Thursday 26th February of 2015

Hello classmates, I'm Fran , and I'm going to talk about the things we have done on today's lesson at the first period.
At the beginning of the lesson Paqui has asked to us about the projects we have to do for today, all the people has said that were finished. Apart from this all the classmates have given to Paqui their projects, some people like Maria, Rosario and Nuria have done the project by hand (they have made in my opinion a very good comic) and other people like my group, have made videos and have sent them to Paqui by Gmail.
After that we have asked Paqui if we can watch all the projects she had, but she has said to us that we have to do an exam the next week and we have to use our time well and to correct the homework she gave to us, the last lesson, although she has said to us that if we finished correcting the homework we could wathc some projects.
The homework we had for today's lesson was to make a chart, explaining all the unifications of Italy and Germany during the second half of the 19th century. Many people of the class (like me) couldn't do the homework because of the project we had for today, but Paqui has said the us (especifically to me) that there is time to do all the things, and that we have had 6 weeks to do the project, but as she has said we left everything to the end, and later we have to do all the things fast, and not as good as we can.
Leaving this aside we have corrected the chart. We have started correcting the unifications of Italy during the second half of the 19th century. The chart was composed of the following columns:

-Unification: Italy
-Leading State: Piedmont-Sardinia
-Main figures: Victor Emmanuel II of Piedmont, Court of Cavour, Giuseppe Garibaldi, and Napoleon
 II.
-Main Enemies: Austria.
-Unification Process: In this column we have copied many things: all the years, supporters, and of course all the unifications Italy got.

Later as in Italy, we have corrected the unifications of Germany during the second half of the 19th Century. The chart as the one of Italy was composed of the following columns:

-Unification: Germany.
-Leading State: Prussia.
-Main Figures: Otto Von Bismack, Wilhem I of Prussia, Napoleon III.
-Main Enemies: Austria.
-Unification Process: As I have explained before, in this column we have copied all the years, supporters, and of course all the unifications Germany got.

After correcting it, the bell has rung, and we couldn't watch the projects. Strangly Paqui hasn't copied any word on the blackboard for our glossary, but Alfredo has said to her this, and suddenly, she has remembered one and she has copied it on the blackboard, the word was:

-To someone's initiative: por iniciativa de...

This are all the things we have done in today's lesson. I'll hope I don't have many mistakes.

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Tuesday, 24th February 2015

Hi everybody! I'm Azahara and today it is my turn to do the journal again.

Today's social sciences' lesson has been really good, because Paqui has been explaining all the lesson and we haven't written anything on our notebook, only some new words for the glossary.

 First of all, Paqui has introduced us the new unit, Europe in the second half of the 19th century. She has remembered us who Louis Napoleon Bonaparte was, that he became Emperor of France and that he had an important role in the unifications of Italy and Germany.

Louis Napoleon Bonaparte

Source: http://nighthumor.com/famous-people-highest-iq-42-pics/louis-napoleon-bonaparte-iq-145/

After that, Paqui has explained us the first point of the unit, the Italian and German unifications. In Italy, there were seven States: Piedmont-Sardinia, Lombardy-Venetia, Papal States, Kingdom of the Two Sicilies, Parma, Tuscany and Modena. The most important figures of unification were Victor Emmanuel II of Piedmont-Sardinia and his prime minister, the Count of Cavour. Paqui has told that the period of monarchy in Italy was since 1861 (when Italy was born) until 1946. 

Victor Emmanuel II

Source: http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Victor_Emmanuel_II_of_Italy

After that Paqui has explained us the German unification. She has told us that this unification is more complicated, but she likes it. The German Confederation was formed by 38 States. The most important ones were Prussia and Austria. The most important figures of the unification were William I and Otto Von Bismark. Paqui has explained us that in the German Unification there were three different wars: 

• War against Denmark (1864): Austria and Prussia declared war to Denmark and they got the Duchies of Schleswig and Holstein. Paqui has explained this war with a map on the blackboard.

• War against Austria (1866): German States of the North fought with Prussia against Austria. At the end, the North German Confederation was created.

• French-Prussian War (1870): German States fought against France. The French were defeated in Sedan, Napoleon III was captured, the 2nd Empire disappeared and the 3rd Republic was proclaimed in France. Paqui has talked here about Leopoldo Von Hohenzollern. He was a candidate to be king of Spain, but French people were against this, they didn't want a Prussian king, so that is why they started fighting.

William I of Prussia

Source:http://www.lookandlearn.com/history-images/M071361/King-William-I-of-Prussia?img=120&search=William+I&bool=phrase

Otto von Bismark

Source: http://kids.britannica.com/elementary/art-87678/Otto-von-Bismarck-was-the-Prussian-leader-who-created-the

In today's lesson we have copied some new words like:

• Red shirts - camisas rojas.
• Tongue-twister - trabalenguas.
• Customs union - unión aduanera.
• Tariffs - aranceles.
• Duchy - ducado.
• Duke/duchess - duque/duquesa.