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Italian American Heritage Month Word Search

Find 15 Italian American Heritage Month words hidden in the grid

Fifteen words for Italian American Heritage Month, observed every October. Congress first named October Italian-American Heritage and Culture Month in 1989. Between 1880 and 1920 millions of Italians came to the United States, most of them from southern Italy, including Sicily, and many passed through Ellis Island in New York Harbor. The list mixes that history, from Little Italy neighborhoods to New York City mayor Fiorello La Guardia and physicist Enrico Fermi, with traditions families share, like pasta, gelato, cannoli, opera and the lawn game bocce. Print it for grades 3 to 8.

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Italian American Heritage Month Word Search

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Word List

  • ELLISISLAND
  • LITTLEITALY
  • IMMIGRANTS
  • LAGUARDIA
  • HERITAGE
  • CANNOLI
  • PIAZZA
  • SICILY
  • NAPLES
  • FAMILY
  • GELATO
  • FERMI
  • PASTA
  • OPERA
  • BOCCE
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Free printable Italian American Heritage Month word search: find 15 words, from Ellis Island to cannoli and bocce. Medium level, answer key. Instant PDF.

  • Difficulty: Medium
  • Format: US Letter PDF with answer key
  • Free to download, print, and use
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  1. Print the PDF. Download the free PDF and print both pages (the puzzle and the answer key) on standard US Letter paper.
  2. Scan for first letters. Read down the word list, then look across rows and columns of the grid for the first letter of each word.
  3. Trace in any direction. Depending on the level, words run across, down, diagonally and, on hard puzzles, backward. Once you spot a starting letter, check every direction the level allows.
  4. Check off found words. Cross each found word off the list. When the list is empty, compare with the answer key to verify.

Frequently asked questions

When is Italian American Heritage Month?›
Italian American Heritage Month is every October. In 1989 Congress passed a joint resolution naming October 1989 Italian-American Heritage and Culture Month, honoring the contributions of Italians and Italian Americans to the arts, sciences, public service and every part of American life. Classroom ideas: map the regions of Italy, trace an immigrant's trip to Ellis Island, and share a family recipe or story.
What is in this word search?›
Fifteen words: piazza, Sicily, Naples, Ellis Island, immigrants, Little Italy, heritage, family, La Guardia, Fermi, pasta, gelato, cannoli, opera and bocce. Fiorello La Guardia was a mayor of New York City, and Enrico Fermi was an Italian-born physicist who won the 1938 Nobel Prize in Physics. It is the medium level, for grades 3 to 8.
Is there a bigger Italian American Heritage Month puzzle pack?›
Yes. The $2.99 Italian American Heritage Month Puzzle Pack adds a crossword, a cryptogram, a word scramble, a word fill-in and a bigger word search, with thirty new words from Venice and Vesuvius to ravioli, tarantella and nonna.
Can words go diagonally or backward?›
It depends on the level. Easy word searches hide words across and down, medium ones add diagonals, and hard ones can also run backward and upward. The difficulty is shown at the top of this page.
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What grade level is this for?›
Easy word searches suit kindergarten through grade 2, medium ones grades 3 to 8, and hard ones older students and adults. Teachers use them for vocabulary previews, early finishers and sub days. The page above names the grades this one was written for.
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