2. ITALY IS OUR COUNTRY
Location of Italy ( in orange)
in the European continent
Capital city: Roma
Official language: Italian
Government: Parliamentary
republic
President:Giorgio Napolitano
3. PHISICAL ASPECTS
Due of its geographical position, Italian climate and landscapes
can be very different:
Lake Garda
is the
largest
lake in
Italy
Monte
Bianco
(White
Mountain,
the
highest
mountain
in the
Alps)
Chianti
vineyards
on the
Tuscanian
hills
Positano
At the
Amalfi
coast is a
well
known
touristic
place
4. ECONOMY
Italy is well-known for its influential and innovative business economic sector, an industrious and
competitive agricultural sector, and for its creative and high-quality automobile, industrial,
appliance and fashion design. Italy is the world's 7th largest exporter of goods.
Italy's major exports and companies by
sector are:
• motor vehicles,
• chemicals and petrochemicals,
• energy and electrical engineering;
• home appliances,
• aerospace and defense technologies,
• firearms,
• fashion,
• food processing
• sport and luxury vehicles, yachts
Another important and growing sector of national economy is tourism.
Infact, with 43.7 million international tourist arrivals and total receipts estimated at $42.7 billion,
Italy is the fourth highest tourism earner and the fifth most visited country in the world.
5. CULTURE AND ARTS
Italy has a central place in the Western culture. Italian people have contributed
significantly to world culture and to scientific and technological progress
continuously since ancient times.
1. Dante Alighieri, His Divine Comedyis often considered
the greatest literary work composed in the Italian
language and a masterpiece of world literature
2. Leonardo da Vinci, painter, sculptor,musician,
engeener,scientist,inventor,mathematician of Renaissance
3. Alessandro Manzoni, one of 19th century Italy's greatest
literary figures
4. Giuseppe Verdi,one of the most influential composers of
the 19th century. His works are frequently performed
in opera houses throughout the world.
5. Guglielmo Marconi, the first to develop the wireless
broadcasting, known as radio
6. Enrico Fermi, the discoverer of neutron chain reaction
and builder of the first atomic pile
1 2 3 4 5 6
The Leonardo’s
Mona Lisa, one of the
most famous, most
reproduced and most
parodied portraits of
all time
6. OUR REGION: SICILY
Sicily is one of the twenty regions of Italy
• Capital: Palermo
• Government President:
Rosario Crocetta
• Total
Area- 25,708 km2
(9,925.9 sq mi
)
• Total Population 5,043,083
• Density
196.2/km2
(508.1/sq mi)
The flag of Sicily,
is regarded as a regional icon.
It was first adopted in 1282,
It is characterized by the presence of the
Triskelion(Trinacria) in its middle:
the winged head of Medusa and three
wheat ears.
The three bent legs are supposed
to represent the three points of
the island.
Sicily is the largest island in the
Mediterranean Sea,
comprising an autonomous region
of Italy.
Minor islands around it, such as the
Aeolian or the Aegadis,
are part of Sicily. Its official name
is Regione Autonoma Siciliana
(Sicilian Autonomous Region).
7. ABOUT SICILY
Mount Etna is the largest
volcano of Europe
Sicily, like all regions of Italy, has its own rich and unique culture,
especially with regard to the arts, music, literature, cuisine, architecture
and language.
The Sicilian economy is largely based on agriculture (mainly
orange,lemon, and olive orchards); this same rural countryside has
attracted significant tourism, as its natural beauty is highly regarded.
Sicily also holds importance for archeological and ancient sites such as
the
Necropolis of Pantalica and the Valley of the Temples
There are continuous excavations that occur in Sicily due to its extensive
history.
Archaeological Area of
Agrigento
Duomo di Siracusa, an
example of Sicilian Baroque
architecture.
Cannoli, a highly
popular pastry
associated with
Sicilian cuisine
The Sicilian cart (or
carretto Siciliano in
Italian and carrettu
Sicilianu in Sicilian )
is an ornate, colorful
style of horse or
donkey-drawn cart.
8. OUR TOWN: PALERMO
Palermo is the capital of both the autonomus region of Sicily and the Province of Palermo. The city is noted for its rich
history, culture, architecture and gastronomy, playing an important role throughout much of its existence:
it is over 2,700 years old. Palermo is located in the northwest of the island of Sicily, right by the Gulf of Palermo
in the Tyrrhenian See.
Coat of arms of Palermo
Coat of arms of the
province of Palermo
San Giovanni degli
Eremiti’ domes show
elements of Arab
architecture
Street market in
Palermo
The Cathedral
9. Educational System
Our country has both public and private education system: public education is free
and compulsory from 6 to 15 years. Inside this period the educational curriculum is
uniform: one can attend private or state funded schools, the subjects studied are the
same, except in special schools
( for blind or other special needs).
Today there are two stages of education in Italy, firstly the primary and then
secondary:
• Primary school lasts five years and is commonly preceded by three years of non-
compulsory kindergarten.The subjects studied are: Italian, Mathematics, Science,
History, Geography, Art, Music, English, Sport, Tecnology,Social Sciences.
• Secondary school is divided in
1. First-grade secondary school or Middle school
2. Second-grade secondary school or High school
Middle school (Scuola Media) lasts three years and includes an exam at the end of the
third year
High school (Scuola Superiore) usually lasts five years and ends with an exam that grands
access to the University. There are several types of High Schools with different
subjects and activities, the main difference is between Liceo, Istituto Tecnico
and Istituto Professionale; the second and the third types are more job oriented
schools and give the opportunity to get a diploma after three years.There are also
several types of Liceo. All of the Licei have some subjects in common, such as
Italian Literature, or Mathematics (although the effective number of hours spent
on each subject varies), while other subjects are peculiar to a particular type of
Liceo (i.e. ancient Greek in the Liceo Classico or Geometrical Drawing in the Liceo
Artistico)
Inside the Italian University system there are two main degrees: a three years lasting
Bachelor’s Degree or Laurea triennale and a following two years Laurea
specialistica or Master’s Degree
.
10. Our School
The.”F.Orestano”School is a Pre-Primary and Primary school. It is located in the Eastern sub-urban area of Palermo,
called Brancaccio.This area, first a green, agricultural area, became, during the middle of the XX.century an industrial
suburb with a considerable increasing of population coming from the other sides of the town..As many others suburban
areas of big cities, to that wild population growth didn’t correspond a cultural development and a correct planning of
spaces .No parks or public gardens for children and old people, streets are often the only possibilily for children to
play. Today the social context is heterogeneous and includes middle-class families but also a large number of families
with economics, cultural and social problems.Therefore children and young people often show learning difficulties and
are at risk Drop-out. In such a context education has a very important cultural role and schools have to work for social
inclusion.
11. This is our School Staff
Mrs. Palma
Sicuro is our
school head-
master
There are forty-five teachers in our school
13. About 600 children attend our school.Primary school pupils attend their lessons five
days a week from 8:00 a.m. till 2:00 p.m.They have Saturday free. Pre-Primary pupils
also stay at school five days a week from 8:00 till 1:00 p.m or, full time, from 8:00 till
4:00 p.m. Above some examples of learning opportunities our pupils have during school
time
14. School collaboration with other Institutions
•Project: “School goes
toTheatre” in
collaboration with Theatre
Massimo
Our childeren act as touristic
guides in the Project “Palermo
opens the doors:School
adopts a monument”
We are involved in several
projects to promote
legality in our country
