Just a few days in the past whereas driving house from seeing a neighborhood theater’s musical manufacturing of The Little Mermaid one among my daughters requested me “why does Venice have canals as a substitute of roads?” It was a query that I used to be completely satisfied to reply. The query additionally impressed me to revisit some objects on the subject that I new have been in my weblog’s archives, someplace. This is my up to date listing of assets for educating and studying about Venice. 

And head right here for extra posts impressed by the questions my daughters ask me. 

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 in regards to the metropolis.

The Venice Backstage web site affords extra articles and graphics to help the data introduced within the video.

College students can nearly discover Venice via this Road View Trek. The Road View Trek via Venice lets college students journey town on foot and journey via the canals in gondolas. The Road View Trek via Venice additionally offers college students the chance to step inside historic buildings within the metropolis.

Google Arts & Tradition has hundreds of things tagged with “Venice” for college students to discover. I would suggest beginning with 7 Wonderful Issues You By no means Knew About Venice.

How Did They Actually Construct Venice? is a 5 minute animated rationalization of how and why Venice was constructed.

On a associated be aware, I provide a Sensible Ed Tech course all about making animated explanations. You can begin that course at this time by heading right here.