Pasta was well established in Italy by the time of the Roman Empire. Have students locate Italy on their map. Teacher locates it on overhead map. Have a student locate Italy and place a sticky on the classroom map. Have students locate China.
Teacher locates China on overhead.
Have a student locate China and place a sticky dot on the classroom map. Have students locate the U.S. on their own maps. Teacher will locate it on overhead map. Discuss cardinal location of each country in relationship to the other. Have students describe the town in Italy in which the story took place.