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.
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.
Task 2
Have a look at the resources in the boxes below. Are there things there that you did not know?
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.
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!
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!
- How many people live in Italy?
61 million
43 Million
23 million - 75% of Italy is:
Islands
Forest
Mountains or hills - Which two islands belong to Italy?
Sicily and Sardinia
Borneo and Baguette
Oahu and Kunai
Crete and Greece - When were all the states of Italy united into one country?*
1832
1861
1815
1888 - Which city in Italy was the center of the great Roman Empire?
Rome
Milan
Genoa
Florence - Where is Italy?
Northern Europe
Eastern Europe
Western Europe
Southern Europe - How many sides of Italy are bordered by a sea?
4
3
1
2 - What is important to the economy in Italy?
Family
Car industry
Tourism
Food - What is Italy shaped like?
mitten
boot
gun
square - When was Italy first settled?
800 B.C.
1200 B.C.
600 B.C.
1800 B.C. - What is the capital city of Italy?
Florence
Bologna
Genoa
Rome
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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!
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.
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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?
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. 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?
- Which gifts did the old woman give the baby girl?*
Wisdom and beauty
Guile and wile
Honesty and bravery
Intelligence and thrift - Who was the clever girl?*
Rapunzel
Marie
Pina
Belle - • What did her father find in his field?*
A talking donkey
A huge beanstalk
Solid gold mortar
Diamonds and rubies - 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 - The girl wanted the king to make her a loom made of what?*
Flax
Fish bones
Spindles
Distaff - 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:
- Wisdom and beauty
- Pina
- Solid gold mortar
- Shirts for his army
- Fish bones
- Her hair and a net
Quiz
- Where did the boy sleep?
In a cave
in a shelter
Near a fig tree - When did he notice something was wrong?
When he woke up
When he tied his laces
When he bit into the fig - What had happened to his nose?
It had exploded
It had expanded
It had grown longer - 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 - What made his nose return to normal
He ate another fig
He rubbed his nose
He rubbed fig juice on his nose - 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
- Near a fig tree
- When he tied his laces
- It had exploded
- He thought no one would like him
- He rubbed his nose
- To sell first the figs to make noses grow and then the juice to make them shrink
Famous Italians
Artists, Inventors and Explorers!
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
Across
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
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.
Down
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.
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.
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.
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?
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 is, of course, a special time for children. The next pane gives you a child-eyed view of Christmas in Italy.
The next article is a more adult-centred view of Christmas.
Food, family and fun. The next pane has a YouTube video about family Christmases in Italy.
Another great celebration is at Carnival. What is it? How did it start? What happens? Find out here ->
Probably the most famous site for Carnival is Venice.
Would you like to experience it? Why?
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.
The End!
We hope you enjoyed the summer school and will be back again next year!
We hope you enjoyed the summer school and will be back again next year!
