A
"Taste" of Italy
- Italy is a country in southern Europe.
- Italy is an odd shaped country because it
almost looks like a high heeled boot.
- Italy is home to The Leaning Tower Of Pisa
which Galileo stood on and dropped one big ball and one small ball
off the tower to try and prove that objects of different weight go
the same speed and hit the ground at the same time.
John
on
a
Pony
This game is played all over the world
and has many different names.
Number of
Players
- Six or more players.
- Each team should be equal in
strength.
How to
Play
- To play John on a pony you need to make
two teams.
- One of the teams needs to assemble a pony
using their bodies.
- When the "Pony people" are done they close
their eyes.
- Next the other team sends some players to
climb on the pony.
- With their eyes closed, the "Pony people"
must guess how many riders are on them.
History
John on a pony originated in
Ancient Rome which is in Italy.
Source:
Museum and Archive of Games, www.ahs.uwaterloo.ca/~museum/Brueghel/imgmap.html
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Dominoes
Number of
Players
Two or more people.
Equipment
Oblong Blocks called Dominoes or
Pieces.
How to
Play
- Put the dominoes face down on the floor
and shuffle them.
- Each player picks eighteen dominoes and
starts by placing one in the middle of the floor.
- The face of each piece is divided into two
squares each square has some dots on it. You have to keep adding
on more dominoes. For example if one domino piece has six dots on
one side you add another piece to it that has six
dots.
- You keep going till one of the players is
out of dominoes, that player is the winner.
- If you don't have a piece that you can add
on then you have to take two more dominoes pieces.
Source:
Spaulding, Miriam L.
"Colliers Encyclopedia" Macmillian Educational Company, New York, NY
1992. pp. 340
Another way to
play
Once one player has put down all their
pieces everybody else counts the amount of dots on their remaining
Dominoes, then you add all the dots together "Each dot is worth on
point," then you give all the points to the winner, you keep playing
more rounds until one player has 500 points.
History
This game originated in Italy. It was
invented around the 18th century.
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