It has always been a dream of mine to travel to Rome, Italy. The beautiful cathedral architecture and historical points have always intrigued me. Being that travel has been hard to come by within the last year due to unfortunate events, I was lucky enough to experience my dream trip through the GSDLC’s field trips….
Month: March 2021
Virtual Field Trip to Ellis Island
The Virtual Field Trip to Ellis Island is comprised of 10 stops. The expedition begins with information about immigrants making the journey to America and ends with reunited families finishing a long journey at The Kissing Post. The 10 interactive stops are: 1st stop -The Passage 2nd stop -The Arrival 3rd stop -The Baggage Room…
Virtual Field Trip
By: Tara Giandomenico We have been in quarantine for over a year now. Covid-19 has kept many people from traveling and this can be hard for some people who travel yearly. However, what if I told you that you can go on a trip from the comfort of your own home? Well, I am telling…
Virtual Fieldtrip
This week, I am taking a virtual field trip to Africam. Africam is a website dedicated to showcasing Africa’s wildlife. They have free live streams of different parts of their safari that show different animals. There are different tabs on the website to explore. There are live streams, shows, videos, photos, and a chat room….
Virtual Field Trip: The First Thanksgiving
This week I decided to go on a virtual field trip which can be found here. On this virtual field trip it gives you all sorts of information as well as visuals for the information given about all parts of life. It shows pictures and information under each picture from the housing to the clothes,…
빈첸조
This week I watched a Netflix Original called “빈첸조”, which in English, is Vincenzo. It follows a Korean boy named Park Joo-hyung who becomes adopted by Italian mob boss, Fabio Cassano and renamed Vincenzo. Vincenzo became an Italian lawyer, consigliere for the mafia, and one of Fabio’s best men until he wore out his welcome and was…
Paper Lives
The movie that I chose to watch for this week’s blog post is a movie called Paper Lives, which takes place in Turkey. The first aspect of the cultural differences I noticed is the characters’ clothing. Although similar to ordinary American outfits, the influence of African and/or Middle Eastern styles is represented by the shirt…
Learning Spanish with Extra in Spanish: La prima de la duena
Have you every watched a show in a completely different language? It can seem confusing and hard to catch onto, but when you see they are just like any other show, it Is pretty cool! I would certainly recommend watching something in a different language, it is so neat to see how their body language…
FRONT-A War Drama Series
This week, we had to watch a show with English subtitles and explore the different cultural aspects as well as similarities in our culture. I watched episode 1 of a war drama called FRONT which takes place during World War II. It was created by Epic Media English, one of the largest Russian production companies….
Todos Lo Saben
In Todos Lo Saben the main character Laura and her two children travel from Argentina to Spain to attend her sister’s wedding. She reunites with old friends and family in Madrid by the old church she frequently attended as a child. The church began to degrade due to old age and the dry weather. This…