Showing posts with label 2º ESO. Show all posts
Showing posts with label 2º ESO. Show all posts

Thursday, 6 June 2019

Movies and more about HISTORY (2º-4º ESO)

We are about to finish this school year and it´s about time to recommend you some movies or tv programmes, series that could entertain you as well as teach you about the contents we´ve been working this year. Of course this is a personal selection based on my own taste and there will be really good movies or series out of this selection.
Hope you enjoy it!
Tv programmes, series and movies: HISTORY

Thursday, 25 April 2019

The printing press (2º ESO)

Here you have two videos about the printing press. Answer the questions below. Printing press : machine used for printing.
Priceless: of inestimable value.
Moveable types: in Spanish is 'tipos móviles', and it is referred to each small pieces used to print. You can see how they were in these pictures.
Foundations: the basis of something.
Leaflet: a printed and usually folded sheet of paper for distribution, usually free and containing advertising material or information about a political party, charity, etc.
Lucrative: something that is profitable,something from which you can get money or benefits.
Flourishing: prosperous, thriving. You say something is flourishing when it´s near to its peak. Time consumig: something that takes a lot of time to finish. 
Manuscript: a book or another document written by hand.
Knowledge: specific information about a subject.

 1.- How long did it take for monks in Middle Ages to copy a book?
 2.- Complete the sentences: (from minute 4 aprox.) The establishment of the first __________________ created a large demand on ___________. Books needed to be _______________ and more ____________________
3.- Why do you think this invention was so important?

Here you have an video, these are cartoons, but a funny and interesting way to talk about the invention of writing and then, the invention of the printing press. It is in Spanish.

Wednesday, 20 February 2019

OUTLINE UNIT 5 and more (2º ESO)

OUTLINE UNIT 3

Here you have the outline of Unit 5 Chtistian Kingdoms

Maps: 1- Evolution of the different kingdoms in the Iberian Peninsula
Map 2: Stages in the Reconquest or Reconquista



Sunday, 10 February 2019

The Battle of Covadonga (2º ESO)


Useful words:To Threat,to defeat, harsh, ambush, slopes, to besiege, slaughter, to retreat, harsh, garrison, haven, to surrender, boundaries.
Key words: Roderic, Pelagius (Pelayo), Battle of Covadonga, Cantabrian Mountains, Moors, Pyreenes, Franks.
Questions about the video:
1.- According to the video, what was the reason why Muslims managed to conquer almost the whole Iberian Peninsula?
2.- Why did local nobles submit to the Muslims?
3.- Where did some Visigoths take refuge? Why do you think they chose that area? What peoples had been there for ages?
4.- What did Pelayo, knowing that the Christians were just a few to fight against the Muslims?
5.- Explain in your own words what happened in the Battle of Covadonga.
6.- After the Battle of Covadonga, Pelayo....
7.- Pelayo´s resistance in the Cantabrian montains is regarded as the first act of the _______________.

Tuesday, 11 December 2018

Cities in the Middle Ages and more (2º ESO)

1.-Medieval guilds

 2.- Gothic versus Romanesque  
Questions about this video:
 1) Where did Gothic style originated?
2) What is revolucionary about Gothic?
3) In the video it is mentioned a date (Second sunday of June, 1144) What happened that day?
 4) According to the video, what are the advantages of using pointed arch instead of roun or semicircular arches?

3.- The Black Death
Answer the questions about the video:
 1) When did the Black Death happen?
 2) How many people died due to this plague?
 3) What animals carried the plague and how?
4) How long did the Plague take to get to Crimea Peninsula in the Black Sea?
5) How did the Plague enter Europe?
 6) How long did the Black Death take to spread throughout Sicily? 
7) How did the priest describe the Plague? 8) Explain how people reacted to the Black Death.
9) Complete the sentence: Most people believed that the plague was literally ________ on ________.
10) What did people do with the corpses of the dead?

 To know more about the Black Death: C

Wednesday, 19 April 2017

What are we celebrating on April 23rd?


And more about Charles I of Spain:(Charles V as Emperor)

The Printing Press

Here you have two videos about the printing press. Answer the questions below.
 Vocabulary: (Key words)
Printing press : machine used for printing.
Priceless: of inestimable value.
Moveable types: in Spanish is 'tipos móviles', and it is referred to each small pieces used to print. You can see how they were in these pictures.
Foundations: the basis of something.
Leaflet: a printed and usually folded sheet of paper for distribution, usually free and containing advertising material or information about a political party, charity, etc.
Lucrative: something that is profitable,something from which you can get money or benefits.
Flourishing: prosperous, thriving. You say something is flourishing when it´s near to its peak. Time consumig: something that takes a lot of time to finish. 
Manuscript: a book or another document written by hand.
Knowledge: specific information about a subject.

 1.- How long did it take for monks in Middle Ages to copy a book?
 2.- Complete the sentences: (from minute 4 aprox.) The establishment of the first __________________ created a large demand on ___________. Books needed to be _______________ and more ____________________
3.- Why do you think this invention was so important?

Here you have an video, these are cartoons, but a funny and interesting way to talk about the invention of writing and then, the invention of the printing press. It is in Spanish.