Showing posts with label modern age. Show all posts
Showing posts with label modern age. Show all posts
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Thursday, 5 February 2015
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.
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.
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, 26 March 2014
Ferdinand Magellan voyages of discovery: Circumnavigation
How many people survived Magellan's voyage? How many people started on the voyage?
What were some of the benefits from Magellan's voyage?
Why did they need to find a different passage to the east?
Why did Magellan not tell his crew why they were trying to find a new way to get to the east?
What was the reaction to Magellan in Portugal?
What were some of the challenges in traveling across the ocean?
Tuesday, 4 March 2014
Modern Age: The events that led to a new period in History
The fall of Constantinople to Turks
Los viajes de Colón:
Los viajes de Colón:
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