Go Gondola! Visiting Venice
In Go Gondola! Visiting Venice, the Go Jetters visit Venice and learn how the city was built on water. Ubercorn shares funky facts about how the city was built and how people move from place to place when there are no streets, but canals. This video is excerpted from BBC’s Go Jetters, a series that follows the adventures of four international heroes as they travel the globe visiting landmarks and solving environmental problems with Ubercorn, a disco-dancing unicorn.
Lesson Express
Q: What is unique about Venice?
A: It is built on soft ground and it does not have streets or cars. Instead, people use waterways and boats to get around.
Q: How are buildings in Venice built?
A: They are built on tall sticks to hold them up.
Q: Do you think you would like to travel by boat in your town? Why or why not?
A: Student responses will vary.
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