Thursday, 29 May 2025

4º - Challenge 16

 Hi,

We continue Unit 8, and related to sports we have an international event in this period to be considered as part of a totalitarian regime... the Olympics in 1936.

So I propose you to investigate about the Games that year in Berlin... and find out what the relation is with a totalitarian regime...

I want you to create an small text summarising the event, and including one event or character that calls your attention the most...



4º - Unit - videos

Here you have some videos about the fascism we're studying.

First a video with Mussolini, and his march on Rome and rise to power...

This one is about the Olympic games in Berlin, 1936, known as the nazi olympics:


And here we have the arrival to power of Hitler:


And finally, maybe some unknown facts about Hitler... or curiosities:

Thursday, 22 May 2025

2º - Challenge 16

We are starting Unit 10, and with it, the period known as Renaissance, and the intellectual movement called Humanism.

In this challenge you could became "Leonardo" by creating a logo for this movement. It has to be original, made by hand in your notebook, and it should represent the values of Humanism.

Good luck and insporation for you all!






Tuesday, 20 May 2025

Pre-Columbian Civilisations

 Here you have some fun and good videos about the 3 great civilisations in America (spanish).

AZTECAS:


MAYAS


INCAS

4º - Challenge 15

Today's challenge is about ITALY...

We have three pictures about an important event in its history that happened there in Italy in the 1920's...

These are the questions you have to answer in your research (do not copy and paste... try to write and summarise your answer):

When

Where

Who was the leader

What was the result or the consequence...

File:March on Rome 1922 - Alle porte di Roma.png - Wikimedia Commons 

File:March on Rome 1922 - Quirinale.jpg - Wikimedia Commons


Wednesday, 14 May 2025

2º - The Inquisition

During the Catholic Monarchs rule, the Spanish Inquisition started to work...

Here we have some more information about the Inquisition (videos are in spanish):


This is from the TV series "Isabel":

Monday, 5 May 2025

4º - Unit 6 The Great Depression and the New Deal

 Here you have a brief video about it...


And another one a bit longer including the New Deal:

4º - Challenge answer + Music and history

So you knew it!
He was 
RASPUTIN!



I leave you this article to know a bit more about this interesting character ans his life... part history part legend...!


New challenge coming soon...





And here you have one more... Music and History
This time we have Rasputin by Boney M... could you dance like him??

2º - Challenge 15

 Hi!

Today the challenge is related to these sculptures...

What are them? Where can you find them? and... which famous historical event took place there??

Clue: we are reading about it these days...