Some help for the National Episodes project (Chapters 1-2)

Source: http://wallpaperscraft.com/download/notebook_emptiness_old_table_pen_writing_80056/3840x2400


Here you have some links to get more information for the project:

CHAPTER 1

http://www.biography.com/people/charles-iv-of-spain-21389243#early-years

http://www.biografiasyvidas.com/biografia/g/godoy.htm

http://www.biografiasyvidas.com/biografia/f/fernando_vii.htm

https://es.wikipedia.org/wiki/Real_F%C3%A1brica_de_Tapices

https://www.goyaenelprado.es/obras/lista/?tx_gbgonline_pi1%5Bgocollectionids%5D=5-56

https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/El_Escorial_Conspiracy

https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Abdications_of_Bayonne

CHAPTER 2

http://www.peninsularwar.org/penwar_e.htm

https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC1470451/

https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/The_Disasters_of_War

http://goya.unizar.es/InfoGoya/Work/Desastres.html

http://www.nationalgeographic.com.es/historia/grandes-reportajes/viva-la-pepa-1812-las-cortes-de-cadiz-y-la-primera-constitucion-espanola_10223

Remember that you have to hand in your writings on the 10th January

Frech Revolution songs

Here you have the two videoclips about the French Revolution we've watched today:

Unit 4 presentations

Here you have the presentations we're using to study this unit. You can watch them to draw inspiration for the chest project and for the family saga project too:

Presentations to study Spain's relief, rivers and climates

Here you have the presentations we've used to study Unit 1:

Unit 3 presentations

Here you have the presentations we've used to study Unit 3:

 

Art in the 18th century de papefons Fons

Presentations and some games to review Baroque art

Here you have the two presentations we used in class to study Baroque art. Use them to prepare your project for next Monday. There are also three games to review the main works of art of this style.

 

These are the games. Click on the images to play them and remember to sign in on the website if you want your score to be registered:

King of Bling (Charles II of England)

This is Charles II of England's song:

   

 And here you have the lyrics, just in case you want to sing along ;)


My name is, my name is
My name is, Charles the Second!

I love the people
And the people love me
So much that they restored
The English monarchy!

I’m part Scottish, French, Italian
A little bit Dane
But one hundred percent party animal
Champagne?

Spaniels I adored
Named after me too
Like me, they were fun
With a nutty hair do!

Is today my birthday?
I can’t recall
Let’s have a party anyway
Because I love a masked ball!

All hail, the king!
Of bling! Let’s sing!
Bells ring! Ding ding!
I’m the king who brought back partying!

King Charles, my daddy
Lost his throne and kings were banned
They chopped off his head
Then Olly Cromwell ruled the land

Old Olly wasn’t jolly
He was glum, and he was proud
Would be miserable as sin
Only sinning’s not allowed!

When Olly died, the people said
‘Charlie, me hearty!
Get rid of his dull laws
Come back, we’d rather party! ‘

This action’s what they called
The monarchy restoration
Which naturally was followed
By a huge celebration!

The King of Eng! (Land say!)
No sin! Too sing! (Okay!)
Or anything!
All say, I’m the king who brought back partying!

Great London Fire was a whopper!
In my reign, London city came a-cropper!
So this king did what was right and proper
Fought the fire, proved I’m more than a bopper
I’m a fire stopper!

Married Catherine Braganza
She was a love so true
There would never be another
Well… Maybe one or two!

Lucy Walter, Nell Gwynne
Moll Davies, Barbara Villiers
You think that’s bad
But her name’s not as silly as…
Hortense Mancini!

As king, I must admit I broke the wedding rules
But who cares when I brought back the crown jewels?
I reinstated Christmas make up, sports and even plays
I was the merry monarch, they were good old days!

When said and done!
King Charles did run!
England for fun!
I was the king loved by everyone
My song is done!

Party anyone?

Links to Unit 1 and 2 games

Here you have the direct links to the games you can play to review units 1 and 2. Click on the images below to access the different games:

UNIT 1

CHARLES I's UNIVERSAL EMPIRE

PART ONE

PART TWO

PHILIP II'S HISPANIC EMPIRE

REVIEW OF THE HISPANIC EMPIRE

CONQUEST, ADMINISTRATION AND EXPLOITATION OF THE INDIES

UNIT 2

ECONOMY IN THE 17th CENTURY

THE THIRTY YEARS' WAR

THE ENGLISH REVOLUTIONS

VOCABULARY OF POLITICS IN THE 17th CENTURY

THE HISPANIC MONARCHY IN THE 17th CENTURY

Some short videos about politics in the 17th century

This is a short video that explains the Thirty Years' War: 

 This other video explains the war with more detail:

 

Here you have some short videos about Absolute Monarchy: 

 And finally, a short summary of the English revolutions:

Some videos about economy in the 17th century

Here you have two short videos about triangular trade and the Middle Passage:

 

And here you have two short videos about mercantilism:

Presentation of Unit 2: the 17th century

Here you have the presentation we are using in class to study Unit 2:

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:

http://www.rtve.es/television/carlos-rey-emperador/capitulos-completos/

http://www.rtve.es/television/carlos-rey-emperador/

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:

History chest

Source: https://treasurechestofmemories.com/home-3/

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. 

Source: https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Spanish_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!

Source: https://es.pinterest.com/pin/338755203191934913/

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. 

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