THE VOLCANO CHAIN

CONCEPTUAL MAP

ISTITUTO COMPRENSIVO CESARE BATTISTI CATANIA - ITALY - COMENIUS PROJECT

APRIL 2011 - THE VOLCANO CHAIN1

ISTITUTO COMPRENSIVO CESARE BATTISTI CATANIA - ITALY - COMENIUS PROJECT

APRIL 2011 - THE VOLCANO CHAIN2

THE VOLCANO ETNAHistorical and geographic

dimensionsWHERE and WHEN

1) REALITYa) geological history of Sicily

in the Mediterranean seab) definition of volcano

(the Etna in Italy and volcanos in Europe:

Germany, Turkey, Iceland, Portugal, France)

2) IMAGINATIONa) miths: the God

Vulcano/Ephesto, the philosopher Empedocle, Ulisse and the Cyclopes;b) tales: the dragon Fumi travelling along Europe

3) The Etna and the local cultureRelationship between man and nature:

THE CITY OF CATANIA