Wednesday, 30 March 2016

AGENDA (week 5th/8th April)

AGENDA    (week 5th / 8th April
Lesson 2, unit 5 : The Industrial Revolutions (pages 112/113)

Main goals:
1.       Know and distinguish the main characteristics of First and Second Industrial Revolutions. Fill a chart

WHEN?
WHERE?
INDUSTRIAL PRODUCTION
ENERGY SOURCES
MACHINES AND ENGINES
TRANSPORTS
First Industrial Revolution






Second Industrial Revolution







2.       Explain the characteristics of ARTISANAL WORK

3.       Explain FORDISM and fill the following chart:

FORDISM (assembly line)
WHEN?
WHERE?
WHY? (main purposes)
HOW?
CONSEQUENCES





    
Answer questions a, b, and c.
5.       Do activities 1 and 2 (page 113)

Lesson 3, unit 5: The Third Industrial Revolution (pages 114/115)

1.       Read the lesson.
2.       Answer questions a, b and c
3.       Write a report on child labour for Tuesday 12th April (to be given to Matthew) Look for information in www.tiching.com/731058

Lesson 4, unit 5: Location and relocation of industry (pages 116/117)
1.       Read the lesson
2.       Answer questions a, b, c, d
3.       Comment diagram page 116: the factors of industrial location.

Lesson 5 and 6, unit 5: Industrial activity in Spain, Spanish multinational Companies in the 21st century. (pages 118/121)
1.       Read the lessons
2.       Comment the map on page 118, using the information provided in the book.
3.       Give your personal opinion to the 10 main points to revitalize Spain’s industry (page 118)
4.       Answer questions a, b and c on pages 120/121)
5.       Complete the chart about the IBEX 35 Companies on page 120, classify the companies depending on their activities. Look information about them.





Sunday, 27 March 2016

FINAL ORAL PROJECTS

Countries and dates for the oral presentations:
3ºA


 3ºB

Structure:
1.       INTRODUCTION: physical presentation of the country (main geographical features, geographical coordinates)
2.       Political structure (main powers and institutions, flag, and short history of the country, administrative divisions…)
3.       Demography (main population, different ethnic groups, rural/urban population, migrations…)
4.       Economic organization (differences between regions, main sectors of activity, grade of development…)
5.       Culture, religion, food, traditions… any interesting issues about the country.



Monday, 11 January 2016

Oceania countries and capitals


  AUSTRALIA                                                 (Canberra)
  FIJI                                                                  (Suva)
  KIRIBATI                                                       (Tarawa) ...an old acquaintance of yours...
  MARSHALL ISLANDS                                (Majuro)
  FEDERATED STATES OF MICRONESIA (Palikir)
  NAURU                                                          (Yaren)... another familiar face, isn't it?...
  NEW ZEALAND                                           (Wellington)
  NIUE                                                               (Alofi)
  PALAU                                                           (Ngerulmud)
  PAPUA NEW GUINEA                                 (Port Moresby)
  SAMOA                                                           (Apia)
  SOLOMON ISLANDS                                    (Honiara)
  TONGA                                                            (Nuku'alofa)... another one, do you remember?
  TUVALU                                                          (Funafuti)... this one too...
  VANUATU                                                       ( Port Vila)... your last old acquaintance on the area.

In order to prepare the test, you need to know  all the countries and capital cities, but you only need to point out in a map the three big countries, that means Australia, New Zealand and Papua New Guinea.




Saturday, 14 November 2015

Global Classrooms

Some interesting sites:
http://www.un.org/millenniumgoals/
http://www.bbc.com/news/world-africa-34802905 ( about Senegal)
http://www.bbc.com/news/world-africa-34774985 (about Senegal)
http://global.britannica.com/place/Senegal/Government-and-society#toc55060
http://www.ecowas.int/  (about Economic Community of West African States)

Wednesday, 23 September 2015

The tests on maps calendar


Political map of Spain, 16th October
Europe, North and Central America: 20th November
South America, Africa and Oceania: 26th February
Asia: 29th April
Final (global): 20th May



Sunday, 20 September 2015

Oral presentations on relief




              GROUPS


GROUP 1. AFRICA
3ºA:   PAUL, ANTONIA, NATHALIA, ABIR
 3ºB:   ANDERSON, JAVIER, RUBÉN

GROUP 2. AMERICAS
3ºA:     PAULA, IRENE LÓPEZ, DAVID
3ºB:     JEAN PAUL, PAULA, RAÚL

GROUP 3. ASIA
3ºA: VITA, PABLO, LETICIA, ANDREA
3ºB: FÁTIMA, SERGIO, TARAS

GROUP 4. OCEANIA AND EUROPE
3ºA: CASAIS, ÁLEX, REBECA, IRENE RUEDA
3ºBJORGE, AINHOA, CARMEN, ÁLEX,

GROUP 5. SPAIN
3ºA: ÁLVARO, ARSEN, FERNANDO, MIREIA
3ºB: IKER, ÓSCAR, ISIS, CÉSAR


The presentations will be done on Thursday and  Friday, October the 8th and 9th

Each group has to create an original power point with images that help them to present their contents.
Every member of the group must be responsible of the presentation, that means that anyone can present the project. It will be a team work, not something divided into different and independent parts that correspond to the different components of the group.

Contents:
Each group must present the main geographical features on their continent/Spain.
Each group chooses one of these main geographical features to explain it deeply.
Each group presents the main climates and landscapes of their continent/Spain
Each group chooses one climate and its landscape to explain it deeply.

Evaluation:
Each group prepares questions to be asked to their classmates at the end of their explanations.

This is the teacher's rubric to evaluate your oral presentation: