Friday, 7 June 2024

Art Project - Copy a masterpiece

 Feel like a painter!



STEPS: 

1º- Choose a painting you like from the Modern Age or Contemporary Age. 

Decide to copy all the painting or cut a part (a rectangle) from it. 

Bear in mind: 

  • Difficulty - Choose a painting easy to paint for you.

  • Know the artistic style, author, title and era.

2º - Try first. Reuse paper to make a sketch with pencil.

3º - In the paper for the project, draw using  pencil.

4º - Use paint and paintbrushes to colour. 

Bear in mind: 

  • Protect your table

  • Use containers or plates to mix colours. 

  • Clean brushes carefully

  • Clean everything at the end of each lesson


RUBRIC ART PROJECT - COPY A MASTERPIECE

  1. Know the author, title, style and era of the painting

2 points

  1. Make a sketch to plan you project

2 points

  1. The painting is similar to the real one

3 points

  1. Clean and tidy on time. Take care of materials.

2 points

  1. Finish on time 

1 point


You may bring papers to protect your table, an apron to protect your clothes and eggboxes to mix colours. 


Wednesday, 29 May 2024

Quiz Practice 3

 

  1.  Who was Napoleón Bonaporte?

  2. When did Napoleón Bonaparte led a military coup?

  3. What happened in 1939 - 1945?

  4. Who was tricked by Napoleón?

  5. Who did the first circumnavigation?

  6. Who was Isabel II?

  7. When did Primo de Rivera led a military coup?

  8. How was the system in which bigger countries conquered weaker ones?

  9. How were the countries involved in WWI?

  10. What happened the 2nd of May 1808?

Tuesday, 14 May 2024

QUIZ PRACTICE 2

 QUIZ PRACTICE 2


  1. Who took control of France in 1799?

  2. When did the War of Independence start? Name complete date

  3. Who signed a treaty with Napoleon Bonaparte?

  4. Who were the Axis Powers of WWII?

  5. Who invented the printing press? And when?

  6. Who was the king during the Enlightenment in Spain?

  7. Who was the king who died being a child?

  8. What did Isabel II do for Madrid?

  9. Name 3 painters of Renaissance.

  10. What country did Germany invade before WWII?

  11. When did Primo de Rivera lead a military coup?

  12. When did Castilla ended the Reconquest?

  13. Who was the last king of the Habsburg dynasty?

  14. When did WWI start and finish?

  15. Name 3 styles of painting of the Contemporary Age. 

Sunday, 12 May 2024

ASKING QUESTIONS




Notebook activity:

Write the questions to the following answers.

1. The children are sitting in the garden.

________________________________________________.

2. David likes cats because they are really nice.

________________________________________________.

3. She walks home from school.

________________________________________________.

4. Yesterday Carol and Linda went to the swimming pool.

________________________________________________.

5. Peter opened his birthday presents after eating the cake.

________________________________________________.


To practise:

Find the correct question activity

Question words activity

Mistakes in English Questions

MODAL VERBS

 



Notebook activity:

Choose the right answer:

- Jhon ________ play tennis really well. He's champion of his club.

a) must                    b) could                    c) can

- The museum is free. You ______ pay to get it.

a) musn't                 b) couldn't                c) don't have to

- I've looked everywhere for my glasses but I _____ find them anywhere.

a) couldn´t               b) can't                     c) could

- I think you ______ wear that dress. It doesn't suit you.

a) don't have           b) must                      c) shouldn't


To practise:

Modal Verbs game

AGENDAWEB- Modal Verbs


PAST SIMPLE VS PAST CONTINUOUS





LET'S PRACTICE! Here you have an activity to practice the grammar point above. Write the answers, in your notebook!!


Oral Presentation - History

 Let´s prepare your last oral presentation at Leonor del Álamo!

Let´s talk about events and celebrities in Modern and Contemporary Age!

Use Google Presentations, Prezi, Canva or any other apps to create your slides!

Wednesday, 1 May 2024

HISTORY AND CINEMA

 


Click on the image to learn about films you can watch to learn something about history or the way of living in Modern or Contemporary Age. 

Wednesday, 24 April 2024

Art and history






Quiz Practice - HISTORY

 QUIZ PRACTICE

Modern Age  

  1. When did the Modern Age start?

  2. When was the printing press invented?

  3. He colonized the Aztec empire. 

  4. He determined that the Earth is not spherical, but flattered on the poles.

  5. The first Habsburg king. 

  6. What happened in the 1700?

  7. The first Bourbon king.

  8. The period in which Science progressed quickly in the Modern Age. 

  9. The last Habsburg king.

  10. Who led the first circumnavigation?

Contemporary Age

  1.  Who signed a treaty with Napoleon?

  2.  Who were the French kings during the French Revolution?

  3.  When and where did the Industrial Revolution start?

  4.  When was the First World War?

  5.  When did the Spanish Civil War start?

  6.  Who led a military coup during the Second Republic in Spain?

  7.  Who is our actual king?

  8.  Which queen ruled for 35 years in Spain during the 19th century?

  9.  Which countries participate in the Cold War?

  10.  What was signed on the 19th March of 1812?

Monday, 22 April 2024

Art Project: Historical film


You are going to start a project related to films and history. 
Work as the different roles of a film crew: director, producer, screenwriter, sound technician, lightning technician, set designer, make-up supervisor...



Choose an historical event to represent in a video approximately 5 minutes long!
The discovery of America,The Catholic Kings, The French Revolution, War of Succession, 
War of Independence, Enlightenment, WWI, WWII, Spanish Civil War...



Bear in mind the rubric:




Tuesday, 9 April 2024

VIDEOS ABOUT MODERN AND CONTEMPORARY AGE


1. THE MODERN AGE AROUND THE WORLD








Video 7: The Enlightenment


2. THE SPANISH MONARCHY DURING THE MODERN AGE







5. ART

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?


                               The Spanish Golden Age: Painting and Sculpture in the Time of ...  French Revolution - Wikipedia

  True Stories of the World Wars: In Association with the Imperial ...   Enlightenment

                Spanish Civil War: A History From Beginning to End (English ...     Impressionism – HiSoUR – Hi So You Are

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?