You live in
Spain during the 19 th century; you are excited/frightened/nervous
about events//ideas which are happening around you and you talk to a friend
telling him/her about these changes.
Read
the following situations/events below. Choose one of the topics and you
will investigate this during your free time as homework. You will then give a
presentation in class describing this historic event based on what you
have investigated from various sources (library books, encyclopedia, internet
etc.). Investigate interesting and relevant facts about
events, people, dates related to this topic etc. You can include pictures, maps
etc. to support your information. It will be a digital presentation in class.
This is a group(x 4) formative task
Criterion:
B Investigation C: Communication D: Critical Thinking
Each group will choose one of the following situations: investigate this subject and
explain what life is like for you living in this moment of time:
1. You are a little
boy/girl who lives in Cadiz and who likes to gossip about “La Pepa”
Constitution (1812). What has happened?
2. You are a little
boy/girl living in Spain during the War of Independence/the Peninsular War, Spain
(1808-1814). What has happened?
3. You are a little
boy/girl living in Madrid and it is May 2nd / 3rd 1808
.What has happened?
4. You are a little boy/girl who lives in Spain
in 1898 and people are talking about the 1898 disaster. What has happened?
5. You are a little
boy/girl who lives in Spain in 1789, and people are talking about the French
Revolution in Paris, France. What has happened?
Read these example questions
below to help guide your investigation.
Person 1. What are
the general facts about this event? Where /when/why did this event
happen/begin?
Person 2/3.
Investigate a specific fact: a person/event: eg: Napoleon /Jose
Bonaparte/Goya/Generación 1898 /commoners/Revolutionaries etc .
Person 4. How do
people feel about the future? What are the consequences of this event?
Frightened /hopeful/ disappointed/ angry?? Explain why.
Instructions
Create a presentation
(digital )
Task to be completed in
class: 24th -28th April 2017
GROUP x 4.
2 slides per person = 15
key words per slide, plus pictures, maps and that will help with your
explanations.
Your teacher will be
assessing criteria: B C D.
Remember to check your spelling and grammar carefully.
Keep numbers approximate (e.g. about 3,000 kilos, not 3,148 kilos)
Keep your English simple but correct! Use titles, sub-titles, underline
key words to organize your work.
Do not copy huge chunks from Internet, E.g. copy and paste. This is
PLAGIARISM, the internet is to guide and help you, but you have to do the work
in your own words.
Include a bibliography/your sources.