4º - Music and history

As an answer to the last challenge...

This is Nabucco (first perfomed in 1842), by italian composer Verdi... Italians adopted it as a hymn of liberty and national unity during the process of unification...

Others...

Canto degli italiani o Fratelli d'Italia, 1847. Es el himno actual, adaptado a la República más que a la monarquía resultante del proceso de unificación.

Bella Ciao, from the late 19th century, originally sung by the mondina workers in protest against the harsh working conditions in the paddy fields of Northern Italy.

It is widely assumed that the mondina song was modified and adopted as an anthem of the Italian partisans who opposed Nazism and fascism, and fought against the occupying forces of Nazi Germany, who were allied with the fascist and collaborationist Italian Social Republic between 1943 and 1945 during the Italian resistance and the liberation of Italy.

Versions of "Bella ciao" continue to be sung worldwide as a hymn of freedom and resistance.

Marcia Reale. Official national anthem of the Kingdom of Italy between 1861 and 1943. It was composed in 1831 by Giuseppe Gabetti to the order of Charles Albert of Sardinia as the hymn of the royal House of Savoy, along with the Sardinian national anthem.

4º - Unification of Italy & Germany

Here you have two videos explaining the italian and the german unification processes in just 3 minutes... Not easy, not so difficult... you can use the subtitles.

4º - Challenge 5... music & history!

Today's challenge is about MUSIC...

We are going to study the process of unification of the italian penisula into the Republic of ITALY...

We are looking for a related song! A song that has to do with the ideas or feelings of the revolution that italians followed... Let's try!

2º - CHALLENGE 4

Hi there!

Here we have our challenge number 4!

You have to put yourself in a medieval crusader's mind... 

So tell me... who you are, when did you live, and why did you become a crusader!?

We have time until next Friday 14!

2º - Challenge 3 - answer

Hi!

Tha was the full correct answer!

You had to tell me: What is it?, Where can you find it?  and  Who did it?

The answer was: The Palatine Chapel, built by Charlemagne during the 8th century in his Palace in Aachen, capital city of the Carolingian Empire.

We have a new challenge available! 

The 3 contestants have their positives... the other their negatives....!

4º - Challenge 4 - Revolutions!

 🌍 Revolution Challenge!

Topic: The 19th-century waves of revolution

Instructions: 

Many revolutions in the 19th century were inspired by ideas of liberty, equality, and nationalism. Think about one of these waves (for example, 1820, 1830, or 1848) and what people were fighting for.

👉 Challenge question:
If you had lived during one of these revolutions, what would you have supported — change or stability? Why?

💬 Write a comment explaining your opinion. Use expressions like I believe…, In my opinion…, because…, for example…

2º - Challenge 3

Hi there!

So... this is the challenge 3!

You have to tell me:

What is it?

Where can you find it?

Who did it?

4º - Music & history

Here you have a pair of songs related to the French Revolution...

Waterloo by Abba, about Napleon's defeat...



... and Viva la vida by Coldplay about Louis XVI's life... and death... This last activity is inspired in another teacher's blog, you can visit his activity in this link.