A number of days in the past whereas driving residence from seeing a group theater’s musical manufacturing of The Little Mermaid one in all my daughters requested me “why does Venice have canals as an alternative of roads?” It was a query that I used to be completely happy to reply. The query additionally impressed me to revisit some gadgets on the subject that I new had been in my weblog’s archives, someplace. Here’s my up to date checklist of assets for educating and studying about Venice.
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Venice Backstage is a seventeen minute video that explains how the water is contained, how the buildings keep upright, and the way residents of Venice journey concerning the metropolis.
The Venice Backstage web site gives extra articles and graphics to help the knowledge offered within the video.
Students can nearly discover Venice by way of this Street View Trek. The Street View Trek by way of Venice lets college students journey the town on foot and journey by way of the canals in gondolas. The Street View Trek by way of Venice additionally offers college students the chance to step inside historic buildings within the metropolis.
Google Arts & Culture has hundreds of things tagged with “Venice” for college kids to discover. I’d suggest beginning with 7 Amazing Things You Never Knew About Venice.
How Did They Really Build Venice? is a 5 minute animated clarification of how and why Venice was constructed.
On a associated word, I supply a Practical Ed Tech course all about making animated explanations. You can begin that course at the moment by heading right here.