FRENCH REVOLUTION

THE ANCIENT REGIME

Ancien regime i de Profesora Geografía e Historia IES

THE ENLIGHTENMENT

KEY WORDS

DARE TO... THINK FOR YOURSELVES,

AGE OF  REASON,

MANKIND,

POLITAL ABUSES,

 RATIONAL THOUGHT,

 CHALLENGE AUTHORITY,

 NATURAL,

 INDIVIDUALS,

 INEQUALITY,

 ESSAYS,

 FREEDOM,

PHILOSOPHERS:  KANT, NEWTON, LOCKE, DIDEROT, VOLTAIRE...

DIFFERENTS POINTS OF VIEW ABOUT INDUSTRIAL REVOLUTION

INDUSTRIAL REVOLUTION OVERVIEW

INDUSTRIAL REVOLUTION IN AMERICA

A CRASH COURSE IN INDUSTRIAL REVOLUTION

THE BEST LESSON!

WORLD WAR I

THE OUTBREAK OF WAR


 


IMAGES OF THE WAR, TRENCH WARFARE, NEW WEAPONS, THOUSANDS OF SOLDIERS

DIED...

 


WOMEN AND WWI




USEFUL LINKS:

WIKIPEDIA: WWI, a lot of information, pictures and some videos

BBC, GCSE BITESIZE, information, tests ans activities about WWI

LADY GAGA AND FRENCH REVOLUTION

It is possible to study the French revolution through Lady Gaga's music:



and our version of the song:




And Napoleon's History too:

WW2 IN PICTURES AND MOVIES

DUNKIRK

In June 1940, the British Expeditionary Force and the remnants of the French army were trapped in a pocket around the port of Dunkirk after a desperate headlong retreat. This is the story of the incredible evacuation of 340,000 Allied troops, snatched from the jaws of defeat.

WATCH THIS ANIMATION MADE BY BBC

THE D-DAY (deliverance day) and OPERATION OVERLORD

WHAT HAPPENED TODAY?

THE TIANANMEN PROTESTS

The Tiananmen Square protests of 1989, also known as the June Fourth Incident in Chinese, were a series of popular demonstrations in and near Tiananmen Square in Beijing, China beginning on 15 April 1989. The protests ended with military suppression on 4 June.

The Tank man 

NOVEMBER 5TH, THE BONFIRE NIGHT AND THE ENGLISH REVOLUTION

The Gunpowder Plot was planned in 1605, it was a failed assassination attempt against King James I of England and VI of Scotland by a group of provincial English Catholics led by Robert Catesby and other men such as Guy Fawkes.
The plan was to blow up the House of Lords during the State Opening of England's Parliament on 5 November 1605 but it failed. Since then, English people celebrate "The bonfire night" every november 5th.

The Gunpowder Plot took place during the context of the English Revolution.

READ THIS TEXT AND ANSWER THE QUESTIONS:

Overview: Civil War and Revolution, 1603 - 1714

1- Which dinasty ruled England after Elisabeth I died?
2- Why did the catholics plan the Gunpowder plot?
3- Why was James I dragged into the 30 Years' War?
4- Who succeeded James I?
5- Whom did the new king have problems with?
6- When did the Civil War start? Who fought in it? Where did the parts have supports?
7- What happened with Charles I?
8-Who succeeded Charles? What did he do with Ireland and Scotland?
9- What happened in May, 1660? and in 1665 and 1666?
10- What did people suspect about James II?
11- Who was William of Orange?
12- What was the "Act of Settlement"? What did it permit in 1714?


Watch a video and play games about the Gun Powder Plot here

Find out more of the bonfire night in this blog of our neighbours of Sto Tomé school:

Englishsantomeblog

9/11, TEN YEARS

On september 11 th, at 8:45, in a bright morning, the world began to change.

Watch this video of the BBC





You can visit 9/11 Memorial here

GROUND ZERO NOW

Visit Ground Zero site in wikipedia


Some pictures taken last august:

AT THE MUSEUM

Flag with the names of all victims:


THE MEMORIAL PROJECT





THE NEW TOWER

THE PROJECT

THE TOWER NOW




Santiago Calatrava designed the World Trade Center Transportation Hub (its main asset being the PATH station ) to replace the old World Trade Center station

COLONIALISM

1- WATCH THIS PRESENTATION:

Colonialism and colonies

View more presentations from mariasorey.

2- Look for information about (a few words and lot of images please):

BISMARCK

LIVINGSTONE-STANLEY

SUEZ CANAL

3- Visit the page of British Lybrary that permit you to read old newspapers, select one, for example, The News of the world, and look for news about colonialism, for example in 1886. Choose one and write a brief comment (summarysing and explaining it).

4- Listen this song, what are they talking about?

Doctor Livingston, I presume,
Stepping out of the jungle gloom
Into the midday sun.
What did you find there?
Did you stand awhile and stare?
Did you meet anyone?

"I've seen butterflies galore,
I've seen people big and small,
I've still not found what I'm looking for."

We're all looking for someone.
We're all looking for someone.
We're all looking for someone.

Captain Scott, you were so bold,
Now you're looking rather cold
Out there in the snow.
What did you find there?
Did you stand awhile and stare?
Did you meet anyone?

"I've seen polar bears and seals,
I've seen giant Antarctic eels,
I've still not found what I'm looking for."

We're all looking for someone.
We're all looking for someone.
We're all looking for someone.

Columbus, where are you bound?
So you think the world is round.
Sailed off in the blue.
What did you find there?
Did you stand awhile and stare?
Did you meet anyone?

"There are Indians by the score
In many places that I saw.
I've still not found what I'm looking for."

We're all looking for someone.
We're all looking for someone.
We're all looking for someone.