University of Northern Iowa - Preparation for Southern Italy Capstone
Exploring Southern Italy and Sicily
Week 1 - Feb. 6 - Intro. to S. Italy Capstone
Week 2 - Feb. 13 - Rome
Week 3 - Feb. 20 - Western Sicily
No prep classes in March
Week 4 - April 3 How you will be graded
Week 5 - April 17 - odds and ends before we leave
Week 6 - April 24 - TBD
Pre-Departure Learning -
1. Wicked problems (reading) AND worksheet (not to be turned in)
2. Xavier Le Pinchon ‘Fragility and the Evolution of Humanity’ Podcast
3. Jared Diamond - Video LInk AND Handout (coming soon)
4. Geoarchaeology of western Sicily, Please read Geoarchaeology of the Chuddia River Valley Western Sicily and fill out Worksheet (not to be turned in)
5. Climate Change Convincing , Science Friday Podcast January 6, 2017
Daily Activity Sheets
Day 2
Day 3
Day 4
Day 5
Day 6
Rick Steves Podcasts : Italy - Italian Cuisine 1 (audio), Italian Cuisine 2 (audio), Pasta 101 (audio) , Rome - Colosseum (audio AND map) , Sistine Chapel (audio AND map) , St. Peters (audio AND map) , Pantheon (audio AND map), Michelangelo in Rome (audio), Rome Beneath the surface (audio)
Getting ready to travel this summer...
Basic packing list and ideas (not complete - Please let me know if you have questions), Electrical adaptor (info) Or the minimum you might need
Handouts for learning Italian numbers and phrases... Page1 , Page 2 , Page 3 , Page 4
Links to explore
Lodging
Rome - Bed and Breakfast Marco and Laura (6 nights)
Trapani - Bed & Breakfast Belveliero , (5 nights)
Catania - Gattoparddo House, (2 nights)
Lipari/Canneto - Baia Unici , (6 nights)
Useful Links
A War Diary Soars Over Rome (National Geographic, April 2015)
Further reading...
Geoarchaeology