From pizza's origins in Italy all the way to New York and around the world, follow pizza's history and learn how this delicious food came to be so popular in all our homes and lives.

Global Partnerships

Partnerships for the goals

Peace justice

Peace, Justice and strong institutions

Locate historically important cities and major geographical features of Italy and Western Europe, and describe their ancient and modern significance.

WL.7-12.CONN.8

Locate historically important cities and major geographical features of Italy and western Europe.

FL.9-12.LI.6

SOC.9-12.SS.912.W.5.Pa.a

Students will investigate the role of cultural identity and nationalism in the unification of Italy and Germany and in the dissolution of the Ottoman and Austrian Empires.

SOC.10.2d.1

describe the major influences of women during major eras of world history such as Elizabeth I, Queen Victoria, Mother Teresa, Indira Gandhi, Margaret Thatcher, and Golda Meir.

SOC.9-12.WH.23.B

describe the major influences of women such as Elizabeth I, Queen Victoria, Mother Teresa, Indira Gandhi, Margaret Thatcher, and Golda Meir during major eras of world history.

SOC.9-12.3.24.B

   Pizza Queen Margherita

Economic growth

Decent work and economic growth

Infrastructure industrialization

Industry, innovation and infrastructure

Discuss the contributions of various immigrant cultures on the art of a particular society.

VIS.8.3.4

Varieties of immigrant motivation, ethnicities, and experiences

SOC.9-12.2.I.A.2.c

Factories and people—immigrant patterns of settlement

SOC.9-12.3.III.A.2.a

Students will trace the arrival of various immigrant groups to New York State in the mid-1800s, 1890s, 1920s, mid-1900s, 1990s, and today; examining why they came and where they settled, noting the role of the Irish potato famine.

SOC.4.7a.1

Students will research an immigrant group in their local community or nearest city in terms of where that group settled, what types of jobs they held, and what services were available to them, such as ethnic social clubs and fraternal support organizations.

SOC.4.7a.5

Students will identify groups of people who moved into urban areas, and examine where they came from and the reasons for their migration into the cities. Students will explore the immigrant experience at Ellis Island.

SOC.8.2a.1

Students will compare and contrast immigrant experiences in locations such as ethnic neighborhoods in cities, rural settlements in the Midwest, Chinese communities in the Far West, and Mexican communities in the Southwest.

SOC.8.2a.2

Explain interdisciplinary topics (e.g., literary genres, ecosystems, financial markets, immigrant population).

FL.10.3.1.A.2

Compare the world’s political patterns of organization including federal and unitary states.

SOC.9-12.WG.4.3

Evaluate how the forces of cooperation and conflict among people influence the division and control of territory and resources.

SOC.9-12.WG.4.5

Analyze trends in human migration and cultural interaction.

SOC.9-12.WHII.4c.b

SOC.9-12.WG.4.E 2.b.3

The student will apply social science skills to analyze past and present trends in human migration and cultural diffusion by determining how human migration and cultural diffusion influence the current human characteristics of places and regions

SOC.5-8.WG.15.b

Analyzes and evaluates current opportunities and obstacles connected with international migration.

SOC.12.3.2.3.a

identify the challenges, opportunities, and contributions of people from various American Indian and immigrant groups such as the settlement of the frontier and building of the Transcontinental Railroad.

SOC.5.4.F

describe how different immigrant groups interacted with the environment in the United States during the 17th, 18th, and 19th centuries.

SOC.8.11.C

Pizza Migration

Location factors in the spatial distribution of economic activities (e.g., market, transportation, workers, materials) Producers of consumer products and services (e.g., bread, pizza, television, shopping malls)

GEO.3.G.7.3.3.D.1.a

Assess the distribution process of various companies and industries.

TEC.9-12.15.9.12.G

Design a comprehensive promotion plan for a product or service.

TEC.9-12.15.9.12.I

Examine how the market revolution affected retail distribution of goods in the cities and in rural areas.

SOC.7-12.USII.2.1.d

summarize and give examples of the interactive relationship of global marketing principles: production/consumption of goods and services

SOC.6.SS.O.06.03.02.a

summarize and give examples of the interactive relationship of global marketing principles: competition

SOC.6.SS.O.06.03.02.b

summarize and give examples of the interactive relationship of global marketing principles: supply and demand