Living in the shadow of Italy's volcanoes
This free video from Discover the World Education explores the volcanic landforms and eruptive hazards in southern Italy and considers the positive and negative impacts of living in the shadow of Mount Vesuvius and Mount Etna – some of Europe’s most iconic volcanoes.
The film visits locations in the Bay of Naples, Sicily and the Aeolian Islands, interweaving narrative with interviews of local people affected by recent eruptions and of expert guides and scientists who monitor Italy’s active volcanoes.
This resource is suitable for students at key stage 4 or key stage 5 and provides excellent support for the study of tectonic hazards at GCSE and A-level. It also ties in well with ‘The Natural Environment’ for iGCSE and ‘Hazards and Disasters’ for IB.
The video is available here:
Living in the shadow of Italy's volcanoes from DiscovertheWorldEducation on Vimeo.
Eight worksheets on the Bay of Naples and eight worksheets on Sicily and the Aeolian Islands can be downloaded in the zipped folder.
The video covers:
- the causes and impacts of recent and historical volcanic eruptions, with visits to some of the places directly affected
- informative diagrams to support the study of the complex processes associated with the destructive plate margin in southern Italy
- scientific assessments of volcano monitoring and community preparedness
- the threats associated with future volcanic eruptions
- benefits of volcanic eruptions for local people.
