THE 17TH CENTURY: THE THIRTY YEARS WAR

Among the many wars that took place in the 17th century, the most outstanding one is the "30 years war", the first war where all Europe was involved. It was a religious war, also.
Have a look!


(Map of Europe  at the end of the 30 years war)

IMPERIAL SPAIN: CHARLES I (V) & PHILIP II in the 16th century

In the 16th century Spain became one of the most important empires all over the world. An expanding empire, territories all over the world, in fact, an empire "on which the sun never sets". Charles I (V from Germany) and Philip II are the most important emperors representing this glorious time of the Spanish empire.
Here you have a mind map with the most outstanding information about them. You also have several links, which you can open, in case you are interested in getting more information.

NATURE & PROGRESS, A NECESSARY BALANCE

Do you remeber Chief Seatle's words? Do you remember how he thought that the land, the stars, the water that flows through the river is our sister, or our brother, that is, our relative? Do you remember that he said that it is impossible to sell something that you don't owe? Do you remember that his main message was that we should protect nature?
Do you think that we really do? Or we don't?


Listen to the following audio and fill in the gaps of this exercise. Do you agree with it? In that case, leave a message!
(You should open 2 windows at the same time, one for the audio and the other for the exercise)

AGE OF EXPLORATIONS: MAIN IDEAS

CAUSES AND CONSEQUENCES OF THE AGE OF EXPLORATIONS

Here you have an exercise where you can check how much you have learned about the age of exploration. You have to click on it and fill in the gaps. In case you don't know the answer, clik on the "hint" botton and it will give you a clue.

Vocabulary is also important and to name properly the concepts we are learning is essentian. So let's do this crosswords!

Characteristics of BIOMES

Now that we know quite a lot about biomes, let's check it! Here you have an exercise that will tell you how much of the information presented in class you have understood. Ready? So go for it! It's going to be a good test for the next exam you will have soon.

GURE PLANETAREN EDERTASUNA

DBH3koak biomak eta paisaiak lantzen ari direnez, aurkezpenak egiten ari dira gelaz gela. Har ezazue tartetxo bat gure planetaren edertasunaz gozatzeko!

HOW DID OUR ANCESTORS NAVIGATE WITHOUT A GPS?

We have learned that navigators from old times could easily follow a route using the compass and the astrolabe, but how did they manage? Just looking at the stars? This video will teach you how they did, in a very simple way. Have a look at it! it's worth!

BIOMES IN SOCIAL SCIENCES DBH3

We have already started the course and BIOMES is the first work that students from SOCIAL SCIENCES (DBH·3) are going to deal with.
In groups of 4, they are going to search about each one of them (Tundra, Taiga, Decidious forest, desert, savannah (grasslands) and rainforest), and they are going present their discoveries to the rest of the class.

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UNIFICATION OF ITALY AND GERMANY

Here's an interesting video about the Unification of Germany, made by an American schoolboy!



And now you can see a short video on both.