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Middle Group

Italy

What do you know about Italy?

Task 1
Find out how much you know about Italy. Make a mind map in your notebook like the one in the next box. Write 'Italy' in the middle box and put any facts you know in the other boxes.

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Task 2
Have a look at the resources in the boxes below. Are there things there that you did not know?

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Task 3
Go back to your mind map which you completed and add any new information you now know.

Task 4
See how much you have learned about Italy by taking the quiz.
This is not a memory test - go back and look if you don't know the answer, or look it for it on the net, or discuss it with your class mates!
  1. How many people live in Italy?
    61 million
    43 Million
    23 million
  2. 75% of Italy is:
    Islands
    Forest
    Mountains or hills
  3. Which two islands belong to Italy?
    Sicily and Sardinia
    Borneo and Baguette
    Oahu and Kunai
    Crete and Greece
  4. When were all the states of Italy united into one country?*
    1832
    1861
    1815
    1888
  5. Which city in Italy was the center of the great Roman Empire?
    Rome
    Milan
    Genoa
    Florence
  6. Where is Italy?
    Northern Europe
    Eastern Europe
    Western Europe
    Southern Europe
  7. How many sides of Italy are bordered by a sea?
    4
    3
    1
    2
  8. What is important to the economy in Italy?
    Family
    Car industry
    Tourism
    Food
  9. What is Italy shaped like?
    mitten
    boot
    gun
    square
  10. When was Italy first settled?
    800 B.C.
    1200 B.C.
    600 B.C.
    1800 B.C.
  11. What is the capital city of Italy?
    Florence
    Bologna
    Genoa
    Rome
Answers:

1. 61 Million
2. Mountains or Hills
3. Sicily and Sardinia
4. 1861
5. Rome
6. Southern Europe
7. 3
8. Tourism
9. Boot
10. 800 B.C.
11. Rome

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Where would you like to go today?

You can tour the whole of Italy sitting at your desk. All you need now is lots of sun and some ice cream!
Where would you like to go today? Rome? Venice? Florence?
Don't forget to write postcards home!

Your task: visit one or all of the cities here or go find your own and then write postcards home explaining what you have seen and done.
Rome
Venice
Florence

Italian Folk Tales

Folk Tales sometimes tell us a lot about a country. They are passed on from adult to child for generations.Here are some folk tales for you to enjoy, with some questions to make sure you understood. Maybe you would like to learn these in talk for writing?
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Can you summarise the story of The Clever Girl?
1. The old woman _________the baby and gave her two gifts which are___________ and _____________.
2. While working on the field her father found a golden________ _. He gave it to the king because he didn’t need it but his daughter about his idea because the king might look for a ___________ which he did not  have.
3. The man was ___________and while muttering that he should have listened to his daughter the king heard him. The king gave his daughter a  ________. The king wanted her to make shirts for his army using flax and spindles made_________ from bones.
4. Pina was not worried and managed to avoid all the traps set by the _________.
4. In the end,  ___________was married to the king because she was so clever.


What do you know about the Clever Girl?
The clever girl’s father found what in the fields?
Why did the clever girl tell her father not to bring it to the king?
How did the king react to the clever girl outsmarting the king’s riddles?
What was the most precious thing to the clever girl?


  1. Which gifts did the old woman give the baby girl?*
    Wisdom and beauty
    Guile and wile
    Honesty and bravery
    Intelligence and thrift
  2. Who was the clever girl?*
    Rapunzel
    Marie
    Pina
    Belle
  3. • What did her father find in his field?*
    A talking donkey
    A huge beanstalk
    Solid gold mortar
    Diamonds and rubies
  4. The king wanted the girl to weave what?*
    Shirts for his army
    Pants for all the children
    A rug for the palace
    New clothes for him
  5. The girl wanted the king to make her a loom made of what?*
    Flax
    Fish bones
    Spindles
    Distaff
  6. What did the girl wear when she went to the palace?
    A nuns habit
    Her hair and a net
    A new dress
    Rags
Quiz Answers:
  1. Wisdom and beauty
  2. Pina
  3. Solid gold mortar
  4. Shirts for his army
  5. Fish bones
  6. Her hair and a net
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Quiz

  1. Where did the boy sleep?
    In a cave
    in a shelter
    Near a fig tree
  2. When did he notice something was wrong?
    When he woke up
    When he tied his laces
    When he bit into the fig
  3. What had happened to his nose?
    It had exploded
    It had expanded
    It had grown longer
  4. Why was he worried about his nose?
    He could not put his shoes on
    He thought no one would like him
    He was worried about not being able to smell
  5. What made his nose return to normal
    He ate another fig
    He rubbed his nose
    He rubbed fig juice on his nose
  6. What idea did he have to make his fortune?
    To make money by picking figs
    To make money by selling the juicy figs
    To sell first the figs to make noses grow and then the juice to make them shrink
Quiz Answers
  1. Near a fig tree
  2. When he tied his laces
  3. It had exploded
  4. He thought no one would like him
  5. He rubbed his nose
  6. To sell first the figs to make noses grow and then the juice to make them shrink

Famous Italians

Artists, Inventors and Explorers!
Famous Italians
Notable Italians
Do you know your Famous Italians? We are sure to have missed lots of them. Have a go at the crossword in the next section to see how much you know. It's tricky - some answers use only the surname, but all of the answers are in the previous pages
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5.       Mathematician who made popular the number system we use today. Has his own mathematical 'series'
7.       Mathematician who wrote the first European text on the number zero.
8.       One of the first Europeans to reach Asia
9.       The 'real' inventor of the telephone.
 
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1.       Sculptor of 'David'
2.       His discoveries triggered the field of neurophysiology.
3.       Painted the Mona Lisa
4.       Often called 'The Father of Science;' Improved the telescope and studied the stars
6.       Credited with the discovery of the Americas

The Geography of Italy

Italy is home to live volcanoes. In this task you will learn all about volcanoes.
Once you have watched the videos see how much you have learned by taking the quiz. Discuss the information with a clas mate, produce a presentation for the group - the possibilities are endless.

Read the following article to learn more about volcanoes.
Volcanoes in Sicily
Volcanoes
Full in the blanks

One of the greatest volcanic eruptions in recent ________ was at Krakatoa in 1883, where ______ entire island blew itself up. The _______ of the explosion was heard four ______ later, 4,775 km away. Rock was ________50 km in the air, and _______ great cloud of dust circled the ________for three years.

Celebrations in Italy

Here you will find fascinating facts about Christmas in Italy. Have a look at them, make some notes and compare Christmas in Italy with Christmas where you come from.

The next article is mostly about the fantastic cribs, which are found all over Italy and Panettone. Can you find out what this is? Do you have an equivalent in your country?
Christmas in Italy
Christmas is, of course, a special time for children. The next pane gives you a child-eyed view of Christmas in Italy.
Christmas Traditions and Celebrations
The next article is a more adult-centred view of Christmas.
Italian Christmas
Food, family and fun. The next pane has a YouTube video about family Christmases in Italy.
What are presepi? Where would you find them made from sand? When does 'Christmas' begin? Find out where the biggest Christmas tree in the world is. All in the next article->
Dream. Discover Italy
There are some odd Christmas traditions in Italy. Find out more about some of them in the next article->

Which do you think is the strangest?

Six quirky traditions that make an Italian Christmas
And finally....
Find out how to celebrate Christmas like an Italian ->

How to celebrate Christmas like the Italians
Another great celebration is at Carnival. What is it? How did it start? What happens? Find out here ->
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Probably the most famous site for Carnival is Venice.
Would you like to experience it? Why?
Venetian Carnival masks are very ornate and famous. The next pane has a YouTube video on the subject.
As the saying goes:
“A carnevale ogni scherzo vale” 
“During Carnevale, any joke goes”
Anything else you wanted to know about Carnival can be found in the next article. Enjoy!

More about "Carnevale"
The End!
We hope you enjoyed the summer school and will be back again next year!
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