2. Life in a Different Country: ITALY 2 nd Grade Miss Lucas

3. The students will be able to... 2.Speak common Italian words 1.Recognize the Italian flag & famous ancient structures 3. Locate Italy on a World Map

4. The purpose for this presentation is to allow the students to explore and imagine what life would be like living in a different country. This was chosen in hopes of sparking m y students interest in l earning about new cultures.

5. The Italian Flag Faith Hope Charity

6. So…….. Where is this place Called Italy?

7. The United States of America Well……Let’s look at where we live, first! Ohio

8. Can you find the United States on this map? Italy is located in Europe. Can you find Europe on this map?

9. Europe Italy

10. First Stop…. Rome, Italy

11. The Colosseum in Rome

12. A few of my pictures

13. Roman Gladiators Fought against ferocious animals and each other inside of the Colosseum!

15. Can you imagine fighting these animals?

16. Inside the Colloseum

17. Next Stop…. Pisa, Italy

18. What if your house Everything would fall over inside! leaned like this? leaned

19. Would you believe….. LOOK!! that leans like that house? Thatthere is a building in Italy

20. Tower of Pisa Leaning The

21. 187 feet high ! Construction: Began on August 9, 1173 & was finished in the year 1350 = 177 years! The tower has 8 floors, and on the 8th are 7 bells. There are 293 steps from the ground to the 8th floor! The ‘lean’ (to the North) was noticed during the construction of the 3rd floor. The lean was corrected by building the next 3 floors parallel to the ground, which then made it lean more to the south.

22. Until 1990, the tower leaned at a 10* angle! Why does the tower lean? The ground that it’s built on is not good for such a large, heavy building! It is made of uneven sand and clay layers, which makes the ground sink more in certain places. It is built on a riverbed, and only 6 ft. above sea level. Efforts to keep it standing: 1934: 361 holes were drilled into the base and filled with mortar, which caused it to lean more. 1993: 650 tons of lead were hung from one side To try and stop the lean-it only worked for awhile. 1999: Removal of ground from under the high side. This straightened the tower 16 inches! 1998: Steel cables used to “hold up” the tower while underground work was done.

23. Italian Words! Hello Ciao chow Goodbye Arrivedercci ah-ree-vay-DAYR-chee Thank you Grazie (GRAD-zee-eh) Please Per favore p er fa-VOAR-ay Word In Italian Sounds Like

24. References The following images were taken from the website: http://www.google.com under Imageshttp://www.google.com Slide 19 – “Map of Italy” (The map on the right of Italy) Slides 5 and 9 – “Colosseum” (The pictures of the Colosseum) Slides 12, 13, and 14 – “Leaning Tower of Pisa” (Pictures of the Leaning Tower of Pisa) Slide 10 – “Cartoon House” and “Cartoon Tree” Slide 16 – “Kids picture of an airplane” Slide 18 - “World Map” Slide 17 - “Map of the United States” Slide 11 – “Child Thinking” The following images were taken from the website: http://www.google.com under Webhttp://www.google.com Slide 4 – “3D Animated Italian Flag” Slide 16 – “Animated Globe” Slide 19 - “Interactive Map of Europe” (The first picture on the left) Slide 8 - “Pictures of Wild Animals” All animated graphics were found using the website: http://www.google.com under Web, keyword Animated Images Slides 7, 9, 13 All sounds used were taken from the website: http://www.google.comhttp://www.google.com Keyword “Free sound effects” “ “ Indicates Keyword Used All background used from Power Point/Microsoft Office Online Many of these pictures are my own from my many trips to Italy!