Unit # 5: Islam and Al-Andalus

In order to prepare this unit, here you are these two presentations that clear and amplify the contents in our book:

- Presentation nº 1: Mainly focused in the rise of the Islam in the Arabian Peninsula and te historical evolution of this faith in the Near East

-Presentation nº2: It is more similar to our book, relating the origins of the Islam with some notes about the History of Al-Andalus, the Muslim Iberia.

Unit 4: Byzantine and Carolingian Empires

You can see here the presentation in Power Point related with this unit. 

With this unit we shall enter in the contents of History (after the three previous units about Geography). More accurately, we will study a new stage in the History of mankind: the Middle Ages, the 1,000 years of History that happened from the fall of the Western Roman Empire (476 A.D.) to the fall of the Eastern Roman Empire (or Byzantine Empire) in 1,456.

Unit 3: Video "Evolution of Madrid"

              

Here you can see a short video about the diachronic sequence (so, the Historical evolution) about the process of urban  development and expansion of Madrid

                      

Video: "Cultural Differences National Geographic"

This video is a segment of a documentary from The National Geographic Society about a group of young Sudanese men who travel to Pittsburgh (U.S.A.). We can see the heavy cultural difference for them, used to the African culture.

Funny demographic video: "If the World Were a Village of 100 People: A Story About the World's People"

Watch this funny video about what if the current world´s population would be a village of 100 people.... very good to have a quick general overview of Mankind today from a demographic point of view.

Video: "La población española"

A new video about the evolution of population is Spain. Its interest lays on to include the demographic transition model, and a longer historical perspective (since Ancient and Medieval times, not just from 1,970). 

Presentation: "Pirámides de población de España: 1900 a 2007"

In this presentation you can notice the evolution of the population pyramid in Spain along the last four decades (since 1,970, aproximately). As we have explained in the class, in this period Spain has experienced major changes on its population structure. 

Video from the U.N.E.D.: "Envejecimiento, longevidad y población"

This video, produced by the Universidad Nacional de Educación a Distancia (U.N.E.D.) is closely related with the Unit 1 ("Population", inside the Human Geography field) in our book. More accurately, it is about the demographic changes in Spain on the last four decades. It is actually an excellent complement in order to secure and to clear these contents. 

U.D. 12 (9 del libro de 2º de la E.S.O.): El inicio de la Edad Moderna

Ya estamos acabando el curso y nos adentramos en la última de las Edades de la Historia de la Humanidad que vamos a ver en 2º de la E.S.O.: la Edad Moderna, que comprende desde la caída de Constantinopla y del Imperio Romano de Oriente o Imperio Bizantino (1.453) hasta la Revolución Francesa (1.789). 

Para preparar este tema vamos a apoyarnos en las siguientes presentaciones:

1) Presentación nº1: Buena introducción general a la Edad Moderna en su conjunto. Es más manejable que la siguiente por ser más corta y somera, pero deja fuera algunos contenidos fundamentales, como por ejemplo los descubrimientos geográficos. Está muy bien para realizar un primer vistazo general, y luego prepararse el tema por el libro y por la presentación nº2 

2) Presentación nº 2:   Bastante apropiada, porque recoge los contenidos del libro y los amplía ligeramente, con muchos diagramas, esquemas y mapas. Os recomiendo que estudieis el tema con ella delante.

3) Presentación nº3: Centrada solamente en los grandes descubrimientos geográficos de los siglos XV y XVI, que se trataban poco y mal en las dos anteriores. Es un complemento del tema. 

Unit 8: The Iberian Christian kingdoms (La Reconquista)

In this unit we will study the "Reconquista" from the point of view of the Iberian Christian kingdoms. It was a very long (around 800 years) and complex historical process, that will be decisive for the History of the current Spain and Portugal.  
We will work this unit with the help of these teo presentations:

1) Presentation # 1: Good synthesis, with many maps (an extremely weak point in our book) and some interesting videos. This is the one for our class. 

2) Presentation #2: More extense than the previous one but very well structured anyway. Too long for our class, my recommendation is to watch it at home, because it complete and amplifies some aspects from the previous one.  

Here you have some pictures, helpful for this unit. They are mainly maps, because in our book in this unit the historical cartography is scarse and not very clear.    

Statue to Don Pelayo in Covadonga (Asturias), a memorial for the battle (718-722?) that started the Reconquista

Battle of Alarcos (Ciudad Real) - June 19th 1195 - Castilla (Alfonso VIII) vs. Almohad Empire (Yusuf II), a great triumph for the Muslims 

Battle of the Navas de Tolosa (Jaén) - June 16th 1212 - A Christian International League defeated badly the troops of the Almohad Empire

Surrender of the keys of Granada by the emir Boabdil to the Catholic Monarchs, January 2nd of 1492. Last chapter in the Reconquista.  

  

Unit 7: Cities in Medieval Europe

In this unit we shall speak about the Later Middle Ages or, in other words, the 2nd half of the Middle Ages, after the year 1,000 to the end of the period with the fall of Constantinople in Turkish hands in 1,453. 

In order to prepare this unit we shall have a couple of different presentations:

1) Presentation #1: It is fantastic, full of data and very clear. The problem is that is maybe too long, and thus it will be impossible to see it entirely in class. My recommendation, the same as in the previous unit, is to have a general overview (NOT to study it carefully) at home while you have the book in front of you. It includes a lot of contents of Gothic art, many more than in the book and too much for the necessary level in this year. 


2) Presentation #2: It is the one that we shall see in the class. Much shorter and managing, it has some short videos, quite educational and curious.  

U.D. 9 (6 del libro de 2do de la E.S.O.): La Europa feudal

Aquí os dejo un par de presentaciones para que os ayuden a preparar esta nueva U.D. sobre la Edad Media de la Europa cristiana. 

1) Presentación nº 1: Es muy extensa y completa. Eso tiene de bueno que podrás consolidar y ampliar ideas, pero para estudiar quizás te resulte poco sintética y demasiado larga. Os recomiendo que la veais tranquilamente en casa mientras os leeis el tema. 

2) Presentación nº2: Es la que veremos en clase. Más corta y manejable, tiene gráficos e imágenes muy útiles y aclaratorias. Lo malo es que a veces contiene demasiada letra,  que en realidad repite lo mismo del libro. 

U.D. 8 (5 del libro de 2º de la E.S.O.): El Islam y Al-Andalus

Para ayudarte a preparar este tema, te dejo aquí dos presentaciones que aclaran y amplían los contenidos del libro:

- Presentación nº 1: Más centrada en el surgimiento del Islam en la Península Arábiga y en la evolución histórica del Islam en el Próximo Oriente

-Presentación nº2: Sigue más nuestro libro de texto, y relaciona el origen del Islam con un poquito de la Historia de Al-Andalus, la Iberia musulmana. 

U.D. 7 (4 del libro de 2º de la E.S.O.): Bizantinos y carolingios

Aquí tienes la presentación Power Point que veremos en clase a propósito del tema de "Bizantinos y carolingios". 

Con este tema nos adentramos en una nueva Edad de la Historia humana: la Edad Media, que comprende los 1.000 años de Historia que transcurrieron entre la caída del Imperio Romano de Occidente (476, deposición del último César, Rómulo Augústulo, por el rey hérulo Odoacro) y el Imperio Romano de Oriente o Imperio Bizantino (1.456, conquista de Constantinopla por los turcos). 

Presentaciones sobre Hispania romana y Spania visigoda

A continuación tienes las presentaciones sobre la Hispania romana y la Spania visigoda que estamos viendo en clase:


Hispania romana

Spania visigoda