Andiamo a Pompei - Tuning activities for

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Andiamo a Pompei - Tuning activities for
Tuning in activities
Intermediate
Attività: La potenza dell’Impero Romano
Go to this website and discover how the Roman Empire conquered different parts of the
world over time
http://resourcesforhistory.com/map.htm
Attività: Dov’è Pompei?
1. Before your study of Pompeii, ask students what they know about Pompeii. Keep a
running list of questions they have about the topic.
2. Have students locate Pompeii on a map of Europe. Identify the location of Mt.
Vesuvius and Naples as well as the nearby towns of Herculaneum, Oplontis,
Boscoreale, all of which were destroyed by the eruption of Vesuvius.
3. On the same map, ask students to estimate the distance from the Imperial City Rome
to Pompeii.
Calculate how many days it would take to travel from Rome to Pompeii by chariot,
assuming you could travel 80 kilometres a day.
Estimate how long it would take to walk the same distance—a mode of transportation
used by slaves and poorer freedmen and women. What would you need to know to
solve this problem?
4. Compare Pompeii’s climate with your local climate. See what the weather is like today
in the area of Pompeii. Visit http://weather.noaa.gov/ to learn about the current weather
conditions in modern Naples, near ancient Pompeii.
5. After your visit to the exhibition, ask students to identify new information about
Pompeii they have learned. Did the visit answer any of their questions?
Marble statue of Lion mauling prey, House of Loreius Tiburtinus
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Attività: Esplora il mondo di Caius (in italiano o inglese)
http://www.pompeiisites.org/Sezione.jsp?idSezione=315&titolo=Il+mondo+di+Caius
Attvità: Gli scavi di Pompei
Explore the archaeological site.
http://www.pompeiisites.org/allegati/mappa_pompei.pdf
Attività: La valuta
http://roman-history.suite101.com/article.cfm/ancient_roman_money
http://www.crystalinks.com/romecoins.html
Attività: Il cibo
http://roman-history.suite101.com/article.cfm/roman_food_and_ingredients
http://roman-history.suite101.com/article.cfm/a_roman_dinner_party_menu
http://library.thinkquest.org/26602/diet.htm
Attività: La moda
http://roman-history.suite101.com/article.cfm/the_fullers_of_rome
http://ancient-culture.suite101.com/article.cfm/the_roman_toga
http://ancient-culture.suite101.com/article.cfm/ancient_roman_clothing
Attività: Le terme
http://roman-history.suite101.com/article.cfm/the_roman_bathing_ritual
http://roman-history.suite101.com/article.cfm/the_roman_baths
Attività: Gli edifici
http://www.crystalinks.com/romebuildings.html
Source: Alfredo & Pio Foglia
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Quindici domande
1) In quale regione italiana si trova Pompei?
2) Come si chiama il vulcano vicino a Pompei?
3) Che lingua si parlava a Pompei?
4) Nomina due cibi di Pompei.
5) Nomina due lavori/professioni di Pompei.
6) Che cosa indossavano i nobili di Pompei?
7) Che cos’è l’atrium di una casa romana?
8) Come si chiama la piazza principale di Pompei, e di ogni città romana?
9) Nomina tre dei della mitologia romana.
10) Come si chiama il centro benessere di Pompei?
11) Qual’è la dea protettrice di Pompei? (Suggerimento: In Grecia si chiama
Afrodite)
12) Nomina un passatempo dei Romani.
13) Cosa vuol dire ‘morituri te salutant’ e chi lo diceva?
14) Nomina due classi sociali di Pompei.
15) Dove coltivavano i pomodori i contadini di Pompei?
Risposte:
1) in Campania
2) Vesuvio
3) il latino
4) pane, frutta, pesce, formaggio, verdure (not pasta, pizza)
5) panettiere, negoziante, fabbro
6) la toga
7) l’entrata della casa, dove si ricevevano gli ospiti
8) il Foro
9) Minerva, Apollo, Vulcano, Venere
10) le terme
11) Venere
12) i giochi, giocare a dadi nelle taverne
13) Those who are about to die, salute you. (by gladiators to the Caesar)
14) gli schiavi e i nobili
15) da nessuna parte. I pomodori sono arrivati in Europa, dopo la scoperta
dell’America.
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Dov’è Pompei?
Pompei è una piccola città a circa trenta chilometri da Napoli, nella regione Campania al
sud dell’Italia.
Da Pompei si vede il Vesuvio, il famoso vulcano. L’antica Pompei fu distrutta dal
Vescuvio il 24 agosto del 79 dC.
L’antica Pompei era una bella città piena di attività e di gente; ancora oggi i turisti
possono visitare gli scavi e scoprire luoghi interessanti come il Tempio di Apollo, il Foro,
la Casa dei Vettii, le Terme Stabiane, il Teatro Grande e la Palestra dove si allenavano i
gladiatori.
Il Tempio di Apollo
Le Terme Stabiane
Il Foro
La Casa dei Vettii
Il Teatro Grande
La Palestra
Images: R.Zarrro Museum Victoria
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“Che vita da schiavo”
Leggi le informazioni relative agli schiavi al tempo dei Romani e nella tua mente
crea il profilo di uno schiavo speciale.
Le seguenti domande ti possono aiutare.
 Che compiti particolari svolge?
 Da dove viene ?
 Com’è la sua vita in generale?
 Chi è il suo padrone?
 Com’è la sua giornata tipica?
Nella pagina sottostante immagina di essere quello
schiavo e di scrivere una pagina del tuo diario, alla fine
di una giornata particolare.
Io…..
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Slaves
alipila
atriensis
calmamistera
cellarius
cestellatrix
cubicularii
focarius
A slave with skills in massage and skin-care
The keeper of the main doorway into the villa house
A slave with hairdressing skills
He was in charge of the villa pantries and cellars
A chamber maid who helped her mistress get dressed
Slaves who worked in the main house on the villa estate
He kept the villa’s fires and ovens alight
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lanista
paedagogus
praegustator
scissor
scurra
silentarius
tonsor
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A retired gladiator who trained new fighters
The slave in charge of the master’s children
A trusted slave who tasted the master’s food for poison
A kitchen slave with skills in carving meat
A slave who flattered his master’s guests at banquets
He made sure slaves were silent in the master’s presence
The slave who worked as the villa barber
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“Che vita da cane”
Leggi la poesia di un cane di Pompei. Prova a scrivere una poesia in italiano
simile alla poesia ‘Pompeii dog’ oppure costruisci un acrostico usando la
parola POMPEI.
Pompeii Dog
down ancient streets
along chariot tracks worn in stone
past shop fronts with braziers
along walls stacked with amphora
by a brothel with how-to paintings
and political graffitied walls
ahead of grand amphitheatres
and bathhouse chambers warm cold and steaming
past forum fresco fountain
a dog lies
limbs extended torso twisted
twice preserved for eternity
once by a shower of pumice and ash
and again when skin and fur long gone
cast in plaster
his drawn-out inexplicable death
terribly plain
plainly terrible
Source: Alfredo & Pio Foglia
©Claire Saxby
Newport, Victoria 2008.
Possible Discussion Points in English
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How does the poet show us what the city was like?
Why do you think she does this?
What does she mean by ‘twice preserved for eternity’
Did you feel sorry for the dog in this poem?
What kind of poem would you like to write about Pompeii?
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I mestieri di Pompei
Crea il personaggio di un liberto di Pompei, un panettiere oppure un
insegnante.
Descrivi la giornata di questa persona.
 Cosa fa?
 Dove lavora?
 Da dove viene?
 Com’è la sua vita?
 Descrivi la sua giornata tipica
Descrivi il liberto usando la terza persona.
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Signature object activities
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Signature object questions
Image courtesy of SAP
Come si chiama l’oggetto in inglese?..............................................................
Come si chiama l’oggetto in italiano?............................................................
Dove si trovava?
□In casa □fuori casa
Chi è Venere?
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Indica il colore e il materiale dell’oggetto.
Colore: .........................................................................................................
Materiale:......................................................................................................
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Signature object questions
Image courtesy of SAP
Come si chiama l’oggetto in inglese?..............................................................
Come si chiama l’oggetto in italiano?.............................................................
Dove si trovava?
□In casa □fuori casa
Che cos’è il garum?
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Indica il colore e il materiale dell’oggetto.
Colore: .........................................................................
Materiale:......................................................................
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Signature object questions
Image courtesy of SAP
Come si chiama l’oggetto in inglese?..............................................................
Come si chiama l’oggetto in italiano?..............................................................
Dove si trovava?
□In casa □fuori casa
Secondo te, che cosa si pesava con questa stadera?
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Indica il colore e il materiale dell’oggetto.
Colore: ..............................................................................
Materiale:..........................................................................
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Signature object questions
Photograph © William Starling, Alabama, USA
Come si chiama l’oggetto in inglese?......................................
Come si chiama l’oggetto in italiano?......................................
Dove si trovava?
□In casa □fuori casa
Che cosa mangiavano gli abitanti di Pompei?
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Indica il colore e il materiale dell’oggetto.
Colore: ...............................................................
Materiale:...........................................................
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Signature object activities
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Signature object questions
Image courtesy of SAP
Come si chiama l’oggetto in inglese?......................................
Come si chiama l’oggetto in italiano?......................................
Dove si trovava?
□In casa □fuori casa
Perchè il rito del bagno nelle terme era importante per gli abitanti di Pompei?
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Indica il colore e il materiale dell’oggetto.
Colore: .............................................................................
Materiale:...........................................................................
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Signature object activities
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Signature object questions
Source: Alfredo & Pio Foglia
Come si chiama l’oggetto in inglese?......................................
Come si chiama l’oggetto in italiano?......................................
Dove si trovava?
□In casa □fuori casa
Com’era la vita di un gladiatore a Pompei?
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Indica il colore e il materiale dell’oggetto.
Colore: ...............................................................
Materiale:............................................................
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Signature object activities
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Signature object questions
Image courtesy of SAP
Come si chiama l’oggetto in inglese?......................................
Come si chiama l’oggetto in italiano?......................................
Dove si trovava?
□In casa □fuori casa
Quali simboli sono rappresentati in questo oggetto?
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Indica il colore e il materiale dell’oggetto.
Colore: ......................................................................
Materiale:...................................................................
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Signature object activities
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Signature object questions
Image courtesy of SAP
Come si chiama l’oggetto in inglese?......................................
Come si chiama l’oggetto in italiano?......................................
Dove si trovava?
□In casa □fuori casa
Secondo te, com’era il gusto degli antichi romani?
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Indica il colore e il materiale dell’oggetto.
Colore: ...........................................................
Materiale:.......................................................
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Signature object activities
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Signature object questions
Photograph © William Starling, Alabama, USA
Come si chiama l’oggetto in inglese?......................................
Come si chiama l’oggetto in italiano?......................................
Dove si trovava?
□In casa □fuori casa
Descrivi le case di Pompei e le decorazioni nelle case.
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Indica il colore e il materiale dell’oggetto.
Colore: ...........................................................
Materiale:.......................................................
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Signature object activities
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Signature object questions
Source: Alfredo & Pio Foglia
Come si chiama l’oggetto in inglese?......................................
Come si chiama l’oggetto in italiano?......................................
Dove si trovava?
□In casa □fuori casa
Che gioielli indossavano i nobili di Pompei?
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Indica il colore e il materiale dell’oggetto.
Colore:..........................................................................
Materiale:.....................................................................
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Signature object activities
Intermediate
Signature object questions
Image courtesy of SAP
Come si chiama l’oggetto in inglese?......................................
Come si chiama l’oggetto in italiano?......................................
Dove si trovava?
□In casa □fuori casa
Nomina alcuni dei o dee della mitologia romana.
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Indica il colore e il materiale dell’oggetto.
Colore: ............................................................
Materiale:........................................................
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Signature object activities
Intermediate
Signature object questions
Photograph © William Starling, Alabama, USA
Come si chiama l’oggetto in inglese?......................................
Come si chiama l’oggetto in italiano?......................................
Descrivi le classi sociali di Pompei.
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Indica il colore e il materiale dell’oggetto.
Colore: .............................................................................
Materiale:...........................................................................
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