A couple of days in the past whereas driving house from seeing a neighborhood theater’s musical manufacturing of The Little Mermaid considered one of my daughters requested me “why does Venice have canals as an alternative 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 had been in my weblog’s archives, someplace. Here is my up to date listing of sources for instructing 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 concerning the metropolis.

The Venice Backstage web site gives further articles and graphics to help the knowledge offered within the video.

College students can just about discover Venice by way of this Avenue View Trek. The Avenue View Trek by way of Venice lets college students journey the town on foot and journey by way of the canals in gondolas. The Avenue View Trek by way of 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 advocate beginning with 7 Superb Issues You By no means Knew About Venice.

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

On a associated word, I provide a Sensible Ed Tech course all about making animated explanations. You can begin that course at the moment by heading right here.