Introduction
Italy celebrates lots of holidays: national and local holidays.
Italian people love their celebrations : each region,city, town and village has its own festivals.
National holidays are very important: they can be religious, social and folk events.
In any case no one forgets to celebrate every special event.
Task
To explore and learn about:
1. 2nd June the proclamation of the Republic
2. 8th December Immaculate
Process
Browse the provided websites to find information about the holidays:
https://www.officeholidays.com/holidays/italy/italy-republic-day
https://www.timeanddate.com/holidays/italy/republic-day
https://www.timeanddate.com/holidays/italy/immaculate-conception-day
https://www.officeholidays.com/holidays/italy/immaculate-conception-day
Answer the following questions:
What do people celebrate on these days?
How do they celebrate? What do they do ?
Why are these holidays important ?
Evaluation
EXPECTED RESULT:
Create 2 posters - one for each holiday- in hand or digitally. You can use photo, pictures, drawings, videos, wordclouds and descriptions.
Make sure you include the following information:
- the name of the holiday
- the name of the country and the national flag
- when the holiday is celebrated
- why they celebrate it
- how they celebrate it
All products will be displayed on the Erasmus+ corner and will also be used in our joint online Calendar.
Conclusion
National holidays are highly important for each country.
Think about:
What national holidays do you celebrate in your country?
How are they similar to the Italian ones?
How are they different ?
How would our life be different and how would you feel if these holidays stopped being celebrated?
Credits
Thank you all for your participation and interest !
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Teacher Page
Dominga Carbone, English Teacher
Istituto Comprensivo "M. Pagano"
Bella (Pz), Italy