Our Studies of Italy: Week 2

While there is so much more that we could do in our studies, we kept it fairly simple this week. In all honestly, Italy is a place we could spend waaaaay more time learning about ~ ancient Rome, the Roman empire, Pompeii...the list goes on! We started our study of Italy last week and that post also has some other great links and resources, so be sure to check it out!

Here are the things we focused on this week and some links we liked and used.

Monday

• Quick review of last week's studies: capital, major cities, geography features {i.e. Italy is a peninsula, Sicily is an island}
• Took a virtual tour of Italy
  
• Geography song about Eastern Europe ~ point out countries while singing
• Color & learn about the flag of Italy
  

click thumbnail to download the pdf flag activity

Tuesday

• Review geography song
• Visit Time for Kids: Italy site
  
• Read Leonardo Da Vinci by Diane Stanley
  

Wednesday

• Review geography song
• Learned about Giotto ~ using Artistic Pursuits Grades K-3 Book 2; you can actually see the lesson on Giotto on the Artistic Pursuits site ~ just scroll down a little!
  

Thursday

• Review geography song
• Read Michaelangelo by Diane Stanley
• Had fun trying to paint while laying on our backs {a little messy and tricky...poor Michaelangelo!}
  
• Stamped our passports, put our papers in our notebooks and packed up since our trip to Italy is done!
  

Resources and Websites

• Time for Kids - Italy. Sightseeing guide, history timeline and
  
• Ancient Rome for Kids ~ lots of great links for kids about ancient Rome
• Italy Guides ~ website all about Italy, includes video of Rome in a nutshell and virtual tours of Italy
• Pompei Virtual Tour ~ Christian perspective of Pompei
• Our Studies of Italy: Week 1 ~ Be sure to see what we did our first week in Italy!
  

Books We're Using