Larry Dragani

Chapter 4: The World's PeopleCULTURE: The set of beliefs, values, and practices that a group, of people have in common.

Standards:I want to learn more about my family origin and how they got here and when. I want to learn more about my grandpa that I never got to see because he died before I was born. ____________________________________________________________

Dragani

My last name is Dragani

The country origin of my last name is Italy. My ancestors are from Italy. My grandpa's grandpa moved here in the early 1900's.

How did our family get to the United States: My Grandma came from Poland and then moved to Germany. She came to the United States by boat and became a citizen. She then met my grandpa who is Italian. My family is from: Indiana, Virginia, Italy, Germany, and Plymouth.

Country of Origin

My ancestors came from Italy.

Italy is located in Europe.

The latitude and longitude of Rome, Italy is 41.9 North and 12.5 East.

Country of Origin

The population of Italy is 59,337,888 people.

The natural resources of Italy are coal, mercury, zinc, potash, marble, barite, asbestos, pumice, fluorspar, pyrite, gas, and fish.

Italy is surrounded by Slovenia, Austria, Switzerland, and France.

Family Traditions

Some of the traditions my family celebrates are:

Christmas

Halloween

Thanksgiving

Easter

New Year's Eve

Family Interview

I interviewed my mom, dad, and grandma.

I asked where my grandma was from. I asked what cultures we came from and how my grandma and grandpa met.Why my grandma came to the United States.

I learned that my grandma was born in Poland. I also learned that my dad is Polish

On Thanksgiving we pull out the wishbone and two people pull on the bone. The person who has the unbroken side of the wish bone gets to make a wish.

Bibliography

I got my information from:My mom, dad, and grandma

www.How.com

www.ancestery.com

Www.google.com

Www.mapsofworld.com