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Young Indy travels to Florence, Italy with his parents and Helen Seymour, his tutor. Helen gives him lessons in physics, with examples from Galileo and Leonardo da Vinci, along with tours to see the splendors of Renaissance art. While Indy's father is temporarily away, the family is charmed by the generous attention of Italian opera composer Giacomo Puccini. Indy is at first fascinated by the dynamic Puccini, but comes to realize that Puccini's devotion to his mother is more than mere courtesy. He is troubled by the turmoil it creates with his mother's emotions.
On a visit to Vienna, young Indy and his family stay with the American Ambassador in Austria during a flourishing cultural period in the history of the Austro-Hungarian Empire. At the Spanish Riding School, Indy meets Princess Sophie, the daughter of the heir to the throne, Archduke Franz Ferdinand. He suffers the pangs of first love when he realizes how impossible it is to be a friend of a princess. He is given some advice on the meaning of love from the leaders of the new science of psychology from its founding masters Sigmund Freud, Carl Jung and Alfred Adler.
Key Topics: | Italian opera, Psychology, Renaissance art and the significance of Galileo and da Vinci |
Historic People: | Giacomo Puccini-- Italian composer of operas |
Included Documentaries: | -Giacomo Puccini--Music of the Heart -It's Opera! -The Archduke's Last Journey--End of an Era -Powder Keg--Europe 1900 to 1914 -Sigmund Freud--Exploring the Unconscious -Carl Jung and the Journey of Self Discovery -Psychology--Charting the Human Mind |
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National Social Studies Strands: | Culture, Groups and Institutions |
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DescriptorAustrian who founded the psychoanalytic movement of psychology. Freud is best remembered for his theories regarding sexual desire and the unconscious mind. BooksFreud, Sigmund. Autobiography. New York: W.W. Norton & Company, Inc., 1935. Gay, Peter. FREUD: A Life in Our Time. New York, London, Toronto, Sydney, Auckland: Anchor Books Doubleday, 1988. Websites |
DescriptorSwiss psychiatrist and co-founder of analytic psychology. Believed that the psyche should be explored in a variety of ways, including: dreams, art, mythology, world religion and philosophy. BooksBair, Deirdre. Jung A Biography. Boston, London, and New York: Little, Brown, and Company, 2003. Dunne, Claire. Carl Jung: Wounded Healer of the Soul. New York: Parabola Books, 2000. Websites |
DescriptorHeir to the Austria-Hungarian throne whose assassination in June, 1914 triggered World War I. BooksWilliamson, Samuel R., Russel van Wyk. July 1914: Soldiers, Statesmen, and the Coming of the Great War- A Brief Documentary History. New York: Beford/St. Martin's Press, 2003. Cassels, Lavender. The Archduke and the Assassin: Sarajevo June 28th, 1914. London: Frederick Muller, 1984. Websites |
DescriptorIn 1914 Europe was on the brink of war. Years of militarism, growing nationalism, imperialism, and formation of alliances pushed European countries closer and closer to a war unlike anything seen before. In July, 1914 war was declared and the world quickly fell in to the devastating conflict. Four years later millions were dead, wounded, missing, and Europe was in an economic crisis that would pave the way to another, even more devastating and costly war. BooksWilliamson, Samuel R., Russel van Wyk. July 1914: Soldiers, Statesmen, and the Coming of the Great War- A Brief Documentary History. New York: Beford/St. Martin's Press, 2003. Fromkin, David. Europe's Last Summer: Who Started the GGreat War in 1914?. New York: Knopf, 2004. Websites |
DescriptorItalian composer of operas. Major works include: La Bohème, Tosca, and Madama Butterfly. BooksPhillips-Matz, Mary Jane. Puccini, A Biography. Boston: Northeastern University Press, 2002. Wilson, Conrad. 20th Century Composers: Giacomo Puccini. London: Phaidon Press, Ltd., 1997. Websites |
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