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**Where do you think we should go?**

**Your group should research the places to visit in your country. In our class activity you will discuss and present the best places to visit and //why they are important//. Think about these questions while doing your research, discussion, and writing:**

**Why is this place important? Why should we visit it?** **What is its cultural or historical value?**

**Please write a paragraph summarizing IN YOUR OWN WORDS the top three places to visit in your country. Please answer at least one of the questions above in your paragraph.**  **Today I'll introduce about places in** __//United States.//__ **This is the group name of three big waterfalls on the Niagara River in eastern North America, on the border between the United States and Canada. The three waterfalls are the Horseshoe Falls, sometimes called the Canadian Falls, and the smaller Bridal Veil Falls. Although not very high, Niagara Falls is very wide, and is probaby the most populr waterfall in the world. The Horseshoe Falls are the largest out of the three falls. It is named the Horseshoe Falls because it looks a horseshoe.**
 * First place is 'Niagara Falls' **

**Second place is 'Grand Canyon National Park' ** **This is a famous canyon in Arizona, formed by the Colorado River. It is a nationa park, of the United States, and a UNESCO World Heritage Site. The Grand Canyon is 277 miles(446 km) long, up to 18 miles(29 km) wide and is over a mile(1.83 km) (6,000 feat) deep in places. Nearly two billion years of the Earth's geolongical history have been exposed as the Colorado River and its tributaries cut their channefs through layer after layer of rock while the Colorado Plateau was uplifted by tectonic action. Evidence suggests the Colorado River established its course through the canyon at least 17 millionyears ago. Since that time, the Colorado River continued to erode and form the canyon to the point we see it at today.**

**Third place is 'Yellowstone National Park' ** **This was the first national park in the world. It was created on March 1, 1872 when United States President Ulysses S.Grant signed a law to create it. It is a UNESCO World Heritage Site. Yellowstone National Park is famous for its geysers and hot springs. The Park contains about half the world's geysers. The world's most famous geysers, the Old Faithful Geyser, is in Yellowstone National Park. It also is a home for grizzly bears, wolves, bison and elk. Many tourists visit the park each year to see the geysers and animals there. The Park is the center of the Greater Yellowstone Ecosystem. This is the largest remaining nearly intact ecosystem in the Earth's northem temperate zone. It includes many types of ecosystems, but the subalpine forest is dominant.**

__//** Written by Dong Jun Kim from 3-4. Thank you. **//__