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History School Trips To New York

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  • Secondary School, Sixth Form & FE College

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Key Highlights

  • Immigration themes
  • 911 Memorial
  • Guided Walking Tours
  • Civil Rights visits
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New York City has grown from a quiet backwater into the vibrant city it is today. It is home not only to fantastic entertainment and global business activities but also to key historical and political events. These have had a profound impact on local, national and global politics.

History trips to New York City are an ideal choice for GCSE and A level students looking to understand the bigger picture. Through a variety of historical visits to museums and other areas of interest, history students will get the chance to expand their knowledge for upcoming examinations while creating memories to last a lifetime.

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5 day itinerary

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5 Day History Itinerary

Day 1
Morning

Depart UK

Afternoon

Arrive New York and transfer to your accommodation

Evening

Beat the jet lag with a visit up the Empire State Building, followed by restaurant evening meal.

Day 2
Morning

Guided walking tour of Midtown Manhattan including key sites such as Fifth Avenue, 42nd Street, Broadway, Central park and Times Square.

Afternoon

United Nations Building: Guided tour focussing on the structure, history and organisation of the UN whose representatives discuss and decide issues of peace, justice and economic and social well being.

Evening

Chance to go and watch a Broadway Show.

Day 3
Morning

Liberty Island, Ellis Island and the Immigration Museum: travel by ferry, past the Statue of Liberty, to Ellis Island, which from 1892 to 1924, was America's largest and most active immigration station, where over 12 million immigrants were processed.

Afternoon

911 Memorial Museum: Serving as the principal institution for examining the implications of the events of 9/11, the museum documents their impact and explores the continuing significance of the events in modern history.

Evening

Evening meal in Little Italy

Day 4
Morning

Free time for last minute sightseeing and shopping

Afternoon

Depart New York for overnight flight

Day 5
Morning

Arrive back in the UK

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Educational Visits In New York

Other History Visits

  • Downtown Manhattan Walking Tour
    As always the best way to get around and see a city is on foot, especially when looking at it from a historical perspective. New York history school trips' downtown walking tours will take in some of the well known locations in New York’s political and economic history including Wall Street, the New York Stock Exchange and Battery Park.
  • Intrepid Sea, Air & Space Museum
    The Intrepid Sea, Air & Space Museum is an American military and maritime history museum with a collection of museum ships in New York City. It is located at Pier 86 at 46th Street in the Hell's Kitchen neighbourhood on the West Side of Manhattan. The museum showcases the aircraft carrier USS Intrepid, the submarine USS Growler, a Concorde SST, a Lockheed A-12 supersonic reconnaissance place and the Space Shuttle Enterprise.
  • Personal Experiences At The 9/11 Tribute Center
    Located next to a FDNY firehouse, the centre offers a ‘person to person history’ to help visitors understand the historic events and the people who experienced them. Various visit options are available, we highly recommend a 90 minute education programme where students will first tour the galleries learning through primary sources, before meeting with a 9/11 Tribute Centre guide who will share their unique personal 9/11 experiences, answer questions and engage students in dialogue about the future.
  • Museum Of American Finance
    A trip to the Museum of American Finance can help your students to learn more about the Wall Street Crash and to understand how finance impacts their daily lives today. Whilst visiting the Museum, along with a guided tour, your students can take part in a 45-60 minute lesson taught in the education center by museum educators and industry experts.
  • Radio City Music Hall
    As the largest indoor theatre in the world, when depression hit this prime spot in Midtown New York, it was turned into the Radio City Music Hall. Visiting Radio City can allow your students to learn about its history, listen to the ‘mighty Wurlitzer’ and enjoy ‘a masterpiece of American Modernist design’.
  • Spyscape
    The world’s preeminent spy museum and experience. Explore the fascinating world of hacking and espionage, and discover your inner spy. Real spy challenges include lie-detection in interrogation booths, observation in surveillance missions, and agility in special ops laser tunnels. Their profiling system (developed with a former Head of Training at British Intelligence) will tell you what kind of spy you’d be. SPYSCAPE brings amazing spy artefacts and stories to life in a uniquely entertaining experience.

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Other Cultural Visits

  • 911 Memorial
    Located on the World Trade Center site this memorial is a tribute of remembrance and honour to the people killed in the terrorist attacks of 11th September 2001.
  • One World Observatory 
    The tallest observatory in the western hemisphere, located at the 911 memorial site, offering spectacular panoramic views of New York.
  • TV & Movie Sites Tour
    Choose from a range of coach or walking tours around the city, taking in locations of well-known shows and movies, venues where the stars hang out and even see where your favourite celebrities live.
  • Shopping
    A trip to New York is not complete without a trip to world famous shops and department stores.
  • Restaurants
    There are many restaurants in New York – our most popular choices being the Hard Rock Café, Bubba Gump Shrimp, Ellen's Diner or smaller restaurants in China Town or Little Italy

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