2. I. I. S. S. “D. Fioritto” Travellers and tourists: images of Europe Comenius School Project San Nicandro Garganico (Fg) - Italy

3. PARTICIPATING COUNTRIES

4. OBJECTIVES:  To learn to understand the cultural patrimony of the participating countries;  To interpret and analyze the social, cultural, geographical and historical aspects of our countries through travellers and tourists’ eyes who visited those places;  To promote the European dimension in teaching and share didactic experiences;  To stimulate students’ exchanges in order to favour a friendly understanding and respect for all the people, their culture, their values and their way of life;  To stimulate the use of the new ICT as instrument to link students and teachers in a profitable net.

5. Communicative activities:  Videconferencing  E-mail exchanges  Interview among students via e-mail to express their ideas Productive activities:  Brochure of every country or region presented by a “ghost traveller” of the past;  Web page containing information and images of different countries or regions  Personal card of famous travellers Project activities school-year 2004/2005

6. Final products :  Exhibition on travellers and tourists – books written by the travellers – photos  Video  CD-Rom  Web page  Guide  Brochure Teachers and students’ mobility  International meeting at San Nicandro Garganico (Italy) from 16th to 20th November 2004  Meeting at Lampertheim (Germany) at the end of May 2005

8. Hello, my name is Teresa Cursio. I’m seventeen years old and I attend the fourth year of the“ Istituto Tecnico per il Turismo “. My family is composed of five people: my father Giuseppe, my mother Stefanie, my sister Luisa, my little sister Letizia and me. At home we’ve got a rabbit, he is very funny !! I love going out and meeting my friends, listening to music and watching TV. I like rap, rock and pop music. I’m lively, extrovert, positive, generous and very patient. I like this school very much. Bye, bye.

9. Hello, My name is Tonia Peluso, and I attend the fourth year of the “Istituto Tecnico per il Turismo”. I like going to school very much because I like studying languages and this school is ok for me. My schoolmates are fantastic and nice,we love one another very much. In the afternoon we sometimes go and visit some friends and we have a good time all together. I like listening to music very much, and I always switch my hi-fi set on, sometimes even during the night. My favourite singers are: Eros Ramazzotti, Laura Pausini, Gigi D Alessio, Raf, etc.. I like playing volley- ball and we go to the gymnasium twice a week. There are five of us in my family: my parents, two brothers and me. My mother’s name is Marilena; she is 36 and she is a baby-sitter. My father is 40; his name is Giuseppe and he is a shopkeeper. My eldest brother is 20: his name is Miky. My youngest brother is 11 and he attends the first year of a secondary school. We have a cat called Max and a dog called Tequila; Max is very nice. He is nine. I love him so much. My dog is four, he is a big dog and he is very obedient. Bye - bye.

10. Hello! I’m Heliane Caruso and I’m 17 years old. I attend fourth class of “Istituto Tecnico per il Turismo, D. Fioritto”. My hobbies are going out with my friends, swimming and practising karate. I’m 1,70 meters tall, I have dark blonde hair and green eyes. I’m very friendly girl.

11. My name is Chiara Magnolia Teresa. I’m 17 years old. My birthday is on October 23 rd. I was born in Termoli but I live in Sannicandro Garganico, a town of about 20.000 inhabitants. My family consists of 4 people: my father, my mother, my brother and me. My father’s name is Matteo and he works in Canosa, a town about 100 Km from San Nicandro. He goes to work by car. My mother’s name is Milena and she works in a local school. My brother’s name is Ettore and he is only a child. He attends the primary school. I’m a tall girl. I have got very straight long and blond hair. My eyes are blue with thin eyebrows. I’m a very nice and very pretty girl. I like music very much, especially rock music but I don’t like classic music. I like doing the shopping very much and my favorite pastime is going out with my friends.

12. Hello, I’m Rosa and I attend the fourth year of the accountancy. I’m 16 years old, I’m the youngest of my school. I like studying, reading, working, practicing sports and using the computer. I’m a modern and nice girl. At school I study a lot of subjects but my favourite ones are English and Business studies. My hobby is to sing in a church chorus and. My future objective is to go to the U.S.A.

13. Hi!!! My name is Anna and I am 18 years old. I live in San Nicandro Garganico, a small town on the Adriatic coast. I attend the fifth year of the “Istituto Tecnico Turistico”. I like it because I love foreign languages. In my family there are five people: my parents, my brother, my sister and me. My brother and my sister are respectively 24-22 and they are university students. My hobbies are: going out with my friends and listening to music. I like rap and rock music and my favourite groups are “HIM and LINKIN PARK”. I love meeting people from other countries. Bye Anna......

14. Hello! I’m Simona Tancredi. I’m eighteen years old and I live in San Nicandro Garganico, a small town situated on the Adriatic coast. It’s very beautiful and I like it very much because there are bars, pubs, beautiful parks and people are very nice and kind. My family is composed of four people: my father, my mother, my brother and me. I have a dog called Querry too! She’s a mastiff. I’m very possessive, disciplined, cautious, a bit moody and i’m very impressionable when I see a romantic or a dramatic film. I attend the second year of the “Istituto Tecnico Turistico”. I like it very much because I like languages. My favourite hobbies are: going to the gym, going out with my friends, making cakes, cooking and listening to music. I like pop, rock and rap music. My favourite singers are: Luca Carboni, Raf, Biagio Antonacci and the Cranberries. I also like watching TV. My favourite programmes are talk shows. Bye…….Simona

15. Hello! I’m Carolina Tarantino, but they call me Caroly. I’m eighteen and I live in San Nicandro Garganico, a small town, with 18000 inhabitants. I like it very much. I have got two sisters: Veronica, who is twelve and Federica, who is six. I attend the fifth year of the “Istituto Tecnico Turistico”. I like it because I love languages. I’m very stable, patient, peaceable and jovial even if I sometimes seem to be moody and irritable. In my spare time I read books, watch TV, go out with my friends and listen to music. Bye…….Caroly.

16. Hello, my name is Piero, I am 18 years old and I attend the I.T.C. "D. Fioritto“. I live in S.Nicandro Garganico. I am an impassioned of motorcycling, I like a lot to make sport, above all playing basket. I can use well enough the PC. I like meeting new people and knowing new friends.

17. Hello, my name is Matteo, and I’m 18 years old. I live in San Nicandro Garganico. I attend the I.T.C. “D. Fioritto”. I like to go in motocycle, listen music and playing football.

18. Hello, My name is Vincenzo, I attend the I.T.C. “D. Fioritto” in San Nicandro. I like swimming and playing tennis. My family is composed by 4 persons: my father, my mother, my brother and I. Bye bye

20. At the High Secondary Education Institute “D. Fioritto” it is possible to attend one of the following courses:  ·The course to get the diploma of “Accountant and Estimator”  ·The traditional course to get the diploma of “Expert for Tourism” - ITER project  The course of “Clothing and Style” to get the qualification as “Fashion operator” (at the end of the third year) and the diploma of “Technician of Clothing and Style” (at the end of further two years)  ·The course of Art to get the qualification of “Master of Art” (at the end of the third year) and the diploma of “Applied Art ”(at the end of further two years)

21. The school is well equipped with three multimedia laboratories of informatics connected to Internet via the digital line ISDN, a language laboratory and other special laboratories concerning the different courses, an ample library and a modern gymnasium. Different extra activities are proposed to students all the year around: production of the school magazine, theatre laboratory, cineforum, sports activities, courses to develop the students’ entrepreneurial abilities, students’ exchanges in Italy and abroad.

22. Technical Commercial Institute I. G. E. A. Professional Profile The accountant expert in business administration, besides to a basic general culture accompanied by good linguistic – expressive and logic – interpretative capacities, has to possess wide and systematic knowledge of the processes characterizing the business management regarding the economic, legal, organizational and bookkeeping aspect. At the end of a five-year course he has to know how to:  use methods, instruments, bookkeeping techniques for a correct survey of managerial phenomena  read, write and interpret every important business document  manage the computer based informative business system  process data and represent them in a very effective way as to favour the different process of decision

23. He, therefore, has to be oriented to:  document his work adequately  communicate effectively using appropriate technical language  operate chooses and take decisions  participate to the group organizational work and coordinating it  face the changes by keeping himself up to date and reorganizing his knowledge.

24. Religion11 Italian55 History22 Maths and Laboratory55 Science of matter44 Science of nature33 Law and Economics22 First foreign language33 Second foreign language44 Word processing33 Business administration22 Physical education22 Total hours of teaching36 Weekly school timetable two-years period Class I II

25. Religion111 Italian333 History222 Maths and Laboratory443 Economic Geography223 Law333 Political Economy32= First foreign language333 Second foreign language333 Finance==3 Business administration7109 Physical education222 Total hours of teaching35 Weekly school timetable three years-period Class III IV V

26. Technical Institute for Tourism (Iter) Professional Profile At the end of the five – year course the Expert for Tourism will be able to practise administrative functions and, in some cases, managerial at public institutions for tourism, travel agencies, tourist agencies and transport agencies. He prepares, therefore, the complex economic, social and administrative organization necessary to the tourist services carrying out and coordinating researches and operations which involve, together with a solid basic culture, the necessary technical and professional skills and the knowledge of at least three main foreign languages.

27. Weekly school timetable Class I II III IV V Weekly school timetable Class I II III IV V Religion11111 Italian55444 History22222 Maths and Informatics44333 Science of nature and earth23=== Physics and Chemistry laboratory 32=== Geography of Tourism==222 Law and Economy22433 Tourist Administration==455 First foreign language34444 Second foreign language54444 Third foreign language==444 Art and Territory22222 Business administration22=== Physical education22222 Word processing22=== Total hours of teaching35 36

28. “Clothing and Style” course 1 st year Drawing and manufacturing of a skirt model and various transformations – starting to manufacture trousers. 2 nd year Drawing and manufacturing of a bodice, blouse, trousers, dresses and various transformations. 3 rd year Drawing and manufacturing of a jacket with sleeves

29. At the end of the three-year course students will get the qualification of “Operator of Style”. They will be able to:  manufacture a fashion-plate graphically clear and proportionally correct  supply it with tailoring notes  know and use the basic craft and industrial modelling  know the basic craft tailoring  know, choose and indicate the suitable fabric

30. At the end of a further two-year course students will get the diploma of “Technician of Clothing and Style”. They will be able to:  have competence, skill and experience to enter the productive world  have planning capacities in order to operate, either independently or in group, into the different business contexts  know the complete cycle of working and business organization, the materials, the typology of the uipments and the use of computerized instruments  choose and manage the information to use in the ductive process

31. Weekly school timetable Class I II III IV V Religion11111 Italian55344 History22222 Maths44233 Foreign language33333 Science of Earth3==== Biology=3=== Law and Economy22=== Drawing44446 History of Style222== Textile technologies==32= Laboratory of Modelling448== Laboratory of Tailoring4 4 2== History of Art==444 Physical Education22222 Techniques of Sector===55 Professional Widening44466 Total hours of teaching40 36

32. Electronics This course answers the needs for new electronic equipment in systems that use electricity as a source of energy. It offers good acknowledgement in areas such as power, electronics, digital systems and microprocessors. Students will be able to:  Interpret and make electrical and electronic circuits  Apply the techniques of maintenance and installation of electronic equipment  Project small equipments to insert in a command chain, using digital and analogical electronics  Program and operate installations commanded by programmable automation

33. Electricity This course answers the needs for new electrical equipment in systems that use electricity as a source of energy. It offers good acknowledgement in areas such as power, electronics, digital systems and microprocessors. Students will be able to:  Project civil and industrial equipments of common use  Utilize the technique documentation regarding machines, electric components and systems  Intervene in the control of power systems  Know how to choose and use the normal devices of factory automation  Manage, as a proprietor or as a technician, of installation firms of electric system

34. Weekly school timetable Class I II III IV V Religion11111 Italian55344 History22222 Maths44233 Foreign language33333 Science of Earth3==== Biology=3=== Law and Economy22=== Phisics and laboratory333== Professional Technique771415 Training4 46== Physical Education22222 Professional Widening44466 Total hours of teaching40 36

35. Institute of Art Three-year course  Italian –History  Maths – Physics  Science-Chemistry-Geography  History of Art  True drawing  Geometric and Architectonic drawing  Plastic Art  Technology  Physical Education  Religion Cultural, Technical and Artistic subjects common to the different courses

36. Pictorial Decoration  Professional design  Lacs and gilding lab  Mural techniques lab Architecture and Interior Decoration  Professional design  Cabinet-maker’s lab  Metal applications lab  Masonry lab Diploma of Master of Art SPECIALIZATION

37. Two year - course Cultural, Technical and Artistic subjects common to the different courses  Italian –History  Maths – Physics  Chemistry and Technological lab  History of Visual Arts  Visual Education  Principles of Economy and Sociology  Physical Education  Religion

38. Pictorial Decoration  Design  Lacs and gilding lab  Mural techniques lab Architecture and Interior Decoration  Design  Cabinet-maker’s lab  Metal applications lab  Modelling lab  Masonry lab School leaving Diploma of Applied Art SPECIALIZATION

39. Henry Swinburne He was born in Bristol on 8th July 1743, the fourth son of Sir John Swinburne of Capheaton, Northumberland, third baronet and head of an old Roman Catholic family. He was educated at Scorton School, near Catterick, Yorkshire and then he was sent to the monastic seminary of Lacelle in France. He afterwards studied at Paris, Bordeaux, and in the Royal Academy in Turin, devoting special attention to literature and art.

40. Swinburne in Italy An impossible interview between a student of the I.I.S.S. “D. Fioritto” and the writer  When did you first visit Italy?  It was in 1763, when I inherited a small estate at Hamsterley in Durham and an annuity which, combined with my patrimony, placed me in independent circumstances  When did you visit Southern Italy?  After visiting Marseilles, I proceeded by sea to Naples and travelled in the two Sicilies, where stayed for two years, 1777 and 1778.

41.  We know that your book " Travels in the two Sicilies” was fully appreciated in your country. Why?  One of the reasons of such a literary success must have been the detailed descriptions of the economic, geographical and historical aspects of the two Sicilies because my intention was to give an account of a real Tour and not an imitation of Sterne’s Sentimental Journey.  Were you aware that part of your route was “fresh land”?  Indeed, I was. I even visited the Gargano Region, about which almost no Englishman had ever written before.

42.  Was it easy at that time to travel and visit every corner of the two Sicilies?  It wasn’t so easy. Many topographical and marine charts of the country and coasts were wrong and didn’t give accurate information about the roads. For example, I realized later that the Gargano wasn’t part of the Appennines.  What was your first impression at seeing the Apulian territory?  The Puglian plains and the Adriatic sea appeared like horizontal stripes of different shades.  Did you travel alone?  I rode with just one servant.

43.  Did you visit Foggia?  Yes, I did. It was the principal town of the province of Capitanata but it had not walls, citadel or gates. It was neatly of white stone and had two or three good streets. Its custom-house was a handsome edifice.  Had you found any mention made of this place before the coming in of the Swabians?  I knew that Frederick II had built a fortress there and had taken great delight in this residence. His sixth wife, Isabella, daughter of John, king of England had died there in 1241.  What about the custom house?  It was one of the richest mines of wealth belonging to the crown of Naples. It had the distribution of a fixed assessment upon all sheep that descended in autumn from the mountains of Abruzzo, into the warm plains of Apulia.

44.  Was it an old institution?  We have the authority of Varro and others for ascribing the invention of this duty to the ancient Romans.  Was it easy to find accomodation in Foggia?  No it wasn’t. Allthe inns were occupied by people drawn there by the approaching Fair.  What was the next place you visited?  On the way to Manfredonia,I saw the rests of Arpi or Argyrpae, once the capital of a kingdom founded by Diomed after the siege of Troy. On the left, I also visited Apricena, founded by Frederick II and so called from two latin words meaning a wild boar and supper. In fact, Frederick II, who liked hunting, had caught a big wild boar there and made build a castle to celebrate the event.

45.  What about Manfredonia?  It was founded by Frederick II, too. He called together all the famous professors of astrology (a science in which both he and his father placed great confidence), and caused them to calculate the happiest hour and minute for laying the first stone.  How many people lived in Manfredonia at that time?  Just six thousand. Even if most of the corn exported from the province was shipped off there, and a direct trade carried on with Venice and Greece, the town didn’t seem to be a wealthy one.  The next place you visited was Monte Sant’Angelo, where did you stay there?  At the Carmelite Convent

46.  Did you visit the chapel of the Archangel Michael?  Yes, I did. There were little stones suspended on the branches of trees on the way there. It reminded me of a pagan tradition, consisting in suspending little masks or images on the branches of trees in honour of Bacchus.  What was the church like?  It was a damp gloomy grotto. They said it had been built on the identical spot where the spirit of the Archangel was said to have stood when it had appeared to Lorenzo Maiorano, bishop at the time of Pope GelasioI.  Did you return to Naples after visiting Monte Sant’Angelo?  No, I didn’t. Before leaving for Bari, I also visited Lucera.

47.  Had you ever heard of Lucera?  Yes, I knew that Frederick II had sent there many Mussulmen who were very faithful to the house of Swabia.  What do you think of Frederick II?  He was the most learned sovereign of the age, a poet, an author of some treatises on veterinian subjects. But, from the pontiff he had come to despise the faith, so I think he was “a latitudinarian in his religious opinons”.  I tkink it is enough for today, thank you very much for your disponibility Mr Swinburne.  You’re welcome. It is really a pleasure to help students in their school activities.