2º - Reading plan!

We have almost arrived to the moment in which we are ready to read in English!

That's also the moment because of the topic, the Catholic Monarchs are arriving... so you need to bring this book for next weeks:

4º - Challenge 15

Hi there! 

A new chance for you to win a card... This will be the first for using in the third term...

Today we will research about this man on the picture...  It has to do with the previous Unit...

  

Who was this man?

In what historical context did he live?

Tell us something special about his appereance and about his character...

When and how did he die??

TRY TO CREATE A MAGAZINE ARTICLE FROM THAT HISTORICAL MOMENT.

4º - Challenge 14

It's time for research!

The book told us about the Russian Revolution... but it said nothing about how the tsar's family ended...

So your challenge is to investigate about the final days of this royal family, make a summary and tell something about two of the characters that most calls your attention...

2º - Challenge 14

Let's go with the new challenge:

Write a short comment (3–5 lines) answering this challenge: Why do you think transhumance was so important for La Mesta, and how do you think it changed life in medieval Castile?

Use at least one fact you learned about La Mesta in your answer.

To help you write your comment, you may think about:

• The movement of flocks between summer and winter pastures
• The importance of merino wool
• The privileges that kings gave to La Mesta
• How shepherds, farmers, and towns were affected

4º - WW1 videos

Here you have a set of videos summarising WW1... They are short, and easy to follow... Please watch them...

World War I - How Did It Start? 

World War I - Which Countries Fought



WW1 - Weapons and Technology



WWI - The Aftermath



World War I - How Did It End?



World War I - Treaty of Versailles




And here you have also a rap to remember how the alliances came into practice at the beginning of the war... :)




Last, but not least... a summary of the war through two different videos... it can be very useful for both, practicing english and learning about WW1... :

4º - Challenge 13

You must choose ONE of the scenarios below and write a short piece (2–3 sentences).
Use imagination — but also be historically accurate.

🟠 OPTION 1 – “Through the Eyes of a Soldier”

Imagine you are a young soldier on the Western Front in 1916.
You are inside a trench.
You hear the artillery.
You can smell the mud, smoke, and fear.

👉 Write 2–3 sentences describing what you see, what you feel, or what you fear might happen next.

Be original...

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🟠 OPTION 2 – “If My City Were Caught in the War…”

Imagine that today, your own city suddenly experiences life during WWI as if it were 1914–1918.

👉 In 2–3 sentences, describe:

• what daily life would look like,
• what would be difficult to access,
• how people’s routines would change.

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🟠 OPTION 3 – “Voices From the Home Front”

Imagine you are a teenager in 1917 whose brother, father, cousin, or friend is fighting far away.

👉 Write 2–3 sentences explaining what you would write in a letter to them.

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⭐ RULES OF THE CHALLENGE

• Keep it short.
• Be imaginative and historically realistic.
• No copying from the internet.
• Avoid modern technology unless the scenario asks for it.

2º - Challenge 13: “Step Into the Past”

🟦 OPTION 1 – A Visitor in an Asturian Church

Imagine you enter an Asturian building in the 9th century (like Santa María del Naranco or San Miguel de Lillo).
👉 Describe in 2–3 sentences what you notice inside: the space, the decorations, the atmosphere, the light.

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🟩 OPTION 2 – Life Near a Mozarabic Monastery

Imagine you live close to a Mozarabic monastery around the 10th century.
👉 In 2–3 sentences, describe what your daily surroundings look like and how the architecture makes you feel.

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🟥 OPTION 3 – Working on a Mudéjar Building

Imagine you are an apprentice helping build a Mudéjar tower or palace.
👉 In 2–3 sentences, describe what you see as you work: the materials, colours, patterns, movement around you.

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⭐ RULES OF THE CHALLENGE

• Write 2–3 sentences.
• Use imagination + historical details.
• No copying from the internet.
• Make it vivid enough that the reader feels they are there.

2º - Challenge 12

🏰 COMIC CHALLENGE: Life in a Medieval Christian Kingdom

Life in medieval Christian kingdoms was very different from today. Castles, villages, wars and religion were part of everyday life.

Your challenge is to tell a short medieval story… as a comic.

👉 What do you have to do?

Create a short comic (4-6 panels) about life in a medieval Christian kingdom.

In your comic you must show:

1. Who you are (king, knight, monk, peasant…).

2. Where the story happens (castle, village, monastery…).

3. One daily activity.

4. One problem or danger (war, taxes, hunger, attack, hard work…).

✏️ Format

• The comic can be:

  • ✏️ Hand-drawn (take a photo).

  • 💻 Digital (simple tools are fine).

• Each panel must have 1–2 short sentences in English.

📌 Rules

• Use simple English.

• Present tense.

• Use your own ideas.

• ❌ No copy-paste.

• ❌ No AI.

💡 Useful words

Castle · kingdom · knight · church · land · work · war · protection · taxes

⭐ Assessment

• Historical correctness

• Clear story

• Effort and presentation

• English level

👉 History tells stories… comics tell them better.

4º - Imperialism, the Conference of Berlin

4º - Challenge 12

Hi there,

This challenge will transform you into researchers! The best journalist in research wins!

The topic is... the Congo genocide that was driven by somebody in the Imperialism there in the Belgian Congo...

So in a little report, you will offer: (please do not copy and paste, make a summary in your own words):

What happenned

Where

When

What strike you most about your investigation...

2º - Challenge 11

Hi you all!

Here you have a new challenge!

You have to investigate about the Battle of Covadonga in the different sources / versions...

The best commentary wins a card.

When

Where

Who

Why

Anecdotes

4º - Challenge 11

 

🗳️ BLOG CHALLENGE 11: Life in the Democratic Sexennium

Your task: Imagine you are living in Spain between 1868 and 1874.

Step 1. Choose ONE role

• Supporter of the 1869 Constitution

• Citizen during Amadeo I’s reign

• Republican in the First Spanish Republic

• Worker living in political instability

• Conservative who wants the old monarchy back

Step 2. Write a blog post

Include:

• Who you are (job or social group)

• One political change from this period

• How this change affects your life

• Your opinion about the future of Spain

⚠️ Do not copy the textbook. Write in first person.

4º - Challenge 10 answer

This caricature was published in LA FLACA in february 1870.

La Flaca was a satirical magazine, republican and federal in nature, published in Barcelona from March 1869.

If you're interested you can browse some models in the National Library website.

We can see Isabel II among other Bourbons, carlists included (una familia modelo...) figthing for the spanish throne against many people who were candidates or claimants to the throne.

2º - Challenge 10

Hello!

First, you have to tell me the city in which these three monuments are located and its nickname (nickname of the city), and second, tell the name and religion of these 3 monuments.

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2º - Al Andalus

 Vídeo resumen:

4º - Challenge 10

Welcome back!

Here you have the new week challenge... It's about one of the characters in the Unit we are ending... 

It's about caricatures!

Who is this one about? Could you explain the meaning easily?

2º - Challenge 9

We are starting Unit 6, Al Andalus...

Through this topic we will discover many things that we have today thanks to that period in which Muslims ruled in the Iberian peninsula...

So, the challenge is... investigate, and choose anything that is related to Al Andalus or muslim presence and you like or you were impressed by...