lunes, 22 de febrero de 2016

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.  














martes, 16 de febrero de 2016

Vocabulary for Feudalism (Unit 6)



Vocabulary for feudalism

Cattle/livestock – ganado
Poultry – aves domésticas
Hens- gallinas
Oxen-buey
Bees-abejas

Crops- Cultivos/cosechas
Vine- vid
Harvest-cosecha
Cereals- cereal
Wheat-trigo
Rye-centeno
Barley-cebada
Oats-avenas

Acorns- bellotas

Pulses-legumbres
Lentils-lentejas
Chickpeas-garbanzos
Beans-judía, alubia, frijol




Garlic- ajo
Ham- jamón

Plough-arado
Scythe-guadaña
Sickle-hoz, segadera

Windmill-molino de viento
Watermill- molino de agua

martes, 2 de febrero de 2016

Unit 6: The feudal Europe

Here you are a couple of presentations as a help to prepare this new unit about the Middle Ages in the Christian Europe:

1) Presentation #1: It is very extense and complete. It is good for to ampliate and consolidate your general ideas about this period, but maybe you can found it too long in terms of study. My recommendation is to wacht it quietly at home while you are reading this unit in our book. 



2) Presentation #2: Is the one to be used in the class. Shorter and more managing, it has some graphs and pictures very useful and clear. The bad part is that sometimes it has too much writing, that at the end it actually repeats the same contents than in our book.