The document discusses the city of Taranto, Italy. It describes how Taranto was founded in 706 BC by Greek immigrants as a Spartan colony named after Taras, the son of the sea god Poseidon. It details some of Taranto's history and production of olive oil, wine and cheese. It also notes that Taranto is the origin of the name "tarantula" spider and the tarantella dance performed to sweat out spider venom. The document then describes a school located in Taranto, providing details on its facilities, curriculum with a music focus, and adult education programs.

1. Comenius project
2012/2013-2013/2014

2. If we say Italy…
what do you think to?

3. Good food…

4. Good wine…

5. The land of fashion…

6. The country of famous cars
and scooters

7. The nation where famous actors
and actresses were born…

9. important sailors, scientists
and discoveres…

12. once called caput mundi

13. The Alps

17. situated in the
south of Italy, in
the heel of our
famous boot

18. Taranto
The town of the two seas

20. Taranto was
founded in 706
BC by Greek
immigrants as a
Spartan colony.

21. The Partheniae arrived in Apulia, and
founded the city, naming it Taras after
the son of the Greek sea god, Poseidon,
and of a local nymph, Satyrion.
Taras is the founder of the Greek colony
of Taras (Tarentum, modern Taranto),
in Magna Graecia.

22. On the coins of the
ancient city of Taras,
the son of Poisedon is
depicted on a dolphin,
sometimes with his
father's trident in one
hand; the same image
is depicted on the
modern city emblem.

25. with the production of oil, wine, cheese
and other natural products.

28. Taranto is also the origin of the name of the
Tarantula spider family, Theraphosidae.
In ancient times, residents of the town of
Taranto, bitten by the large local Spider, Lycosa
tarentula, would do a long vigorous dance.
This was done in order to sweat most of the
poison and thus survive the spider bite.
The dance they did became known as Tarantella.
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=2i4

29. Curiosity…
The website Wikipedia
includes, among all the other
languages, the dialect of our
town called “tarandine”.

31. Our school is situated here

34. • Comprehensive institute: nursery,
infant school, primary school,
secondary school, centre for the
formation of adult people.
• N. of buildings: 5
• N. of students: more than 1.000
• N. of teachers: 150
• N. of classes: 87

35. • N. 1 Aula Magna
• N. 4 tech laboratories
• N. 1 gym
• N. 1 music room
• N. 3 theatres
• N. 1 science room
• N. 1 art room
• N. 1 library

36. The Headmistress and the
teachers work to offer all the
educational tools to students
of different ages.

37. The secondary school follows the
standard Italian curriculum with a
focus on music, with the possibility to
choose the teaching of musical
instruments such as violin, guitar,
flute, piano.

38. Chorus and orchestra
Trinity courses
Comenius projects
Sport activities
Education to the respect of the
environment
Education to legality
Courses of ICT

39. The school is also a
Territorial Centre for the Education of
Adults (CTP).
It includes a huge variety of courses
addressed to students from 16 years
old onwards.

40. The socio cultural context of the adult
centre is characterized by a low
cultural level, the search for a job, the
search for new competences in order
to improve their personal curriculum.

41. Different rehabilitation projects and
laboratories are held in prison.
A project for adults called “Sirio”, the
possibility to attend two years in a
secondary school.

42. http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=au7o72JfDc8