Natale in Italia

Natale e' una festa molto importante e religiosa in Italia. Risponda ai seguenti domande (SU UN FOGLIO SEPARATO)

1. Where did the actual celebration of Christmas most likely originate?
http://italian.about.com/library/weekly/aa120600a.htm

2. What is a presepio?
http://www.initaly.com/regions/xmas/rosemary.htm

3. Where is the Vatican located? Is it a separate country or part of Italy? (Note that the picture located in this entry is a picture St. Peter's cathedral at the Vatican during Christmastime. A large Christmas tree and a presepio are placed at the center of the large piazza).
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Vatican_City

4. According to the article below, what does an Italian Christmas revolve around?
http://www.italianfoodforever.com/iff/articles.asp?id=37

5. Name 5 dishes that an Italian family might eat on Christmas Eve or Christmas day:
http://www.italianfoodforever.com/iff/articles.asp?id=37

6. Why do Italians eat lentils on New Years Eve (i.e. what do they represent?)?
http://goitaly.about.com/od/festivalsandevents/a/newyears.htm

Italo-Americani

Italian Americans have greatly contributed to our country. On a separate sheet of paper, make a list of 10 Italian Americans. For each person, note why they became famous.

http://www.italian-american.com/famous.htm

http://www.italiansrus.com/resources/famousitalians.htm

http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/List_of_Italian-Americans


Extra credit: What is the name of the famous Italian American baseball player shown to the left?

Lo Slang in Italiano

Go to:
http://www.bbc.co.uk/languages/italian/cool/
And make a list of 25 Italian slang expressions. Listen and practice the pronunciation. Write down each expression and tell me what it means in English.