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 for Unit 4 (French Revolution and crisis of the Ancien Régime in Spain)

These are the three presentations we are going to use in this unit. Don't forget to use them to improve your projects:

Presentations for Unit 3

Here you have the presentations we're going to use in this unit: 

- The French Revolution and the Napoleonic Era

- The Congress of Vienna and Restoration

- The Crisis of the Ancien Régime in Spain

- Spain from Restoration to liberalism: 

Interactive activities to review

Here you have some review activities about the crisis of the Ancien Régime in Spain, Restoration and the revolutions in the first half of the 19th century.  The MEC server is not working today (I don´t know why). I´ve sent an e-mail to the person in charge, but I don´t know if they are working during the weekend. If the problem is not solved and someone wants to review, please, send me an e-mail and I´ll send you the packs of activities and the instructions to practice. 

P.S (3rd February): the problems were solved and everything works right now. 

Link to the post to review the French Revolution: 


http://todayinsocialsciences.blogspot.com.es/2013/01/interactive-activities-about-french.html

- Activities about Charles IV´s reign and the Peninsular War: 

- Activities about Restoration and the three revolutionary waves of 1820, 1830 and 1848: 

Joseph I´s reputation in Spain

After the awful episode of the Abdications of Bayonne, Joseph Bonaparte was appointed king of Spain by his brother Napoleon. He was the official king of Spain during the Peninsular War, even though he was a convinced republica. Joseph I tried to modernize the country, but he was not loved by his subjects. The Spaniards invented several nicknames to mock him and spread rumours about his supposed vices. For example, he was called "Pepe Botella" and "El rey de copas", because rumours said that he was an alcoholic. However, he didn´t drink alcohol: he was a teetotaler. The story of his supposed passion for alcohol comes from his petition of wine for his troops when they were close to Calahorra, in La Rioja. 

Joseph I was also called "Pepe Plazuelas" in Madrid, because he ordered to demolish several churches and convents to open squares in this city (for example, the Oriente Square, in front of the Royal Palace). Other nicknames he received were "El Empeorador" (although his reforms were aimed to improve the Spanish administration and modernize the country), "El rey Pepino" (probably because his first name was Giuseppe and the Italian diminutive of Giuseppe is Beppino or Peppino), "Pepino el Tuerto" (he was not one-eyed, but he used a monocle), "Rey Pepe, Pepino, Pepillo y Pipote", "José Postrero" (instead of José Primero)...

Joseph I tried to gain the love of his subjects. He hated bullfighting, but he restored it (it had been forbidden by Charles IV) and allowed free bullfights to gain the people´s sympathy. He was also accused of being a compulsive gambler, only because he allowed the sale of playing cards. 

His wife didn´t come with him in Spain. During his stay, he had several mistresses. One of them was the Marchioness of Montehermoso. The Marchis of Montehermoso agreed with this relationship and in exchange for his "consent" he received the Royal Order of Cavalry and was appointed Grande de España. Here you have a popular tune the people sung about this relationship:

La señora marquesa

tiene un tintero

donde moja la pluma

José Primero.

These are some satirical drawings depicting Joseph I:

Source of the pictures above: 

http://www.cervantesvirtual.com/bib/portal/reyes_y_reinas/pcuartonivel.jsp?conten=imagenes&pagina=imagenes3.jsp

Source: http://numismatico.wordpress.com/2010/06/23/las-piezas-grandes-de-jose-i/

Ni es caballo, ni yegua,  ni pollino en el que va montado, que es pepino

Source: http://elpais.com/diario/2008/02/29/cultura/1204239603_740215.html

If you click on the link below, you will have a complete explanation of this last satirical drawing: 

http://ceres.mcu.es/pages/ResultSearch?txtSimpleSearch=Caricatura%20de%20Jos%E9%20Bonaparte&simpleSearch=0&hipertextSearch=1&search=simpleSelection&MuseumsSearch=MHM%7C&MuseumsRolSearch=25&listaMuseos=%5BMuseo%20de%20Historia%20de%20Madrid%5D

And these are some popular tunes sung "in his honour": 

Es mi voluntad, y quiero

ha dicho Napoleón

que sea Rey de esta Nación

mi hermano José Primero. 

Es mi voluntad, y quiero

responde la España ufana

que se vaya a cardar lana

este rey José Postrero.

¿Los franceses a España

a qué han venido?

A robar gallinas

y a beber vino.

Pepe Botella, baja al despacho,

no puedo ahora que estoy borracho. 

Pierde cuidado, Pepe, 

que aunque no quieras, 

has de ser rey de España 

por tus botellas, 

pues ellas solas 

te harán 

de tus estados 

gran rey de copas... 

Anoche, anoche 

Pepe Botella 

se emborrachó 

y le decía su hermano: 

borracho, tunante, perdido, ladrón...

Tráelo, Marica, a Napoleón, 

Tráelo, y le pagaremos la contribución

Ya viene por la ronda

José I

con un ojo postizo

y el otro huero

Ya se va por las ventas 

el rey pepino, 

con un par de botellas para el camino

If you want to learn more about Joseph I as king of Spain, here you have some links in Spanish:

http://www.elmundo.es/suplementos/magazine/2008/437/1202649365.html

http://www.publico.es/culturas/75557/jose-i-el-rey-de-las-buenas-intenciones

http://www.diarioinformacion.com/cultura/2012/03/04/pepe-botella-feo-tonto-borracho/1230157.html

2011-2012 Challenges. Number 11

This challenge is related to some people and facts related to the Peninsular War: 

QUESTION 1 

As the powerful man he was during Charles IV´s reign, Manuel Godoy became very rich and had an important collection of works of art, which included some of the most famous Spanish paintings. What happened to Godoy´s possessions and properties after the Mutiny of Aranjuez?

Source: http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Manuel_de_Godoy,_Prince_of_the_Peace

QUESTION 2

After the awful episode of the Abdications of Bayonne,  Joseph Bonaparte was appointed king of Spain by his brother Napoleon. Joseph I tried to modernize the country, but he was not loved by his subjects. The Spaniards invented several nicknames to mock him and spread rumours about his supposed vices. What were these nicknames? Where do they come from?

Source: http://bib.cervantesvirtual.com/portal/reyes_y_reinas/pcuartonivel.jsp?conten=imagenes&pagina=imagenes4.jsp&fqstr=1&qPagina=0&qImagen=11

QUESTION 3

At the end of 1813 the French troops left Spain. King Joseph I had left the country in June, after the French defeat in the Battle of Vitoria. King Joseph lost his baggage as a consequence of this battle. What was the content of this baggage? 

QUESTION 4

Some of the most important guerrilla fighters during the Peninsular War were Juan Martín Díaz, called  El Empecinado (the Stubborn) and Francisco Abad Moreno, Chaleco. What happened to them after the war? How did their lives end?

QUESTION 5

What is Apsley House? What is its relation to the Peninsular War?

QUESTION 6

Why did Goya paint some patriotic paintings, such as The 2nd of May 1808, The 3rd of May 1808 or the Portrait of General Palafox on horseback, after Ferdinand VII´s restoration? 

General Palafox on horseback (1814), Francisco de Goya

You will have time to answer until next Tuesday.