Object box 1: Monuments
NCSS Thematic Strand: People, Places, and Environments
IL History Standard:
STATE GOAL 16: Understand events, trends, individuals and movements shaping the history of
16.B.1a (US) Identify key individuals and events in the development of the local community (e.g., Founders days, names of parks, streets, public buildings).
Activity- After reading and discussing the book, The Roman Colosseum, by Elizabeth Mann, the children will get into groups and each work together to build the Colosseum using the block system.
Content of box: Colosseum block system and the book.
Resources: Morris Library- imc 3d soci 410, http://www.italyguides.it/us/roma/rome_italy_travel.htm
Object box 2: Language
NCSS Thematic Strand: Culture
IL Social Systems Standard:
STATE GOAL 18: Understand social systems, with an emphasis on the United States.
A. Compare characteristics of culture as reflected in language, literature, the arts, traditions and institutions.
Activity: The class will discover the Italian Language by using the vocabulary cards shown in the picture above and by visiting the babelfish website. After practicing the language each student will choose a word they feel is important to put in the classroom book of Italian and English words. Each student has a page to put the Italian word, that word in English, and can draw a picture describing that word.
Content of box: Italian Vocabulary Set, website, and classroom made book.
Resources: Morris Library- imc 3d fore 101
http://babelfish.yahoo.com/translate_txt translation website for language object box
Object box 3: Italian Food
NCSS Thematic Strand: Culture
IL Social Systems Standard:
STATE GOAL 18: Understand social systems, with an emphasis on the United States.
A. Compare characteristics of culture as reflected in language, literature, the arts, traditions and institutions.
18.A.1 Identify folklore from different cultures which became part of the heritage of the United States.
Activity: For this activity, we will lay out the food manipulatives and discuss why these foods are important in Italy. We will then read the book Strega Nona and talk about the pasta pot in the story. To experience the types of Italian food the class will make a pasta pot full of spaghetti at the end of our lesson.
Content of box: Italian Food Set and Strega Nona
Resources: Italian Food Set- imc 3d soci 375, Strega Nona by Tomie dePaola, and materials for classroom spaghetti
Object box 4: Geography
NCSS Thematic Strand: People, Places, and Environments
IL Geography Standard:
STATE GOAL 17: Understand world geography and the effects of geography on society, with an emphasis on the United States.
A. Locate, describe and explain places, regions and features on the Earth.
17.A.1a Identify physical characteristics of places, both local and global (e.g., locations, roads, regions, bodies of water).
17.A.1b Identify the characteristics and purposes of geographic representations including maps, globes, graphs, photographs, software, digital images and be able to locate specific places using each.
Activity: After looking at maps of Italy, the students will create a large picture of Italy. They will each get a section of Italy to color, label important features and cities, and then will place the sections together for a classroom map of Italy.
Content of box: Websites, map of Italy, and classroom made map
Resources: www.googlemap.com , http://wwp.greenwichmeantime.com/time-zone/europe/european-union/italy/rome/index.htm this includes regions and time zones throughout Italy.
Object box 5: Currency
NCSS Thematic Strand: Culture and Global Connections
IL Social Systems Standards:
STATE GOAL 18: Understand social systems, with an emphasis on the United States.
C. Understand how social systems form and develop over time.
18.C.1 Describe how individuals interacted within groups to make choices regarding food, clothing and shelter.
Activity: The students will use the website given to learn the value of European money. As a class, we will compare and contrast Euros with US dollars.
Content of box: Website: http://www.euro.ie/sch_quiz/primary/student.htm
Resources: The following website is a great resource for teachers to get worksheets and quizzes to see what the students have learned and what they still need to work on. http://www.mathworksheetwizard.com/thirdgrade-math.html
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