4º British: History of USA

Now that we have just started the topic about North America, maybe you would like to start by taking a look back at some Native American history from the twentieth century with these clips from British Pathé (9:03 minutes).

Also, you can revise these two gifs about the Native American Lands and the evolution of non-native states over time.

How did the process of independence start? It was not easy... You can study this infographic or read the full text of the Declaraction of the Independence of the 13 colonies (July 4, 1776). Soon after that, they had to face an internal deep problem: a Civil War and the confrontation because civil rights and social issues. 

And finally, here you have the presentation of "Political evolution of Black America" and the opportunity of having a look at the Civil Rights Movement in America, with clips including Martin Luther King and James Meredith, from British Pathé (13:51 minutes).

Remember that you have to do a weekly work before Chistmas holidays so it will be a good idea read the famous speech "I have a dream" of Martin Luther King (1963). You can also watch the speech on youtube (15 minutes).

3º British: Gapminder World

It was the last 200 years that changed the world. In 1809 all countries of the world had a life expectancy under 40 years and an income per person less than 3000 dollar per year. Since then the world has changed but it was not until after the second world war that most countries started to improve.

For the first time, Gapminder can now visualize change in life expectancy and income per person over the last two centuries. In this Gapminder video, Hans Rosling shows you how all the countries of the world have developed since 1809 – 200 years ago.

After re-watching the short video in class and studying the interactive graphic, answer the following questions as complete as possible:

Remember: this activity is mandatory and can be done individually or in pairs. Send an email with your answers (LAST DAY: 8 November) to blogeducativo08@gmail.com. 

1. Why is good for Goverments to have detailed stadistics of the population?
2. Why do you think some countries are unhealthier than others with the same income? 
3. Why was the UK richest in 1800? 
4. In 1950 there were mainly two groups of countries: medium-income countries (“the West”) and low-income countries (“the rest”). Why? What were the exceptions? 
5. Discuss the situation of the oil exporters. You can point out a few examples of the graphic. Do you think there are any problems with being dependent on one major income source? 
6. What does it means “absolute poverty”? And “relative poverty”? 
7. Choose one healthy country and one poor country, them compare at least 4 point (see the bar at the left side of the graphic) and try to guess/explain the causes of those differences. 
8. Summarize the key points of the full video.

Good luck! :-)

4º British: Enlightment songs 2019

As promised, here you have the links to the different songs you have chosen for illustrating the Enlightment ideas (freedom of speech, natural equality, civil rights, education, female vindications, etc.). Quite diverse and interesting choices. Some of them were isolated selections, some have several votes... in any case, just enjoy! 

Imagine Dragons_ Believer

James Bay_ Us
Diego Torres_ Iguales
Lady Gaga_ Til it happens to you
Pharrell Williams_ Freedom

Aretha franklin_ Respect

Beyoncé_ Run the world (girls)
Fort Apache_ Sobre el consumismo y sus formas
Beatriz Luego_ Postureo 
Melendi&Alejandro Sanz_ Déjala que baile
John Lennon_ Imagine
Gloria Gaynor_ I will survive
Michael Jackson_ Black or white & Heal the world
Ariana Grande_ Break free & God is a woman

Aitana & Ana Guerra_ Lo malo

The vamps_ I found a girl
Netta_ Toy
Jennifer López_ Ain't your mamma
Porta_ Rap&Roll

El chojin- Libertad de expresión

Bad Romance - Women's Suffrage (Inspired by Alice Paul)

Pink Floyd_ We don't need no education & another brick in the wall

Village People- YMCA

Queen_ I Want to Break Free

3º British: And the winner is...

Congratulations to the winners and to all the participants this year. This was the final scrutiny: 

The prize (a chocolates box, as usual) will be delivery next day at class. 

Students of 3ºB: you can download now the zip file with your pictures. Remember that you will be asked a password to open it. 

Hope you have learned (and enjoyed) with this activity! 

2º British: Homage ceremony, your pictures

As promised, here you have a zip file with the photos of your great performances from this morning. You can download the file but, as usual, you will need a password to open it. Also remember to ask permission to your partners before sharing them on your RRSS. 

What would be the next "special" task at History class?...

Have a nice weekend! :D

3º British: Create your own political party

A political party is a private entity based association, formed from an ideology and a certain interest. It seeks to obtain representation in the institutions through democratic elections, uniting convictions and efforts to influence public affairs and democratic life in an area, help finance and promote institutional changes and improvements from political power.

Obviously, you can not create a real political party because you are still under age!. But in this activity you are going to turn into political leaders...!

You must organize yourselves into groups (3 people minimum, as the law says, but 6 people as maximun) to “create” several political parties in class. You will follow (almost all) the official steps that the Spanish Law requires for creating a party. The teacher will be the "Ministerio del Interior" responsible for giving you the "ok"... and the final mark for this activity!

They are 6 stages on the activity:

1. Find a name, logo/slogan and ideology

2. Fill the “Estatuto del Partido” application (you should also add a document with your economical, social, educational... proposals. The most complete you do it, the better for you).

3. Fill official inscription application (after that, and with the approval of a notary, you are supposed to send both documents to the Ministerio del Interior… and paid about 180/260 Euros. Obviously, you are NOT going to do that this time!)

Other additional points of interes:

If you have any questions you can call the phone 900 150 000 (although now is NOT working, because it is only avaible when elections are close). It belongs to the Ministerio del Interior and is free.

Realise that there are laws limiting the activity of political parties (eg. electoral campaign financing, which is prohibited and no, etc). The most important ones are:

Ley Orgánica 6/2002, de 27 de junio, de Partidos Políticos.

Ley Orgánica 5/1985, de 19 de junio, del Régimen Electoral General.

Realise also that each “Comunidad Autónoma” has their own and specifical laws for the “Elecciones Autónomas”. But in this activity, to simplify things, we can imagine that we are joining a National Election and there is not necesary to review any territorial law.

Once the parties are "approved", each group will share roles (leader, secretary, etc..) and write its political program (ideas and points to defend).

4. Election campaign (during 2 weeks, you will have to make your party advertising, public speaking, debates in class and "convince" the "voters"...)

5. Elections and scrutinity.

6. Proclamation of the winner.

Deadlines:

• Monday, 30 September: You MUST give to the teacher the Estatuto del Partido and the Inscription Apllication (stages 2-3)
• 4-11 October: Election campaign (stage 4)
• Monday, 14 October: Elections, scrutinity and proclamation (stages 5-6)

Let's get to work… and good luck! :-)

By the way, as usual, this activity is mandatory and you will receive a mark for it. It case you fail or you do not do it, the mark will be a 0.

British: Academic Information 2019-2020

We are back! In the following links you can read the academic information for this year: 

1º E.S.O. British

2º E.S.O. British

3º E.S.O. British

4º E.S.O. British

You can also read the Assesment Criteria (Criterios de Evaluación y Calificación) and the ring-binder criteria (Normas para la elaboración del cuaderno) for 1ºBritish.

And, as usual, you can donwload the "text book" and the weekly works (monthly works better said...) for homework in the tab "APUNTES". 

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