Cross-Curricular Connections

Brighton Beach is a neighborhood in Brooklyn next to Coney Island. Coney Island is home to a large amusement park that has been in Coney Island for a hundred years. Click on the link below to see a timeline of Coney Island, from its discovery to the present.

http://www.westland.net/coneyisland/time.html

Brighton Beach Memoirs was written by Neil Simon, the world’s most successful playwright. Click on the link below to read a biography of Neil Simon.

http://www.pbs.org/wnet/americanmasters/database/simon_n.html