Happy holidayssss!!!!

 

2º - Music and History: The Black death

 Here you have a song-parody of the terrible bubonic plague...

And here you have this article to have more information about it, and by the way you practice some more english!

And finally, the video proposed by the class book:

The Black Death from Christopher Brown on Vimeo.

4º - The Industrial Revolution

Hello!

We are starting... the Industrial revolution!

You will have all the summaries (diagrams) in teams... 

These easy videos will help us to start the topic... enjoy!

2º - Joan of Arc

 While studying the Hundred Years' War... We have mentioned Joan Of Arc, let's learn more about her:

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.

4º - French Revolution videos

Hi there,

Here you have another videos to study the French Revolution while you practice english! I have made a selection for you, you can choose:

1- High level by Mr Green (in History and in English):

2- A brief one. a summary:

3- the French Revolution in 9 minutes...

4- Finally a long but good one, it has 2 parts, by oversimplified:

4º - UD.2 French revolution: La Marseillaise.

4º - Unit 2 - French Revolution

Hi!
Here you have the TEDx video about the French revolution we have used in the class activity. So you can watch it again with english subtitles to better understand it... 



And I link also the song for you... enjoy it! (read the lyrics!)

4º - Music and History

 Let's have some fun while remembering the Boston Tea Party...

2º - Muslim pilgrimage to Mecca

Os dejo algunos videos relacionadas con nuestro tema del Islam, así podéis ver cómo se desarrollan las peregrinaciones a La Meca cada año.
Solo el primero está en inglés, así practicáis un poco, es el más completo.

4º - Unit 2 - The American Revolution

Here you have some videos to deeper study the American Revolution:

The crash course by Mr. Green: (high level)



These are easier...

"A Brief History of America's Independence: Part 1" (Revolutionary War):

"A Brief History of America's Independence: Part 2" (Revolutionary War): 

 

The Boston Tea Party:

A Brief History of the USA:

Example on how to interpret a work of art

Hi guys!

I share with you an example of commentary of a work of art... This one is an example from Unit 1 and the method is valid for all the year.

How to interpret an object/ picture/ work of art... 

You should follow these steps:

1- What is it? It is a sculpture, it’s a capital from a column inside a church. It belongs to San Pedro de la Nave, Zamora.

2- Who did it? or Which civilization? It is from the visigothic style in the Iberian Peninsula.

3- Which is its approximate date? It was made about the end of the 7th century.

4- How is it? (form, material, decoration, theme...) It is made from stone, it is part of a column, and the sculpture is on relief, adapted to the architectural element. This is a scene from the Bible, a religious theme, depicting the sacrifice of Isaac. It is very clear, designed for the people, who were illiterate in those days, to easily understand it.

5- What information from the past does it give us? (facts, government, population...) In the Visigothic kingdom, in the medieval era of history, churches were small, and used the decoration in order to teach people about christianity.

6- What was it used for? (function) Churches were a place to pray, and capitals were an element of the architecture, part of the column and therefore a support element. The real function of the decoration in this capitals was to show people the scenes of the Bible in a simple form.

4º - Unit 1 - Enlightened despotism

 This video is proposed by the book:

4º - Unit 1 - The Old Regime and the Enlightenment

 Here you have a video about the Enlightenment by Mr. Green:

 

and a very summarised one about the Old Regime:

4º - WW2 - Causes and countries fighting

Here you have some videos for WW2:

2º - The Gioconda, by great Leonardo da Vinci

 

4º - Unit 6 - The Great Depression

Here you have a presentation about the 30's, the Great Depression.

Happy holidays!

  

4º - Unit 5 - WW1 Videos

Here you have some videos about WW1 to review and practice English!

4º - Reading book

 

This is the book will read during the third term. It's related to next topic, the "Russian Revolutions".

We have one in the school library.

4º - WW1 Presentation

 Here you have the class presentation.

4º - The Independence of Latin America

 Here you have an extra video to know a bit more about the proccess while practice English!

4º - Unit 4 - videos

Videos to review the first part of the unit...

The  Spanish War of Independence:



About the Constitution of 1812 and Fernando VII, very simple videos:





And finally here you have a funny TV series, animated, about everything we are studying now... it's in spanish, there are many chapters, and it's very useul to study this topic, enjoy! Clik here.