1. Italy:What is it like to live in the Mezzogiorno?

2. What do you thinks are some of the problems of living in the Mezzogiorno?

3. Where is the Mezzogiorno?

4. Your task is to work as teams to find out information on the 6 main regions of the Mezzogiorno to fill in an overall grid. Region of the Mezzogiorno:............................... What is typically grown here?: Land Relief is: Weather: Risks: Transport: Region of the Mezzogiorno:............................... What is typically grown here?: Land Relief is: Weather: Risks: Transport: Region of the Mezzogiorno:............................... What is typically grown here?: Land Relief is: Weather: Risks: Transport: Region of the Mezzogiorno:............................... What is typically grown here?: Land Relief is: Weather: Risks: Transport: Region of the Mezzogiorno:............................... What is typically grown here?: Land Relief is: Weather: Risks: Transport: Region of the Mezzogiorno:............................... What is typically grown here?: Land Relief is: Weather: Risks: Transport:

5. SHARE WITH A FRIEND? 2 MINS. Can you see any obvious differences?

6. Where is the Mezzogiorno? Tell me a fact about : Sicily: Calabria: Molise: Abruzzo: Campania: Puglia:

7. Genoa Milan Turin Rome Naples Palermo North Africa Turkey Albania Etna Stromboli Volcano Vesuvius Mafia- controlled area Migration northwards Immigration Drought- prone region Active volcano Earthquake in modern times Major cities Difficulties of the Mezzogiorno

8. Did you Know? The Mezzogiorno in southern Italy means “Land of the Midday Sun” in Italian. It contains the same regions as the Sicilian Empire a thousand years ago!