:

Name of the city
Interesting places to visit
Places to stay
Places to eat
Places to go shopping
Some interesting information...

4) Each group is going to design a brouchure about a city, and present it to the class.

RESOURCES:

Edinburgh

http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Edinburgh

http://www.visitscotland.com/destinations-maps/edinburgh-lothians/

http://www.timeout.com/edinburgh/

Sydney

http://www.sydney.com/

http://www.australia.com/explore/cities/sydney.aspx

http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Sydney

London

http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/London

http://www.timeout.com/london

http://www.londontourism.ca/

Paris

http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Paris

http://en.visitparisregion.com/

http://about-france.com/paris-tourist-attractions.htm

New York

http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/New_York

http://www.nycgo.com/

http://www.iloveny.com/

Dublin

http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Dublin

http://www.visitdublin.com/

http://www.discoverireland.ie/Activities-Adventure/dublin-discover-ireland-centre-suffolk-street/73794

   Let's work!

- Get into groups of five or six students.

- Find information about one city.

- Read the information together and decide what to include in the chart.

- Find some pictures of the city and use the book 'Uruguay in focus 1' (page 63) as a model to create a brochure.

- Make a short presentation on the city.

- Share your brochure with your classmates.