Holidays in Italy – Project-Based Italian

La Festa della Donna

Suggestions for how to teach about Women’s Day to American students in Grades 7-12, including a lesson plan and student project guide. Do you celebrate Women’s Day? If so, how? Please share in the comments! What Is La festa della donna? Every year on March 8th, a unique celebration unfolds across Italy. Streets, workplaces, andContinue reading “La Festa della Donna”

8 marzo (March 8): La Festa della donna or Giornata internazionale della donna (International Women’s Day)

A bouquet of yellow mimosa flowers with 8 photographs of women from different parts of the world hung on a light pink background. 8 March Women's Day is written in red in the bottom right corner

March 8th is a worldwide day to celebrate women and their contributions to their societies and cultures. This tradition actually began on February 28, 1909, in the United States, to commemorate and honor the women protesting for better working conditions in a garment workers’ strike in New York City that happened in 1908. But accordingContinue reading “8 marzo (March 8): La Festa della donna or Giornata internazionale della donna (International Women’s Day)”