2023-2024 Deadlines for the third term

1º British:

Exam I (Rome)_ Monday, 15 April

Exam II (Maps: Spain & Europe)_ Monday, 29 April

Monthly Work nº5 (Chartography)_ Monday, 27 May

Oral: Population in extreme weather conditions_ Deliver: Friday 24 May, Oral: Monday, 27 May

2º British:

Monthly Work nº5 (Art)_ Thursday, 11 April

Exam I (America)_ Monday, 15 April

Oral (VIDEO): Spanish America TV News_ Monday, 29 April

Exam II (Your own guided visit to Avila)_ Draft's deliver: Thursday, 9 May, Orals: Monday, 20 May & Monday, 27 May

3º British:

Oral: Searching a job in Europe_ Deliver CV (pdf) Monday, 8 April. Oral: Monday, 15 April

Work nº4 (Tertiary sector)_ Monthly, 13 May

Exam I (Tertiary sector)_ Thursday, 23 May

Exam II (Flipped class!)_ ORALS: from Monday, 27 May to Monday, 3 June

4º British:

Oral: BBC History reporters_ Friday, 10 May

Exam (WWI & Russian Rev.)_ 4ºA+D Tuesday, 14 May / 4ºB+E Wednesday, 15 May

Monthly Work nº6 (Interwar + WWII)_ 4ºA+D Monday, 20 May / 4ºB+E Wednesday, 22 May

Almost done... Smile and breathe! ;)

3º British: Searching a job in Europe

Before looking for a job oportunity abroad, we must begin with a basic rule: INFORMATION about the country, about its market and labor legislation and, of course, its language.

To facilitate this process, the European Union has an online application for jobs searching (EURES) and a curriculum template, called EUROPASS, which can be completed online and is accepted throughout the European Union (there are two different versions: for University students and for workers). The EURES website also offers information about life in the country of destination and on the labor market (for example, what areas need new workers, etc.).

Also, keep in mind that job interviews can change slightly from one country to another (eg.: interviewers in Germany greatly appreciate a digital or video CV; or if applying as designer or publicist, they will love something catchy and creative).

As students of British Council in a globalise world, you will probably study or work abroad in any moment. Therefore, it would be a good idea to get used to Eures, isn't it? Here is the new double-task activity you have to do:

Task 1. Choose a job offer from this EURES list that is attractive for you. and use the Europass template to create a CV, a Language Passport and a letter to suit the job. Keep in mind all the tips and advices to create a good CV. When done, turn them into PDF format and send all those pdfs to acarriles@educa.jcyl.es. 

Task 2. Performance a job interview in class! Of course, balance share of roles, cooperation and the use of appropiate vocabulary will be also keep in mind.  

As usual, this work is mandatory. If you failed to do it, it will mean a 0 on your score. 

Good luck! :)

2023-24 Deadlines for SECOND term

1º British:

Monthly Work nº3 (Greece)_ Monday, 29 January

Exam I (Greece)_ Monday, 5 February

Oral: Seven wonders of Ancient Times _ Friday, 16 February (Speech: 19, 20 & 21 February)

Monthly Work nº4 (Rome)_ Wednesday, 6 March

Book Review_ Monday, 11 March

2º British:

Monthly Work nº3 (Lower Middle Age)_ Wednesday, 24 January

Exam I (Lower Middle Age)_ Wednesday, 31 January

Oral: Precolombinian Cultures of America_ Wednesday, 21 February (Speech: Monday 26 February, Monday 4 & 11 March)

Monthly Work nº4 (Modern Era: America)_ Monday, 11 March

3º British:

Monthly Work nº2 (Primary sector)_ Thursday, 1 February

Exam I (Primary sector)_ Thursday, 22 February

VideoScribe_ MONDAY, 26 February

Monthly Work nº3 (Secondary sector)_ Thursday, 7 March

Exam II (Secondary sector)_ Thursday, 14 March

4º British:

Monthly Work nº4 (UK+Industrial Rev.)_ Friday, 26 January

Classroom dossier + oral conclussion_ From Monday 29 January to Friday 2 February

Exam (Industrial Rev.)_ 4ºA+D Monday 19 February / 4ºB+E Wednesday 21 February

Monthly Work nº5 (WWI & Russian Rev.)_ 4ºA+D Monday 11 March / 4ºB+E Wednesday, 13 March

2023-24 Deadlines for first term

1º British

Monthly work nº0 (Intro) _ Monday, 25 September

Monthly work nº1 (Prehistory) _ Monday, 23 October

Exam I (Prehistory)_ Monday, 30 October

Terracotta Xiam Warriors_ Monday, 20 November

Monthly work nº2 (Ancient civilizations) _ Monday, 27 November

Exam II (Ancient civilizations)_ Monday, 4 December

Maps_ Monday, 11 December

2º British

Monthly work nº1 (Feudalism)_ Re-Scheduled Wednesday, 18 October

Exam I (Feudalism)_ Wednesday, 25 October

Monthly work nº2 (Islam)_ Re-Scheduled Wednesday, 15 November

World travellers of Medieval Times _ Wednesday, 22 November

Exam II (Islam)_ Re-Scheduled Monday, 11 December

Book review _ Wednesday, 13 December

3º British

World Factbook _ Thursday, 5 October

Monthly work nº1-A (Population)_ Re-Scheduled Thursday, 26 October

Exam 1 (Population) _ Re-Scheduled Thursday, 2 November

Monthly work nº1-B (Settlement)_ Re-Scheduled Monday, 27 November

Exam 2 (Settlement) _ Re-Scheduled Monday, 4 December

Political Maps _ MONDAY, 11 December

4º British

Book review _ Friday, 6 October

Monthly work nº1 + video (Enlightment) _ Friday, 20 October

Arab Spring_ Friday, 27 October

Monthly work nº2 (Revolutions + Unifications) _ Friday, 10 November

Exam I (Enlightment & French Rev.1789)_ 4ºA+D Monday, 13 November _ 4ºB+E Wednesday, 15 November

Exam II (Liberal rev.) _ 4ºA+D Monday, 27 November _ 4ºB+E Wednesday, 29 November

Monthly work nº3 (USA & Japan) _ Friday, 15 December

Have a nice day and take care.

Deadlines for third term

1º British

EXAM (Phisical maps of Spain & Europe)_ Tuesday, 18 April

Shackleton, explorer of the Antarctica_ Thursday, 27 April

Monthly Nº6 (Climates)_ Tuesday, 16 May

Oral: Population in extreme weather conditions _ Thursday, 18 May (Orals: 23-25)

Monthly Nº7 (Chartography)_ Thursday, 1 June

EXAM (Chartography)_ 7 June

EXTRA JUNE! Volunteer monthly (nº7)_ Tuesday, 20 June

2º British

*Monthly Nº6 (Art & Reforms)_ Friday, 14 April

*Oral: Female artists_ Friday, 21 April (Orals: 24-27)

*I'm a curator of Museo del Prado!_ Friday, 12 May

Monthly Nº7 (Britain)_ Friday, 19 May

GAMIFICATION: Magellan & Elcano

EXTRA JUNE! Volunteer monthly (nº8)_ 2ºB (19 June) / 2ºDE (20 June)

3º British

EXAM (Political maps)_ Friday, 26 April

Monthly Nº4_ Friday, 28 April

EXAM (Tertiary sector)_ Wednesday, 17 May

Monthly Nº5_ Friday, 19 May

FLIPPED CLASS!_ Delivery: Wednesday, 24 May (Orals: 25 May - 2 June)

EXTRA JUNE! Volunteer monthly (nº7)_ Wednesday, 21 June

4º British

Monthly Nº7 (Spain)_ Friday, 14 April

BBC Reporters_ Friday, 5 May

Monthly Nº6 (Interwar & IIWW)_ Monday, 15 May

EXAM (Interwar & IIWW)_ Monday,22 & Tuesday, 23 May

EXTRA JUNE! Volunteer monthly (n8)_ Monday, 19 June

Deadlines for second term

1º British:

Oral: Seven wonders of Ancient Times _ Tuesday, 24 January (Speech: 25 & 26 January)

Monthly Work nº3 (Greece)_ Tuesday, 17 January

Exam I (Greece)_ Tuesday, 31 January

Monthly Work nº4 (Rome)_ Tuesday, 28 February

Exam II (Rome)_ Tuesday, 7 March

Book Review_ Tuesday, 14 March

2º British:

Flipped class_ Wednesday, 18 January (Oral speech: 20-27 January)

Monthly Work nº4 (Iberian Peninsula)_ Friday, 20 January

Exam I_ Friday, 3 February

*Oral: Precolombinian Cultures of America_ Friday, 17 February (Speech: 22-28 February)

*Video: Spanish America TV News_ Monday, 6 March

*Monthly Work nº5 (America)_ Monday, 13 March

Exam II (*if necessary...!)_ Friday, 17 March

3º British:

Monthly Work nº2 (Primary sector)_ Wednesday, 25 January

VideoScribe_ Wednesday, 1 February

Exam I (Primary sector)_ Wednesday, 8 February

Monthly Work nº3 (Secondary ssector)_ Wednesday, 1 March

Exam II (Secondary sector)_ THURSDAY, 9 March

Oral: Searching a job in Europe_ Monday, 13 March (Performances: 15-16 March)

4º British:

Monthly Work nº4 (UK+Industrial Rev.)_ Monday, 16 January

Historical Newspaper (Universal Exhibition)_ Friday, 20 January

Twitter (World War I)_ Election of roles: Monday, 13 February / Development: 22-28 February

Monthly Work nº5 (WWI & Russian Rev.)_ Monday, 6 March

Exam (Industrial Rev., WWI & Russian Rev.)_ Monday 13 & Tuesday 14, March

Deadlines for first term

Hello, hello! It is time to start... These will be the deadlines for this first term (do not panic, you will have enough time to do your homework): 

1º British

Monthly work nº0 (Intro) _ Tuesday, 27 September

Monthly work nº1 (Prehistory) _ Tuesday,  18 October

Exam I (Prehistory)_ Tuesday, 25 October

Monthly work nº2 (Ancient civilizations) _ Tuesday, 22 November

Exam II (Ancient civilizations)_ Tuesday, 29 November

Terracotta Xiam Warriors_ Tuesday, 15 November

Maps_ THURSDAY, 1 December

2º British

Monthly work nº1 (Feudalism)_ Friday, 7 October

Exam I (Feudalism)_ Friday, 14 October

Monthly work nº2 (Islam)_ Friday, 28 October

Monthly work nº3 (Lower Middle Age)_ Friday, 11 November

Exam II (Lower Middle Age)_ Friday, 18 November

World travellers of Medieval Times _ Friday, 25 November

Book review _ Friday, 2 December

3º British

World Factbook _ Friday, 14 October

Monthly work nº1 (Population)_ Wednesday, 19 October

Exam 1 (Population) _ Friday, 28 October

Monthly work nº2 (Settlement)_ Wednesday, 23 November

Political Maps _ Wednesday, 30 November

Exam 2 (Settlement) _ Wednesday, 7 December

4º British

Monthly work nº1 + video (Enlightment) _ Monday, 3 October

Umbrella's revolution_ Monday, 17 October

Monthly work nº2 (Revolutions) _ Monday, 7 November

Exam (Enlightment & Revolutions)_ Monday, 21 + Tuesday 22, November

Book review _ Monday, 5 December

Monthly work nº3 (USA & Japan) _ Monday, 12 December

Have a nice day and take care.

British: Academic Information for 2022-23

 

Hello! Hope you have enjoyed your summer holidays because... we are back! In the following links you can read the updated information for this academic year:

1ºE.S.O. British

2ºE.S.O. British

3ºE.S.O. British

4ºE.S.O. British

You can also read the Assement Criteria and download the "text book" and all the pertinent monthly works for homework in the tab "APUNTES"

Are you ready? 3...2...1... Let's go! :)

3º British: Monthly works for 2023-2024

As usual, here you have the links for the Monthly Works. As explained, you will need a password to open them. They must be printed, answered in those same pages and delivered by hand to the teacher in the specifical dates. 

Are you ready? Good luck! :)

1.A. Population

1.B. Settlement

2. Primary sector

3. Secondary sector

4. Tertiary sector

6. Review of natural geography (VOLUNTEER)

Youtube channels for learning History

Another academic year is almost finished. Here you have then, as usual, several recomendations for learning History while having fun:

 

AcademiaPlay: a “classic” on youtube, in Spanish.

Historias de la Historia & La cuna de Halicarnaso: two Spaniards teachers on your screen

British Pathé: original TV footage, commented

ArqueoDidat: do you like Prehistory? This is your channel!

TEDx Talks: several options with animated videos

Crash Course Black America History: Crash Course is a well-known channel with tons of information. But did you know about this specifical issue?

La moda en la historia: curious stories about fashion & beauty on History.

Enjoy your summer holidays! 

Weather and Climate (index for review)

 

To help you prepare your task, here you have the links to the different articles (theory and videos):

Video: Weather vs Climate (BBC)

Elements & Factors affecting Weather (Theory & Videos)

How to do climate graphs

Video: hot climates (BBC)

Video: cold climates (BBC)

Clouds

Climates in UK (maps)

3º British: Globalization - Planet Money makes a T-Shirt

Good news! This is the very last topic/task for this academic year!

What is Globalization?

Globalisation is the process by which the world is becoming increasingly interconnected as a result of massively increased trade and cultural exchange.

Globalisation is not a new phenomena. On the contrary, it has been taking place for hundreds of years thanks to trade, but has speeded up enormously over the last half-century. Globalisation can be both positive or negative (read page 3 on my theoretical topic).

Let’s study a specifical example: Planet Money makes a T-shirt.

Planet Money is a USA radio show to learn the basics of economy, broadcasting by NPR. One year, the Planet Money team decided to do a special T-shirt with its logo... and follow the whole creation process.

The simplest shirt is touched by people and machines all over the planet, from highly paid researchers in seed laboratories to factory workers who earn a few dollars a day. By making our own T-shirt, we figured, we would discover this massive, interconnected, largely hidden world. Follow its journey: http://planetmoney.com/shirt 

Do you know how much water is need to create a simple t-shirt and a pair of jeans? Look at the image:

  

As seen, one of the negative impacts is the huge amount of residues and waste produced. Do you know how to correctly manage YOUR waste? Do you know if we are doing our best in the recycling system? Have a look to this website:

To make sure globalisation will brings more positive to negative things, specially to LEDCs, there are some concept to keep in mind (all of them, again, explained on my theoretical topic):

• Sustanaible development
• Appropiate technology
• Fair trade

Back to the previous example: the creation of that T-shirt is industrial or “fast-fashion”, activity with a huge impact in the environment and, therefore, in human life itself! Recycling fashion (the town turning waste into clothes, BBC 4 minutes video) has become a major need. Recently, a new model appears: Slow-fashion.

Slow-fashion advocates for manufacturing in respect to people, environment and animals. Eg.: There are, nowadays, several alternatives more respectful with the environment, with the animals and much less water-consumer. Have you heard about the "vegan-leather"? Shoes, bags of jackets than with special materials than totally reproduce the visual appearance and texture but vegetable-done. For example, from pineapple or cactus!

As such, contrary to industrial fashion practices, slow fashion involves local artisans and the use of eco-friendly materials, with the goal of preserving crafts and the environment. Some elements of the slow fashion philosophy include: buying vintage clothes, redesigning old clothes, shopping from smaller producers, making clothes and accessories at home and buying garments that last longer.

And when the garments can not be reuse anymore, they can be transformed into something completely different, such as kitchen tiles (1 minute BBC video) or kindergarten pavement! Did you know it? Sure not...

Have you ever try to customize your own clothes? For example, an old pair of jeans. What can you do with them? The usual answer is to cut them into shorts for summer time but, with some sewing skills and a bit of patience (there are a lot of tutorials on internet) you can transform them into a skirt, a backpack or a cushion: 

After watching carefully the videos by Planet Money (they are very short, 3 minutes the longest one!) and reading the topic, answer all the following questions as complete as possible (as usual, send your answers to acarriles@educa.jcyl.es):

  

Task 1: about the videos:

• Video III: People. Why do you think the t-shirts were made in Bangladesh and Colombia and not the USA?
• Video V: You. Identify something else (not a t-shirt) from your daily life that is the result of globalization and explain why you think it is a product of globalization.

Task 2: general synthesis:

• What technological innovations do you think have made globalization possible?
• Identify two positive effects and two negative effects of globalization and explain why each is positive or negative.
• Do the economic benefits of globalization outweigh the costs? Why?
• Do the social and cultural benefits of globalization outweigh the costs? Why?

Task 3: recycling and slow fashion

• What do you think about the concept of slow-fashion and the customize of clothes? Are you in favour or against? Why?
• Look at the image below: it’s a XL man-size shirt. What would to do to customize or transform it? Give at least 2 ideas.

And that's all this year! I promise! :)

Deadlines for third term

Last term of the academic year, here we go!

1º British:

Monthly work nº5 (Maps) _ Friday, 22 April

Exam I (Maps) _ Wednesday, 27 April

Monthly work nº6 (Climates) _ Friday, 6 May

Exam II (Chartography) _ Wednesday, 11 May

Oral (Pop.in extreme weather)_ Friday, 20 May

NEW! Explorations in Antarctica_ Wednesday, 1 June

EXTRA JUNE! Comic life_ Friday, 17 June

2º British:

Monthly work nº5 (Modern Era II) _ Monday, 4 April

Oral (Avila's guided visit) _ Monday, 25 April 

Exam I_ Monday, 9 May

Monthly work nº6 (UK) _ Monday, 16 May

Exam II_ Monday, 23 May

Oral (Female artist in modern era)_ Monday, 30 May

EXTRA JUNE! Thieves in the museum!_ Thursday, 16 June

3º British: 

Monthly work nº4 (Tertiary sector)_ Monday, 25 April

Exam_ Monday 9 and Tuesday 10, May

Oral (Flipped class)_ Friday, 20 May

Monthly work nº5 (maps)_ Monday, 30 May

EXTRA JUNE! Monthly work nº6 (Natural environment)_ Friday, 17 June

4º British:

Monthly work nº6 (Interwar+IIWW)_ Friday, 29 April

Historical ShortFilm_ Friday, 13 May

Exam_ Thursday 19 and Friday 20, May

Monthly work nº7 (Spain)_ Friday, 3 June

EXTRA JUNE! Monthly work nº8 (Cold war & Decolonization)_ Friday, 17 June

Good luck! :)

Deadlines for second term

These will be the deadlines for the second term (do not panic, you will have enough time to do your homework after Christmas; your duty now is enjoying your holidays!): 

1º British

Oral: 7 Wonders of ancient times _ Friday, 21 January

Exam I (Greece)_ Wednesday, 2 February

Monthly work nº3 (Classic World) _ Friday, 9 February

Exam II (Rome)_ Wednesday, 23 February

Monthly work nº4 (Ancient Britain) _ Wednesday, 9 March

Book review (details here/page 2) _ Friday, 11 March

2º British

Comic _ Monday, 24 January

Video: Spanish America TV news _ Monday, 7 February

Monthly work nº4 (America)_ Monday, 14 February

Monthly work nº5 (Modern era)_ Monday, 7 March

Exam I (if necessary)_ Monday, 21 February

Exam II (if necessary)_ Monday, 14 March

3º British

Oral: Searching a job in Europe! _ CV delivery (Monday, 17) & Interview (Monday, 24) January

Monthly work nº2 (Primary sector)_ Monday, 31 January

Videoscribe _ Monday, 14 February

Monthly work nº3 (Secondary sector)_ Monday, 21 february

Exam (Primary & Secondary sectors)_ Monday 14 & Tuesday 15, March

4º British

Monthly work nº4 (Industrial) _ Friday, 28 January

Twitter (Victorian era & Industrial): 

• Election of roles (Friday, 14 January)
• Development: Tuesday 18 to Tuesday 25, January 

Historical newspaper (1914) _ Friday, 11 February

Spanish flu vs Covid _ Friday, 18 February

Monthly work nº5 (IWW & Russia) _ Friday, 25 February

Exam (Industrial Rev, IWW & Russia Rev.)_ THURSDAY 10 & FRIDAY 11, March

Have a nice day and take care.