Objectives
1. Examining 15th century Abruzzi painting using Andrea De Litio and his frescoes in Atri Cathedral through VR and a digital narrative.
2. Opening the teaching of a matter like history of art even to children who usually are not involved in this kind of lesson.

Digital Tools Utilized

Technical/Digital Skills to be Possessed by the Teachers
Digital Skills: The teacher should know how to use the VRSCIT resources and to manage the VR visor. Teachers have to put in the site a link connecting a pdf with a storytelling like a nursery rhyme.
Technical Skills: The teacher should have a basic knowledge of Renaissance art in central Italy and especially Abruzzi art.

Description of the Lesson Plan
- Subject(s): art history

- Target- groups: Children of the secondary level (between 9 and 13 years of age) / Adults without a specific instruction about history and art in general.

- Teaching Methodologies: 1. Introductory talk of the subject matter; 2. Mixture between visual learning (video and VR) and audio narrative made by the teacher or by others; 3. Q and A time involving all the “students” and the teacher; 4. In our specific case the lesson can prepare an eventual visit of the site where the subject is located.

- Description of a practical activities: students or visitors will have the opportunity, through Vr viewers, to see a pillar of the cathedral frescoed by Andrea De Litio up close to discover its pictorial characteristics and peculiarities. With the addition of a digital narrative the visitor has the possibility of an immersive and joyful experience

- Technical/Digital Skills to be Possessed by the Teachers
Digital Skills: The teacher should know how to use the VRSCIT resources and to manage the 3d visor. Teachers have to put in the site a link connecting a pdf with a storytelling like a nursery rhyme.
Technical Skills: The teacher should have a basic knowledge of Renaissance art in central Italy and especially Abruzzi art.
References: Benedicenti G., Lorenzi L. (a cura di), Andrea Delitio, Catalogo delle opere, Firenze, 2001; Matthiae G (a cura di), Andrea De Litio nel Duomo di Atri, Milano, 1965; Aloisi A., Andrea De Litio e il coro della cattedrale di Atri, Roma, 1997.

- Duration of the lesson: 50 min.

- Step by step activities to complete the lesson plan:
1. Introduction (10 minutes): after a brief introduction of the artist and the contest in which he was active we pass to the digital supports. We are thinking about a lesson not in the place where the artwork is located. (10 minutes)
2. VR experience and audio narrative (15/20 minutes): during the VR experience and the video (integrative on to the other) there’s going to be an audio support that will expand and explain the introduction made by the teacher. We thinked at an audio narrative that uses different kinds of expressions (es. nursery rhymes, poetry, fantasy or horror lyrics depending on the artwork and even the public itself).
3. Considerations (15-20 minutes): the ending Q and A space is going to be a reflexive moment in which the “students” can discuss their considerations on the subject between themselves and the teacher. In this section it is possible to reutilize even the vr visors (for the ones who were not able to use it before in the lesson).