2º ESO - Localiza en el mapa físico de España:

Actividad.

UNIT 0. España, organización política y situación en el mundo.

We will start the course with Geography, a unit related with Spain. This unit, as all units related with Spain, will be in Spanish. 

I wanted to start with this unit, that is not in the book, because this knowledge can be a solid base to advance in the History and Geography, that we will learn this year. 

 UNIT 0. Theory and activities.

2º ESO - Let´s review

 

 

- Mapa relieve de España - JUEGA

- Mapa ríos importantes de España. JUEGA

- Mapa relieve costero de España. JUEGA

Solution questions - Unit 1 and 2.

Solution questions - Unit 1 and 2.

2º ESO. Control or mock exam corrected.

mock exam - corrected

Concept map. POPULATION EVOLUTION AND DISTRIBUTION

2º ESO - UNIT 1 - POPULATION EVOLUTION AND DISTRIBUTION

Presentation and activities

Activity. Medieval Iberian Kingdoms.

Table: Crown of Castilla and Aragon.

These maps can help you with the activity, but are not equal to the maps that I gave to you.

IMPORTANT: Use colour pencils for thefirst activities, and normal pencil for activity two and three.

UNIT 4 - LATE MIDDLE AGES - REBIRTH OF CITIES.

PRESENTATION

VOCABULARY

CRISIS OF THE LATE MIDDLE AGES

MADRID MEDIEVAL WORKSHEET

RESOLVED WORKSHEET

Países del mundo. 2º ESO y 3º ESO

In English: Aquí.
En castellano: Aquí.

Feudalism (Unit 3)

Presentation - Feudalism (Unit 3)

Special and voluntary task: Rodrigo Díaz de Vivar "El Cid" (2º ESO)

Look for information about the myth of El Cid, created in large part by "El Cantar del Mío Cid" and compares the mythological figure of El Cid created by literature, with the historical figure based on real historical sources.

To find information I propose a couple of links:


Cid-mito-realidad

La Leyenda del cid

Iberian Peninsula: medieval Christian kingdoms and their territorial evolution.

Presentation: here

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.

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

Press, here.

2º ESO. Islamic empire

Study from slide 1 to slide 13.

Press, here.

Unit 1 - Basic Byzantines

Presentation - Basic byzantines

Early Middle Age - 2º ESO

Early Middle Age. Presentation.

Only these slides:

• From slide 1 to slide 12 (División of the Roman Empire)
• From slide 64 to 76 (Frankish kingdom and Carolingian Empire)