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Italian National Holidays: Teach Your Students About June 2nd

Blue sky background and the Italian Air Force Frecce tricolori squad in V formation, heading straight up, leaving contrails in the colors of the Italian flag: green, white, red.

Today is the 79th Anniversary of the Proclamation of the [Italian] Republic! On June 2nd and 3rd, 1946, almost 25 million Italians (89% of eligible voters) went to the polls to vote in a referendum on what form of government would represent them post-World War II. This referendum marked the end of the Italian constitutionalContinue reading “Italian National Holidays: Teach Your Students About June 2nd”

Where are the women?

Finding a complex problem for a problem-based learning unit can be daunting, but it does not have to be an earth-shattering or brand new issue to launch into a PBL unit and include students in the process. March is traditionally Women’s History Month and it spawned this question in my mind: where are the womenContinue reading “Where are the women?”

Welcome to Project-Based Italian!

This site is dedicated to teachers of Italian language at all levels, but predominantly for teachers at the middle and secondary school levels. There are not that many resources available for teaching Italian language and teachers, in my experience, have had to spend much time not only planning curriculum but also designing materials for thatContinue reading “Welcome to Project-Based Italian!”