2º ESO. Special Task: Islam.

Research about one or two of the topics that you have below and show them to your classmates one day of this week with a presentation. Try to prepare a related activity for your classmates after the presentation. (oral questions, debate,  quiz, etc.)

1. Look for a current map of the extension of the Islam in the world, compare it with a map of the Islamic Empire during its biggest expansion and highlight the most important differences. Try to research the reason for that differences.


2. Research about the possible causes of the international islamist terrorism. Two examples.

• World Trade Center Attack, New York, 2001. / Atocha attack, Madrid, 2004 /

3. Research about the religious differences between Chiies, Sunnies and Sufies. Search for a map that shows its geographical distribution and identify the countries with a majority of Chiies, what is their relationship with Saudi Arabia.

4. Look for the treatment of women in the Bible and also in the Coran. Later make a conclusion about how this treatment can have affected to women in Christian an Muslim territories along history.

GLOBAL CLASSROOMS (Research)

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4º ESO. Unit 2: Presentations

• To watch the presentation  "THE AGE OF THE BOURGEOIS REVOLUTIONS AND THE NAPOLEONIC EMPIRE (1776-1815) ________________Press, here.

• To watch the presentation "the Neoclassical Art" ________________Press, here. (The activity that can appear in the exam is the activity that we did togheter in class.)

• To watch the presentation "The Reign of charles the IV and the War of Independence" ________________Press, here.

• To watch the presentation "Restoration; Nationalism and Liberalism"_______________________ press here.

2º ESO. Presentation. Islam and Al-Andalus.

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3º ESO. Presentation. UNIT 9.

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Global indicators per country.

2º ESO - Cities that you should know were are located.

City	Region where is located	Why is important to knowº
Roma	Italian peninsula	Ancient capital of the Roman Empire.
Constantinople (Today Istanbul)	Strait of Bosphorus	Capital of the Eastern Roman Empire or Byzantine empire. Well connected with the Silk Road.
Toledo	Iberian Peninsula	Capital of the Visigoth Kingdom of Toledo, in the middle of the Iberian Peninsula.
Santiago de Compostela	Iberian Peninsula	Holy city for the Catholic Christians, because it is supposed that the apostle St. Jaques was buried there
Aquisgranum	Today is in Germany, close to Netherlands	Capital of the Carolingian Empire.
Mecca	Arabian Peninsula	The holiest city for the Muslims.
Medina	Arabian Peninsula	Where Muhammad first succeed in his preaching.
Damasco	Syria	Capital city of the Umayyad Caliphate.
Jerusalem	Palestine	Holy city for Muslim, Christians and Jews. It thought that Jesuschrist was buried there, etc.
Bagdad	Mesopotamia (Nowadays Irak)	Capital city of the Abbasid  Caliphate.
Alexandria	Egypt	Strategic location for trading in the delta of the Nile river.
Samarkand	Samarkand (Today Uzbekistan)	Located in a crossroad, it was one of the most important cities of the Silk Road.
Córdoba	Iberian Peninsula	Capital city of the Caliphate of Cordoba

2º ESO: Esquema para estudiar unidad 1

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2º ESO. Islamic empire

Study from slide 1 to slide 13.

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SOLUTIONS. ACTIVITIES (UNIT 1 - LESSONS 3, 4 y 5)

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VOCABULARY UNIT 5: ECONOMIC ACTIVITY (English version)

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