Our Italian Connection / La Cultura dei Giovani

***** Students: I have set up a 'Yahoo Group' for you to be able to connect with your sister school classmates in Milano, Italy. I will need your email address. I will be sending you an "INVITATION" to join our Yahoo Group. When you receive the invitation, please follow the directions and log on. I will approve your membership, and soon we can begin posting and exchanging messages.
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1. Go to: http://www.rinascente.it/ Click on: Moda dei Giovani
OR http://www.jamstore.it/jam/jam.html
What clothing styles are popular for kids your age in Italy?

2. Go to: http://www.mtv.it/
What musical artists/shows are popular right now in Italy?
Listen to artist interviews in Italian at http://www.mtv.it/news/news_interview.asp

3. Go to:
http://www.media.rai.it/mpelenco/0,,Orsobalosso^628,00.html
and watch an "Orso Balosso' cartoon. Che succede nel cartone animato? (What happens to Orso Balosso in your cartoon?)

4. What are the headlines in today's Italian newspaper?
What are the sports headlines?
www.repubblica.it

5. When you're done, buy a caffe here. :)

High School and Beyond: Facts to Remember

AVERAGE ANNUAL SALARIES BY EDUCATION LEVEL:

High school dropouts: $19,169

High school graduates: $27,915

College graduates: $51,554.

Chicago Public Schools requires all students to successfully complete two years of a world language to qualify for high school graduation.

Most four-year colleges require two years of high school world language study for admission.

People who speak more than one language generally earn between 5 and 20 percent more per hour than the people who only speak one language.

High School and Beyond

Go to: http://www.careerpath.com/
Input foreign language into the Keyword space
Input Chicago, IL into the Location space
Click on Find Jobs
1.Name an open position that might interest you.
2.Does the open position require a specific foreign language, or general foreign language skills?
3.What is the listed salary for the position?
4.Write a brief description of the position. What do you think a person in this position would do on a daily basis?

Browse the careers listed in the U.S. Dept. of Labor’s Occupational Outlook Handbook, available online at : http://www.bls.gov/oco/home.htm
Find a career that interests you and answer the following questions for each:

1. What training /education/ qualifications are required for the position?

2. What is the average salary?

3. What is the job outlook?

Create your profile to send to Italy!!!

Today you are going to create a profile of yourself, to present to the students at our sister school in Milano, Italia, l'Istituto Kandinsky, IN ITALIAN. I want you to describe yourself - add pictures and graphics - BE CREATIVE! What do you do in your spare time? What are your dreams for the future? What music do you like to listen to? What is your favorite book, movie, food to eat? I want to know about YOU in ITALIAN! Your work should be at least one page (including pictures and graphics). Let's show Italy the best of you.

The BEST profile will win a tote bag from the Istituto Kandinsky.

You can use WORD or POWER POINT. Please email me your work at asouza@cps.k12.il.us

Take a look at our sister school's website by clicking on the link below:

http://www.sky.mi.it/storia.html

PS: The artist of the painting above and namesake of the Istituto Kandinsky is Wassily Kandinsky, a Russian artist who created some of the first modern abstract paintings. Read his bio below for more information.

Wassily Kandinsky (Russian: Василий Кандинский, first name pronounced as [vassi:li]) (December 16, 1866 [O.S. December 4] – December 13, 1944) was a Russian painter and art theorist. One of the most famous 20th-century artists, he is credited with painting the first modern abstract works.
Kandinsky was born in Moscow but spent his childhood in Odessa. He enrolled at the University of Moscow and chose law and economics. Although quite successful in his profession—he was offered a professorship (chair of Roman Law) at the University of Dorpat—he started painting studies (life-drawing, sketching and anatomy) at the age of 30.
In 1896 he settled in Munich and studied at the Academy of Fine Arts, Munich. He went back to Moscow in 1918 after the Russian Revolution. Being in conflict with official theories on art, he returned to Germany in 1921. There he was a teacher at the Bauhaus from 1922 until it was closed by the Nazis in 1933. At that time he moved to France where he lived the rest of his life, becoming a French citizen in 1939. He died at Neuilly-sur-Seine in 1944.(Russian: Василий Кандинский, first name pronounced as [vassi:li]) (December 16, 1866 [O.S. December 4] – December 13, 1944) was a Russian painter and art theorist. One of the most famous 20th-century artists, he is credited with painting the first modern abstract works.
Kandinsky was born in Moscow but spent his childhood in Odessa. He enrolled at the University of Moscow and chose law and economics. Although quite successful in his profession—he was offered a professorship (chair of Roman Law) at the University of Dorpat—he started painting studies (life-drawing, sketching and anatomy) at the age of 30.
In 1896 he settled in Munich and studied at the Academy of Fine Arts, Munich. He went back to Moscow in 1918 after the Russian Revolution. Being in conflict with official theories on art, he returned to Germany in 1921. There he was a teacher at the Bauhaus from 1922 until it was closed by the Nazis in 1933. At that time he moved to France where he lived the rest of his life, becoming a French citizen in 1939. He died at Neuilly-sur-Seine in 1944.

World Cultures Club!!!!

World Cultures Club trip to the International Youth Hostel, December 2006