A country of southern Europe comprising the peninsula of Italy, Sardinia, Sicily, and several smaller islands. It was settled in antiquity by Italic tribes, Etruscans, and Greek colonists, but from the fourth century bc became dominated by Rome, eventually forming the core of the Roman Empire. After ad 476, Italy was ruled by various Germanic tribes, local families, and popes. The 13th to 16th centuries saw a cultural flowering in such city-states as Pisa, Florence, and Venice that eventually spread throughout Europe as the Renaissance. Nationalism in the 19th century led to unification under King Victor Emmanuel II in 1870.
Ready Writing and Creative Writing Handbook for Elementary and Junior High Schools. Students and judges, judging rubric, evaluation criteria, sample compositions (grades 3-8), topic/prompt samples, Ready Writing: Constitution and Contest Rules, second grade Creative Writing with Constitution and Contest Rules. STUDY MATERIALS. 1) PSIA Ready Writing and Creative Writing. Handbook for Elementary & Middle Schools. 2) Prompts from previous years' contests provided in the Study Materials Packets (order form on line). READY WRITING. ADDITIONAL INFORMATION FOR COACHES / CONTEST DIRECTORS. STUDY MATERIALS. 1) PSIA Ready Writing and Creative Writing. Handbook for Elementary & Middle Schools 2016 edition, which includes recent district and state winning compositions. 2) Prompts from previous years' contests provided in the Study Materials Packets (order form on line). 2016 READY WRITING 2017. Ready Writing. ELEMENTARY, MIDDLE SCHOOL, AND JUNIOR HIGH. ΕVΑΙLUΑΤΙΟΝ SΗΕΕΤ. Please read from the Constitution and Contest Rules or the A+ Handbook the instructions for evaluating the ready writing essays. Judges should read the paragraph prompts that are given to the contestants.
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Italy became a fascist state under Benito Mussolini, whose regime (1922-1943) was allied with Germany in World War II. After the war, Italy was reconstituted as a republic (1946). Rome is the capital and largest city. Italy ( ˈɪtəlɪ). (Placename) a republic in S Europe, occupying a peninsula in the Mediterranean between the Tyrrhenian and the Adriatic Seas, with the islands of Sardinia and Sicily to the west: first united under the Romans but became fragmented into numerous political units in the Middle Ages; united kingdom proclaimed in 1861; under the dictatorship of Mussolini (1922–43); became a republic in 1946; a member of the European Union.
It is generally mountainous, with the Alps in the north and the Apennines running the length of the peninsula. Official language: Italian. Religion: Roman Catholic majority. Currency: euro. Capital: Rome.
Pop: 61 482 297 (2013 est) Area: 301 247 sq km (116 312 sq miles). Italian name: Italia It.a.ly (ˈɪt l i) n.