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Penguin Publishing

Penguin Random House: Living Language: Language Lab Italian

For Students 9th - 10th
Explore the Italian Language Lab and have fun too. Practice with different games or review vocabulary with the digital flashcards.
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Library of Congress

Loc: Italian Immigration

For Students 9th - 10th
Excellent discourse on the arrival of the Italian immigrants. Discussion includes reasons for the immigration, their chosen places to stay once they passed through Ellis Island, and their trials in a new land.
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Time

World War Ii in Color: Italian Campaign and the Road to Rome

For Students 9th - 10th
See color photographs from Life Magazine of Allied troops traveling through Italy towards Rome in the Italian campaign near the end of World War II. Many of these photographs were not published in the magazine at the time. Each photo has...
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University of Wisconsin

University of Wisconsin Madison: Italian Life Under Fascism

For Students 9th - 10th
This virtual exhibit looks at the world of Italian Fascism during the 1920s, '30s, and early '40s, including its propaganda, fascist youth organizations, women and Fascism, and more.
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Other

Encyclopedia of Arkansas: Ethnic Groups Italians

For Students 9th - 10th
A variety of diverse cultures settled in Arkansas. The Italian migration and settlement in Arkansas over different time periods is the focus of this article.
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PBS

Pbs Learning Media: The Rise of Italian Fascism and Its Influence on Europe

For Students 9th - 10th
This collection uses primary sources to explore the rise of Italian Fascism and its impact.
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Digital History

Digital History: Italian Immigration

For Students 9th - 10th
This Digital History article provides a complete picture of Italian immigration, looking at reasons for immigration and the areas Italians were likely to live and work.
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Other

Exploring Diversity: Rural Roads, City Streets: Italians in Pennsylvania [Pdf]

For Teachers 9th - 10th
A great lesson plan that offers primary source materials to understand Italian immigration to Pennsylvania in the 19th and 20th centuries.
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University of California

The Bancroft Library: Italian Americans in California

For Students 9th - 10th
An introduction to the history and culture of Italian immigrants and their descendants in California from 1687 to the present. Shows how the people, industries, and neighborhoods of an area change over time. Includes a virtual exhibit...
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Other

University of Massachusetts Lowell: Italian Renaissance: Neoplatonism

For Students 9th - 10th
This site explains how the Platonic tradition was revived in Italian Renaissance humanism. It presents an analysis of Ancient Greece and Plato's thought, and then describes how his ideas were adapted to fit humanistic teaching. It also...
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Other

Juno Beach Centre: The Italian Campaign

For Students 9th - 10th
This page recounts the Canadian role in the Italian Campaign. Quotes, French translation, and pictures are available here.
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Other

An Exploration of Historic Prejudice: Italian Digital Photo Album

For Students 9th - 10th
This photo album shows the Italians as they lived in the Kootenays in Victorian days. They are seen here building the CPR, mining and going about their lives.
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University of St. Andrews (UK)

University of St. Andrews: Luca Valerio, Italian Mathematician

For Students 9th - 10th
This University of St. Andrews page offers a good biography on Luca Valerio, an Italian mathematician and teacher of rhetoric.
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Countries and Their Cultures

Countries and Their Cultures: Italians

For Students 9th - 10th
Provides an overview of the traditional culture and lifestyle of Italians. Gives basic facts about location, language, folklore, foods, social customs, family life, education, religion, pastimes, societal challenges, etc. (Note: Content...
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Countries and Their Cultures

Countries and Their Cultures: Multicultural America: Italian Americans

For Students 9th - 10th
Provides an overview of the traditional culture and lifestyle of Italian Americans. (Note: Content is not the most current.)
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Other

The Internet Picture Dictionary: Italian

For Students 9th - 10th
An online easy to use Italian picture dictionary. Selections can be made by typing in the word you wish to look up or you can choose a category.
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BBC

Bbc Language: Italian

For Students 9th - 10th
This site offers a 24-lesson online course in basic Italian, a guide to essential phrases, a section on Italian for business, and travel and news features.
Interactive
Digital Dialects

Digital Dialects: Italian Language Games

For Students Pre-K - 1st
Per favore consider learning a new language. Discover new Italian phrases and vocabulary commonly used. Practice with the learning games included.
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Digital Dialects

Digital Dialects: Italian Vocabulary

For Students 9th - 10th
Brush up on your Italian vocabulary by learning the words then playing a game to see how well you remember them.
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Other

The Comprehensive Salem Guide: Salem Architecture: Italianate 1845 1860

For Students 9th - 10th
A line drawing of an Italianate house is labeled with features that set this style apart. The text elaborates on the details of the style.
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Other

An Exploration of Historic Prejudice: The Italians

For Students 9th - 10th
Some Italians came to British Columbia during the gold rush and the building of the CPR. They began to arrive in earnest beginning in 1898 to build the B.C. Southern Railway. They suffered from prejudice from English-speaking Europeans....
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Texas State Historical Association

Texas State Historical Association: Texas Almanac: Italian Texans

For Students 9th - 10th
Learn about the rich and varied history of Italian people who in Texas. The pillars of Italian cultural identity in Texas have been principally food, faith, and family.
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American Kennel Club

American Kennel Club: Italian Greyhound

For Students 9th - 10th
The page by the American Kennel Club provides facts, breed standards, and video on the Italian Greyhound.
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Khan Academy

Khan Academy: Italian Gold Ground Painting

For Students 9th - 10th
Many of the early works in the paintings collection of the J. Paul Getty Museum are altarpieces and fragments of altarpieces made for Italian churches. They were placed above altars and served as the focal point of the Mass. Churches in...

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