1º British: The Seven Wonders of the Ancient World

The named “Seven Wonders” are linked to ancient creations that rivaled in their size, majesty, and beauty.

Ancient civilization constructed some incredible architectural masterpieces. Even when six of the seven wonders no longer stand, having been destroyed by natural disaster or by humans, these wonders continue to amaze our present day historians and archaeologists. Your task will be to share information with the class concerning these ancient wonders.

These is a double-task activity that can be done individually or in pairs:

First: Choose your favourite Wonder  and complete a card guide for it (you can do it with ppt but do not forget to print it into PDF. In any case, it would be much better to use Sway or Prezi! and send me the link by email).  Data you HAVE TO include (please, notice that your information should be as complete as possible, such as the answers in an exam):

a) Name & Location (map, if possible)

b) Author (if known) or Civilization 

c) Year (or century)
d) Motive (Why was it build?)
e) Complete description (and images) 

f)  Why did you choose it as the best one?

You can start by visiting the following image...

... or watching these youtube's video here and here.

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Second: Speak! Turn yourself into an historian and teach us all you know about your choosen wonder! Give us a live mini-conference in our classroom. Of course, if you are doing the task in pairs, ALL the members of the team HAVE TO talk. Cooperation and the use of appropiate vocabulary will be also keep in mind. 

When finish, send an email with the file (or the link to your presentation) attached file to acarriles@educa.jcyl.es. 

This work will be part of the score at the end of the term. As usual, if you fail to finish them or you give it out of date, the mark will be a 0 for this work. 

Enjoy the work and good luck! 

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

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

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.

Deadlines for second term

Hello! Happy snowy new year! How are you? Did you enjoy a happy and healthy Christmas time?

These will be the deadlines for this second term; do not panic, I will explain everything in detail tomorrow at class. 

1º British

Monthly work nº3 (Classic world) _ Thursday, 21 January

Exam I (Greece)_ Thursday, 28 January

Video: 7 wonders of ancient time_ Thursday, 4 February

Book review ON PAPER (Roman misteries 1: Thieves of Ostia, by Caroline Lawrence)_ Thursday, 18 February

Exam II (Rome)_ Thursday, 25 February

Monthly work nº4 (Britain)_ Thursday, 11 March

2º British

Book review (see options here) ON PAPER _ Friday, 22 January

Exam I_ Friday, 29 January

Monthly work nº4 (Modern era I)_ Friday, 5 February

Video: Spanish America TV News _ Friday, 19 February

Monthly work nº5 (Modern era II)_ Friday, 26 February

Exam II_ Friday, 5 March

3º British

Monthly work nº2 (Primary sector)_ Tuesday, 26 January

Videoscribe_ Tuesday, 2 February

Monthly work nº3 (Secondary sector)_ Tuesday, 23 February

Exam (Primary & Secondary sectors)_ Monday 1 & Tuesday 2, March

Searching a job in Europe_ Tuesday, 9 March

4º British

Book review (see options here) ON PAPER_ Tuesday, 26 January

Monthly work nº4 (UK and Industrial Rev.)_ Tuesday, 2 February

Special dossier: Spanish flu vs Covid_ Tuesday, 23 February

Monthly work nº5 (First World War) _ Tuesday, 2 March

Exam (Industrial Rev. & First World War)_ Tuesday 9 & Wednesday 10, March

Have a nice day and take care.

4º British Webquest: Child labor during the Industrial Revolution

You are a member of the British Parliament at the beginning of the Industrial Revolution (around 1840). You have been asked by one of the recently formed social welfare groups to investigate the issue of child labor in the mines of northern England.  These mines are an important part of Britain's industrial progress and provides wealth for the nation, however the conditions in these mines are often dangerous and unhealthy.  

You have a two part task:

First, your job is to objectively evaluate the conditions of the mines, the social benefits and costs of child labor in general, and to write a report on if the government should take action to change the labor laws to add more protections for children in the work place.  Make sure that you justify your position with evidence. Remember, come to your decision based on facts, not emotion. Your responsibility is to prepare a report that tells the government what is best for Britain and why. Your report should be at least two pages long.

Second, you also need to also prepare a list of 5 witnesses who will testify to the Parliament on the nature of working conditions in the mines and their affect on children.  Make sure to have a name, age, occupation, and short description of their point of view on their list.

You have to send the complete document to blogeducativo08@gmail.com. This work is mandatory and will be part of the score at the end of the term. If you fail to finish it, do it out of date, or just copy from a webpage, the mark will be a 0 for this work.

Resources you can use:

Victorian Web:  Life of an industrial worker

Victorian Web:  testimonies

Economist’s View: Child Labor

Industrial Revolution Child (Speeches, testimonies and Acts)

Photos (Child Labor in USA)

BBC – 7 wonders of Industrial Revolution

Photo: Graffitti from Banksy

Adapted from: Travlyn A. Russell (Irvington High School)