New presentation about Rwanda

Javier Paz has already finished his presentation about Rwanda. It deals with the most important aspects of this country and it will be shown in class next week.

Rwanda from Ana Arias Castro

CLIL: The Unification of Italy and Germany

Germany-1871 (Wikipedia)

These are the resources we have for the unit we are about to start in ESO-4 history classes. You can find them in the ESO-4 Social Studies page:


UNIT 7 -  The Unification of Italy and Germany

- unit 7

- presentation 7

- glossary 7 

- additional text from Wikipedia-Italy

- additional text from Wikipedia-Germany

- Austro-Hungarian banknotes 

Italy-1856 (Wikipedia)

- revision test
- match the names
- match the dates
- match the agreements and pacts
- crosswords
- fill the gaps

- audio1

- audio2

- audio3

- audio4

CLIL - A Globalized Economy

Countries that contribute the most to the World Economy - Wikipedia

These are the resources that you can find in the Social Studies ESO-3 page.

UNIT 5 - A globalised economy

- Glossary

- Revision test

- Match these definitions

- Crosswords

- Gap-fill exercise

- audio 1

- audio 2

The most important events in 2013

JANUARY

FEBRUARY

• 15th February: a meteor exploded in Russia, injuring 1,491 people. It was the most powerful meteor to strike Earth in over a century.
• 26th February: French diplomat and writer, Stéphane Hessel died.
• 28th February: Pope Benedict XVI resigned as pope.

MARCH

• 5th March: Hugo Chávez, president of Venezuela died.
• 13th March: Argentinian Cardinal Jorge Mario Bergoglio was elected the 266th pope and took the name Francis.
• 24th March: Central African Republic conflict.

APRIL

• 2nd April: The United Nations General Assembly adopted the Arms Trade Treaty.

MAY

JUNE

• 14th-30th June: There were floods and landslides in India.
• 22nd June: Presient Mursi was ousted in Egypt.

JULY

• 1st July: Croatia became the 28th member country of the European Union.
• 4th July: Margaret Thatcher died at 87.
• 18th July: The city of Detroit (US) went bankrupt.
• 22nd July: Prince George of Cambridge was born in the UK.
• 24th July. Train crash in Santiago de Compostela.

AUGUST

SEPTEMBER

• 7th September: the 2020 Olympics were won by Japan.

OCTOBER

10th October: 140 countries signed the UNEP Minamata Treaty to protect human health and the environment from emissions and releases of mercury

 
 NOVEMBER

• 8th November: Typoon Haiyan, the strongest cyclon ever, hit the Philippines. 6,149 people died.
• 17th November: British writer, Doris Lessing died. She had been awarded the Nobel prize.

DECEMBER

• 4th December: Nelson Mandela died at 95.

ESO-4 The French Revolution

Storming of the Bastille-picture from Wikipedia

These are the resources that you have for the unit about the French Revolution:

- unit 3

- presentation3

- glossary 3 

- additional text from Wikipedia 
- video: from Louis XVI to Napoleon
- video: song Revolution
- revision test

- audio1

- audio2

- audio3

- audio4

ESO-4 Unit 2 The American Revolution

These are the classroom materials for the next CLIL unit about the American Revolution:

- unit 2

- presentation 2

- glossary 2 

- additional text from Wikipedia
- video: the American Revolution in 2 minutes
- video: the American Revolution in 4 minutes
- revision test

- audio1

- audio2

ESO-3 Unit 2 States of the World

These are the materials you will use in unit 2 about the States of the world:

- world Map: countries and capitals

- planet

- Europe-political 
- US Department of State: information about all the countries in the world. Just select the country (on the right)
- Wikipedia: list of sovereign states (Click on the country you are interested in)
- Glossary
- Revision test

picture from Wikipedia

- Match these definitions
- Crosswords
- Gap-fill exercise
- audio1
- audio2
- audio3
- audio4
- audio5
- audio6
- audio7
- audio8
- audio9

CLIL - 50 years of Martin Luther King Jr's "I Have A Dream" speech

50 years ago Martin Luther King Jr.'s famous "I have a dream" speech took place in Washington.

Who was Martin Luther King?

Martin Luther King was a famous activist for civil rights in the USA. His non-violent methods were powerful and influential in American society. He made people aware of the existing inequalities between black and white citizens.

In the 1950's black people did not have the same rights as white people: the could only sit on back seats in buses, went to segregated schools, etc.

Five years after this speech, in 1968,  MLK was awarded the Nobel Peace Prize.

Why is he relevant today?

Even though the situation has changed, many Americans still think that his struggle for civil rights should continue so that real equality is achieved, and not just from a legal point of view.

Do you what to read the "I have a dream" speech?

Here is the whole text of the video from YouTube.


Other links

• How MLK changed people's lives -BBC news
• Wikipedia
• Biography-Nobel Prizes
• Write on King's Wall
• Facts about Nobel Peace Prizes

CLIL Social classes in Britain

The BBC website has published an interesting article about social classes in Britain. You can use the social class calculator in order to know which class you fit into. 

The article also tells us about how social classes have changed these last decades. The categories mentioned are related to economic, social and cultural factors.

These are the classes as mentioned in the article:

http://www.bbc.co.uk/news/magazine-22000973#gbcs-QuestionsView

• Elite: This is the most privileged class in Great Britain who have high levels of all three capitals. Their high amount of economic capital sets them apart from everyone else.
• Established Middle Class: Members of this class have high levels of all three capitals although not as high as the Elite. They are a gregarious and culturally engaged class.
• Technical Middle Class: This is a new, small class with high economic capital but seem less culturally engaged. They have relatively few social contacts and so are less socially engaged.
• New Affluent Workers: This class has medium levels of economic capital and higher levels of cultural and social capital. They are a young and active group.
• Emergent Service Workers: This new class has low economic capital but has high levels of 'emerging' cultural capital and high social capital. This group are young and often found in urban areas.
• Traditional Working Class: This class scores low on all forms of the three capitals although they are not the poorest group. The average age of this class is older than the others.
• Precariat: This is the most deprived class of all with low levels of economic, cultural and social capital. The everyday lives of members of this class are precarious.