2º - Challende 8 - Let's art!

 

The last challenge this term is about art...

We follow this activity from our book, so choose one medieval monument in the province of León, and tell me why you have chosen it, and:

-Date of construction and place where it's located.

-Style of art and main characteristics.

4º - Challenge 7

 

Here you have the last challenge of this first term...

From the book activity in page 58 (you can read there for clues...), you have to mention an element of your area that is related to the industrial revolution, and explain why you choose it and how it is related.

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.

2º - Challenge 7

Hi guys!

We are talking about the 14th century crisis in Europe... and one of the causes was the Hundred Years War...

Well, today you have a task related to this great war and the role of one soldier... 

Who was this special knight? What is she special for?... Make a research and present us the character briefly.

Add your opinion... The best wins a card.

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 - Challenge 6 - solution

The first University in Spain was the University of Palencia.

It was founded by king AlfonsoVIII de Castilla in 1212. They taught Theology and Arts there (Trivium y Quadrivium).

The trivium is the lower division of the seven liberal arts and comprises grammar, logic, and rhetoric.

The quadrivium was a grouping of four subjects or arts—arithmetic, geometry, music, and astronomy—that formed a second curricular stage following preparatory work in the trivium.

2º - Joan of Arc

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

4º - Challenge 6

This week is not about speed! You have to be creative... 

We are teaching the Industrial Revolution... so this challenge includes 2 parts:

The one you can read in the picture, that is about your daily life (present): ¿¿Sin qué aparato tecnológico no podrías vivir?? y por qué!!!??? Razona y sé original! :)

And a second one: you have to think also in what invention of the Industrial Revolution those people could not have lived without from the very first moment they discovered it... and why...

Come on! Go for it!

This reward is valid for the second term!