Wednesday, September 27, 2017

Some short videos to review landforms and bodies of water

These are two short videos to review and remember the main landforms and bodies of water:






This video includes a quiz: 



You'll find another short quiz on this link: http://www.makemegenius.com/gk-activities-kids/quiz-or-questions/landforms-quiz You can review bodies of water with this video:


   



 Finally, you can review the oceanic crust relief with this video:


 

Some links and videos to remember the "discovery" of the Indies

Here you have  two songs about the "discovery":






And this is the song about Magellan's voyage to reach the Indies sailing West:




Two more songs about two of the pre-Columbian peoples (Aztecs and Incas) from Horrible Histories:


 





 And here you have some interactive activities to review and refresh what we studied in 2nd ESO:



Some scenes from Carlos, Rey Emperador

There is a channel on Youtube that includes significant scenes of the TV series Carlos, Rey  Emperador dubbed to English. Here I'm including some of them. If you want, you can have a deeper look to the channel

CHARLES I ARRIVES IN CASTILE




KING CHARLES IS SEDUCED BY HIS STEPGRANDMOTHER




 CHARLES I IS ELECTED EMPEROR OF THE HOLY ROMAN EMPIRE


   

 REVOLT OF THE COMUNEROS IN CASTILE


 












 WARS WITH FRANCE: FRENCH DEFEAT IN THE BATTLE OF PAVIA


   


CONQUEST OF TUNIS  


 WAR AGAINST THE SCHMALKALDIC LEAGUE: BATTLE OF MÜHLBERG

   


 CHARLES I's ABDICATION
   

 DEATH IN YUSTE


 


Philip II also appears in the series. Here are some of his most  important scenes: 

PRINCE PHILIP'S MARRIAGE TO Mª MANUELA OF PORTUGAL



CHARLES I's DECISION TO MARRY PRINCE PHILIP TO MARY I OF ENGLAND

 

PHILIP II'S VICTORY IN THE BATTLE OF SAINT QUENTIN


 



And here are some scenes of the conquest of the Indies:

HERNÁN CORTÉS CONQUERS THE AZTEC EMPIRE





BROTHER BARTOLOMÉ DE LAS CASAS DEFENDS THE AMERINDIANS



NEW LAWS OF THE INDIES



VALLADOLID DEBATE BETWEEN LAS CASAS AND SEPÚLVEDA



If you want to watch other significant pieces of the TV series, this is the link to the Youtube channel:

https://www.youtube.com/user/Lili1266/videos

And here you have the links to the complete series and a lot of historical information and curiosities about the period:


Presentations for Unit 1

Here you have thr two presentations to study Unit 1. The first one is about Charles I and Philip II's reign and the second one corresponds to the conquest, admninistration and exploitation of the Indies:




Sunday, September 24, 2017

History chest

Resultado de imagen de memory chest


This is an annual project and it will consist of building a history chest with the most significant memories of every unit. The purpose is that the students can evoque what they have learnt with the objects, pictures or texts they have decided to save in their chests. The students will have to save at least three memories of every unit. Remember that you can't store the notes or the schemes. 

Here I'm including some examples of memories you can store: 

- A family tree

- A portrait album

- Objects like coins, small models of ships, buildings, weapons (swords, arquebuses, pikes...)

- Some paintings

- A map explaining something.

- A small book telling a story, like someone's diary.

- A parchment that includes a law, a political decision...

- A drawing schematizing something, like crop systems, a painting technique...

Use your imagination and remember that all you include has to evoque contents of every unit. There has to be a reason that explains the object in its context. For example, if you save a picture of the Invincible Armada, you should be able to explain what it was, why it was prepared and what happened to it. 


Invincible Armada.jpg

Resultado de imagen de route of the invincible armada



Remember that you have to save three elements per unit. Try that these elements cover the whole content of the unit. If you think that three objects aren't enough, you can include as many as you want. If you need any help, ask me. 

Welcome to the new school year!

Welcome Back- Have a great year! Fun Back to School sign in chalkboard, books, school lunch and handprints design



Hello everybody!

We're back after some months. A new school year has started and this blog will continue to work as container of all the projects we do in class of 3rd and 4th ESO in English. I will also include the presentations we use in class and short videos and extra information to complete the information of the notes. I hope we all learn and enjoy with our new projects. 

Saturday, September 23, 2017

2016-2017 projects: National Episodes (4th ESO)

This is the result of a long term project the 4th ESO students wrote from November 2016 to June 2017. It was a tribute to Benito Pérez Galdós' National Episodes. The students wrote a family saga throughout the 18th and 19th centuries, combining the story of their family with Spain's history, as Galdós had done. The idea was including the 20th century too, but we didn't have time to go further. Thanks to the students for accepting this crazy project and for their hard work.



CHAO L.









































NATALIA A.































RUBÉN G. 














































LAURA O.



































ÁNGELA B.































LAURA Q.







































































MARÍA ROSA A.















































CRISTINA N.
























PAULA M. 


























ANTONIA C.








































































MARTA H.
































MARCOS J. M