Lets Learn About Italy

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Lets Learn About Italy

• www.flags.net/ITAL.htm

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Where is Italy?
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Map of Italy
www.enchantedlearning.com/europe/italy/Italy_color
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A Few Facts About Italy

• The capital of Italy is Rome
• The population of Italy is 58,147,733.
• The language they speak is Italian.
• The money they use is the euro.
• Italy is a member of the European Union.

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Lets visit some important cities in Italy.
Rome
The Colosseum
www.galenfrysinger.com
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More famous sights in Rome
Arch of Titus
Trajans Column
Arch of Constantine
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Florence
Views of the city
www.galenfrysinger.com
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Venice
In Venice the streets are waterways that people
travel by gondola.
www.galenfrysinger.com
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Some of Italys Important People

• Michelangelo (click on his name to find out more)
• Galileo - a scientist and astronomer
• Leonardo da Vinci (click on his name to find out
  more)
• Picasso - a famous artist (click on his name to
  try some artwork)
• Joe DiMaggio - baseball player (click on his name
  to try a little baseball)

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What Italian Kids Do

• In the winter kids go skiing, sledding and
  snowboarding in the mountains. In the summer they
  enjoy the many lakes for swimming and boating.
  Many people go to the beaches. Kids in Italy love
  soccer, bicycling, ball games, going to movies
  and surfing the Internet.

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Famous Sights in Italy
The Ancient City of Pompeii (Click on
the pictures to see more of Pompeii.
Pompeii was built in 600 BC.
www.galenfrysinger.com/pompeii.htm
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Mt. Etna
Lake Garda
www.galenfrysinger.com/lake_garda.htm
www.destination360.com/europe/italy/mount-etna.php
This is the most active volcano in the world.
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Pisa - the Leaning Tower
The Pantheon in Rome (click on the
picture to see more)
www.destination360.com/europe/italy/pisa.php
www.comp.dit.ie/dgordon/Lectures/Hum1/031024/03102
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Vatican
Sistine Chapel
www.destination360.com/europe/italy/vatican-museum
.php
www.destination360.com/europe/italy/sistine-chapel
.php
The Sistine Chapel is inside the Vatican Museum
and is the work of artist Michelangelo.
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Italian Culture and Life

• There are many carnivals and festivals with
  colorful costumes and parades.
• Italians enjoy watching motor races like the
  Grand Prix in Milan.There are also bicycle races.
• Much of Italy is farmland where they grow fruits,
  vegetables, grapes and olives.
• The cities are very crowded and many families
  live in apartments.
• Italy has open air markets as well as fancy
  designer shops.

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What Italians Like to Eat
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www.fooditalian.info/images/italian1.jpg

• Go to these websites to find Italian recipes-
• http//library.thinkquest.org/CR0215463/cuisines.h
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• www.foodnetwork.com/food/ck_gc_tuscany/0,1971,FOOD
  _9810,00.html

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Learn More About Italy

• Italy
• www.kidskonnect.com/Italy/ItalyHome.html
• Italy Geography
• www.kidport.com/RefLib/WorldGeography/Italy/Italy.
  htm
• Travel for Kids - Italy
• www.travelforkids.com/Funtodo/Italy/italy.htm
• Time for Kids Italy
• www.timeforkids.com/TFK/teachers/aw/ns/main/0,2813
  2,726880,00.html
• Italian Mandolin
• www.town4kids.com/town4kids/kids/music4kids/world/
  european/mandolin.htm
• Italy for Kids
• http//www.pocanticohills.org/italy/italy.htm
• A Kids Life in Italy
• http//library.thinkquest.org/CR0212302/italy.html
  

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Books to Read
Look What Came From Italy. Miles Harvey. Franklin
Watts. 1998. Discovering Cultures Italy.
Margaret Gay Malone, 2003. Marshall Cavendish
Corporation. Italy A Portrait of the Country
Through Its Festivals and Traditions. Grolier.
1999. Italy ABCs. Sharon Katz Cooper. Picture
Window Books. 2006. Whats It Like to Live in
Italy? Jillian Powell. Hodder Wayland. 2003.