The Essentials
All Programs
Year/Semester High School
Summer Homestay
Summer Art and Culture
Digging Deeper
Language Resources
- Rosetta Stone: Italian (see below)
- Duolingo (free language learning app)
- Memrise: Italian
- LiveMocha: Italian
- BBC Language
Cultural Resources
- Hofstede Center: Italy
- American Association for Italian Studies
- Italian Cultural Institute of New York
- Italian Cultural Institute of Chicago
- Ancient History Encyclopedia: Rome
- Culture Grams
- –Username: afsusa – Password: cgrams
News and Media
- La Repubblica (Italian)
- Corriere della Sera (Italian and English)
- The Local (English)
- Ansa (Italian and English)
- Italian Youtube Channels
Movies and Documentaries
- La vita è bella (1997)
- Nuovomondo (2006)
- I cento passi (2000)
- 1900 (1976)
- The Story of Roman Empire (BBC)
- Meet the Romans with Mary Beard (2012)
- The Invention of Italy (BBC audio/podcast only)
- Italy Unpacked (BBC series)
- Made in Milan (1990)
- The Director: An Evolution in Three Acts (2013)
Books
- A Day in the Life of Ancient Rome
- The Glassblower of Murano
- The Thief Lord
- A Farewell to Arms
- Class of Civilizations Over an Elevator in Piazza Vittorio
- The Leopard
- La Bella Figura: a field guide to the Italian mind
- Italian Ways: on and off the rails from Milan to Palermo
- Italian Neighbors
- Four Seasons in Rome
- Memoirs of a Solo Traveler: my love affair with Italy
- Italian Cuisine: a cultural history
- A Concise History of Italy
- The Italians
LGBTQ Resources (Diversity)
Heritage and Ethnicity Resources (Diversity)