PREVIOUS KNOWLEDGE: INTRODUCTION TO HISTORY

Let's start talking about HISTORY

When you were 3rd graders, you worked on PREHISTORY.

Last year you worked on ANCIENT HISTORY and MIDDLE AGES.

This year you will work on MODERN AGE and CONTEMPORARY AGE

First, let's watch the video you used last year to work on the Middle Ages. This is for you to remember the most important events that you studied last year.

VIDEO: MIDDLE AGES TIMELINE

The following pictures give you an idea about the main events that took place during the Modern and the Contemporary Age. Can you identify any of them?

                                 

     

                     

1. Read the EVENTS and relate them with the beginning of the eras.

a) The beginning of Prehistory
b) The beginning of Ancient History

c) The beginning  of the Middle Ages

d) The beginning of the Modern Age

e) The beginning of the Contemporary Age

THE FRENCH REVOLUTION in 1789 (18th century)
THE ORIGIN OF THE HUMAN RACE
DISCOVERY OF AMERICA in 1492 (15th century)
INVENTION OF WRITING in 3,300 BC
FALL OF THE ROMAN EMPIRE in 476 AD (5th century)

Now watch a video about the 18th century.

VIDEO: MODERN AGE

What differences can you find between the Middle Ages and the Modern Age?

VIDEO: SPANISH MONARCHY IN THE MODERN AND CONTEMPORARY AGE

Which king of Spain is missing in the video?

2. Write the text in your notebook and fill in the gaps with the following words.

study              objects          Stones        maps         sculptures          past         lived      wore       ate    used        invention            present          monuments         books            discovery           art

What is History?

It’s the _______ of things that happened in the _______. It tells us things about how our ancestors ______: the foods that they ______, the clothes that they _____ and the tools that they ______. It also tells us about important events, like the _______ of a new land or the ______ of a new machine. It helps us to understand the _______.

 How can we get information about the past?

Historians can use different sources of information to learn about the past:

-  _______ that are found by archaeologists.

- M__________, s________ and other works of _______.

- Written documents, like inscriptions on s_____, old b_____ or _______

3. What do you know about Art? Test your previous knowledge about Art in the different eras of history. Which eras do these works of art belong?

 ART QUIZ PPT