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Il Fascismo durante la Seconda Guerra Mondiale

Il governo di Mussolini e la dittatura; la vita sotto Mussolini durante la seconda guerra mondiale.

Resources online

•  Oilproject section on Fascism
•  La scuola elementare durante il fascismo e la seconda guerra mondiale (From a school in Italy- a very rich document with images and texts)
• Archivio Luce - text and video material on Italy during the war.

Video material (No worksheets, yet. If anyone makes one, perhaps they could be so kind and share by sending to teachitalianuk@gmail.com?)

• Short video on entry into war
• Discorso di Mussolini 10 giugno 1940
• La sottoscrizione del Patto tripartito (Loescher)
• Costituzione della Repubblica di Salò (Loescher)
• La mappa della liberazione (students can note important dates to create a timeline)
• La strage delle Fosse Ardeatine (Loescher)
• Armistizio (1)  (Loescher)
  
• Armistizio (2) (Loescher)

Exercises

• L'Italia durante la guerra (Listening)
• Il crollo del fascismo: dall’entrata in guerra alla liberazione (OIlproject video with transcript and questions)
  
• La dichiarazione di guerra
  
• La repubblica di Salò (outline and key dates)
• L'accoglienza degli alleati in Sicilia
  • Exercises (Reading and Listening)
  • Video
• Partigiani (gap fill)
• La resistenza: Article on partisans with associated ppt with exercises

Other suggestions

• 'Oro' from Primo Levi's Sistema periodico: self effacing account of student life in Turin, joining the partisans, conflict with the milizia and capture. (recording on YouTube).

                Questions on  the short story
                Here are some notes to help students read the text. 

• Cronaca di una decimazione

Film suggestions

• Roma città aperta
• Paisà
• Il Generale Della Rovere
• In guerra per amore (2016)
  

Texts

• 'Testimonianze' of life during WW2 collected by a class at a scuola media in Pistoia (text only)
  
• Interview on life during WW2  found on the internet (text only)

Dalla dittatura alla democrazia