Exploring the ABCs of New York

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Exploring the ABCs of New York
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A for Agriculture

• Dairy Products
• Greenhouse/ Nursery
• Cattle and Calves
• Apples
• Hay

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B for State Bird
http//www2.go-concepts.com/mrsimple33/
Blue Bird
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C for State Capital Building
http//www.dos.state.ny.us/kidsroom/nysfacts/alban
y.html
The state capitol building is located in Albany.
It was built in 1899 and was not the original
building.
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D for Demographics

• White persons- 67.9
• Hispanic and Latin- 15.1
• Asian persons- 5.5
• Black or African American- 15.9
• American Indian- 0.4

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E for Entertainment

• Ellis Island
• Coney Island
• Empire State Building
• Statue of Liberty
• Central Park
• Sea Breeze Amusement Park
• Hudson Valley Raptor Center
• The Metropolitan Museum of Art

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F for State Flower
http//www.justourpictures.com/roses/redroses.html
Rose
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G for Government

• Senators- Charles E. Schumer and Hillary Rodham
  Clinton
• Legislatures- Bob Barra, Jim Bacalles, Adam
  Bradley, and Michael Benjamin
• New York is more Democratic

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H for Historical Events

• Wars that were fought in New York included the
  Revolutionary War and the Battle of Saratoga.
  Approximately one third of the Revolutionary War
  were fought on American soil
• Explorers that traveled to my state were
  Verrazano in 1524 and Henry Hudson who discovered
  the Hudson River in 1609
• New Yorks state quarter has already been
  released

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I for Industry
Retail Trade
Health Services
Educational Services
Finance, Insurance, and Real Estate
Manufacturing, Durable Goods
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J for Jobs

• Administrative support occupations
• Professional specialty occupations
• Executive, administrative, and managerial
  occupations
• Service occupations, except protective and
  household
• Sales occupations

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K for Kinds of License Plates
http//www.ralphplates.de/collection.htm
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Landmarks

• Bennington Battlefield
• Johnson Hall State Historic Site
• Oriskany Battlefield
• Schuyler Mansion State Historic Site
• Niagara Falls

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M for State Motto
Excelsior Ever Upward
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N for State Nickname
The Empire State
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O for Origin of Your State

• The Dutch settled in New York permanently in 1624
  and for 40 years they ruled over the colony of
  New Netherland. It was then conquered by the
  English in 1664 and was then named New York in
  honor of the Duke of York.

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P is for Population
19,011,378
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Q for State Quarter

• New Yorks state quarter was released in 2001.

http//www.statequarters.com/FirstReports/NYFirstR
eports.asp
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R for Rivers and Lakes

• Hudson River is the largest River In New york
• Niagra River which forms The Niagra Falls
• Mohawk River
• Lake Erie
• Lake Ontario

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S for State Seal
http//encarta.msn.com/media_461531773/Seal_(art)_
_state_seals_E28093_United_States_New_York.ht
ml
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T for State Tree
http//www.statehousegirls.net/wi/symbols/tree/
Sugar Maple
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U for Urban Legends and Folklore

• A new deadly game has been going around on the
  streets of New York called spunk ball. A group
  of teenagers wait at a street light until they
  see a car with a window open. Once they spot a
  open window they throw a gasoline rag with a
  lighted firecracker into the car causing the
  interior of the car to catch on fire. For more
  information go to http//www.ulrc.com.au/html/repo
  rt.asp?CaseFileULRR0057Page1ViewRequest

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V for Vacation Spots

• New York City
• Long Island
• Fire Island
• Allegany State Park
• Cayuga Lake State Park

Allegany State Park
http//nysparks.state.ny.us/cgi-bin/cgiwrap/nyspar
ks/parks-search.cgi
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W for Weather and Climate

• New York is usually very humid
• Precipitation occurs evenly throughout the
  growing seasons in order to support agriculture
• Because of variations in terrain, elevation, and
  exposure to bodies of water, the climate varies

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X for X-tra

• New Yorks broadway is the premiere area for the
  theatre and plays.
• New York was originally inhabited by the Five
  Indian Nations of the Mohawks, Oneidas,
  Onondagas, Cayugas and Senecas.

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Y for Yesteryear

• New York was very crowded when my grandparents
  were children. During the time that my
  grandparents settled in New York, there were many
  other immigrants that settled in New York as well.

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Z for Physiographic Zones

• New Yorks roughly triangular area encloses eight
  different natural regions which include the
  Atlantic Coastal Plain the New England Upland
  province, the Piedmont Plateau, the Ridge and
  Valley province, the Appalachian Plateaus, the
  Adirondack province, the St. Lawrence Valley
  province, and the Central Lowland

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Sources
Flag on Title Page- http//encarta.msn.com/media_
461522682/Flag_(symbol)__state_flags_of_the_Unite
d_States_(pictures)_New_York.html