Tina Epps, veteran art instructor at Surry County High School, traveled to Switzerland and Italy with students and adults from Surry, Isle of Wight, Southampton, Windsor, Smithfield, Waverly, and Wake...

Caesar’s Gladiators is one of the most popular LEAP! activities. The structure of the activity gives students an amazing look into the training experience of a Roman gladiator. The training is run b...

The main church in Florence, Italy, is called the Basilica di Santa Maria del Fiore (also known as the Duomo). This church was started in 1296, and the dome (as brilliantly engineered by Brunelleschi)...

The Neptune Fountain (Fontana del Nettuno) is one of the most famous fountains in Rome, and is located on the Piazza Navona. There is another fountain with the same name, in the Piazza del Popolo! Fir...

Download a larger image from the ruins of Pompeii, Italy. Share the photo with your class, then try these discussion questions and activities: Mount Vesuvius erupted in 79 C.E., burying the city of P...

For almost 25 years now, a movement has been invading Italy, and is now spreading to the rest of the world, with its battle cry being, “quality, freshness, tastiness and sustainability.” It is The...

On one of my first international travel experiences, I devoured at every opportunity tasted gelato for the first time. When our tour arrived in Nice, France, the Tour Director told us that from here o...