4º British: The Umbrella’s Revolution at Hong Kong, 2014

As I usually tell you in class, History is always repeated. This is the reason why is so important to have a good knowledge about our past. As an example, you will start a comparaison between the French Revolution (1789) and the so-called "Umbrella’s revolution" (2014). I am sure you will find this up-to-date activity quite different and interesting.

It is a triple-task activity. Read carefully the instructions and answer ALL the questions as completely as possible. It can be done individually or in pairs. When finish (deadline: Monday, 17 October), send your answers in PDF format as attached file to acarriles@educa.jcyl.es This activity is mandatory and you will receive a mark for it.

Task 1. Research. Use information from the BBC article “Hong Kong’s Democracy Debate” to answer the following questions:

1.1. In what year did China take control of Hong Kong?

1.2. How was the leader of Hong Kong elected before the Revolt?

1.3. What change to Hong Kong’s election process did the Chinese government announce in August 2014?

1.4. Why did this upset democracy activists in Hong Kong?

1.5. How has China responded to the protests?

Task 2. Photo analysis. From this collection of photos, choose 2 of them and explain their meaning. Maybe you need also to read this BBC explanation of symbols.  

Add the chosen photo in your document with each comment. Did you find something specially interesting or surprising in the photos? (What? Why?). Keep in mind that a photograph cannot give you a complete picture of the protests, and you should be careful about drawing conclusions from the photographs.

Task 3. Comparaison with the French Revolution. Use your own knowledge to answer the following questions:

3.1. What were the similarities and differences between both Revolutions? Name, at least, 3 similarities and 3 differences.

3.2. Did the Umbrella’s Revolt get through the same steps that the French revolution? Why?

3.3. Do you think that they (both) were a success or not? Why?

3.4. Why do YOU think people is still revolting in different parts of the world?

Ready? 3, 2, 1...

3º British: Studying Geography by riding a bike_ La Vuelta

Good news! Today I bring a new and a bit different activity for studying the Geography of Spain: La Vuelta! Run from Saturday 14 August 2021 to Sunday 5 September 2021, La Vuelta 21 was made up of 21 stages and covered a total distance of 3.417 kilometers!

 

How does it work?

You (or your group) must choose ONE of the CCAA that received La Vuelta this year  and do a detailed research of it; therefore, the first thing to do is visit the official website of the cycling tour: https://www.lavuelta.es/en/overall-route. The activity will be organise in different tasks or stages (as in the ride!) and you will be adding marks to your score. Ready? 

 

Section 1: Inaugural time trial

Exam of political Spain (CCAA – provinces – capital cities). The teacher will provide a blank map for solving the riddle in a maximun of 10 minutes during a class.

 

Section 2: Study of the physical geography of the chosen CCAA 

Create a mind-map, a prezzi or a ppt presentation with the information required in the following items (remember that it would be always a good idea to include images or maps that can illustrate your answers!):

- Brief description of its natural relief; if having several environments, include a mention of all of them (flat, mountainous, coastal...)

- Brief description of its fluvial system (What are the most important rivers in that region? Are they long or short? Why? How are their flow rates? What sea / ocean do they flow into?)

- Brief description of its weather/climate; if having several climatic areas, include a mention of all of them (do not forget to include some climate graphs to illustrate this point)

- Brief description of the tipical vegetation and fauna linked to that climatic condictions.

 

When finish this part, send your file in pdf format (or the link to your prezi presentation) to acarriles@educa.jcyl.es.

 

Section 3: Study of the human geography of the CCAA

 

Create a mind-map, a prezzi or a ppt presentation with the information required in the following items (remember that it would be always a good idea to include images or maps that can illustrate your answers!):

- Population (To check the official census, the best option is the website of INE but datosmacro could be also hepful for the detailed population piramids)

- Population analysis: is the population well balance or uneven distributed in any particular group? (eg. Very low percentage of young population). Why? Could the CCAA suffer any type of problem derivated from that?

- Is there any remarkable phenomena linked to population of that CCAA? (eg. natalist policies, migration waves...)

- Population distribution: what are the main cities? How is their shape and size?, what about the rural areas? Are the “emptied areas”? Why?... For illustrating this point it would be necessary to include images (screenshots) from google maps (you can use the "street" or "satellite" option. Or both!)

 

Again, when finish this part, send your file in pdf format (or the link to your prezi presentation) to acarriles@educa.jcyl.es.

A usual, some basic rules before starting: this activity can be done individually or in groups (maximum, 4 people); it would be a long-larsting activity, with different sections among the academic year, keep that in mind and stay focus ;) Of course, this is a mandatory activity; If you do not do it, or do it out of time, your mark here will be 0.

Ready? Steady?... go!