SOCIALISM V CAPITALISM

Once we finish with the industrialization process and its social consequences, we will have a look at the workers' movements and how they started struggling to get some rights. In that figth, new political ideas such as socialism, comunism and anarchism had a big influence. We are aware of the difficulty of the topic, so we are going to include  several videos in order to help you  understand it better.

FISHING NETS

Information about fishing.

THE INDUSTRIALIZATION IN "HOW GREEN WAS MY VALLEY" IN DBH4

DBH4 students are watching the film "How green was my valley", to illustrate the industrialization process that happened in Great Britain and its main consequences.
This film by the great John Ford, shows a little working class town located in Wales. The problems of those workers and how they start organiziing in unions to fight for their rights. We can also be aware of one of its main consequences: inmigration, as it's present in the film.

IDENTIFYING BIOMES & LANDSCAPES

This is an easy exercise to identify the different biomes. The only thing you have to do is drag the answer and locate it on the picture.

Some days ago we classified landscapes into three types: NATURAL, TRANSFORMED and ORDERED. We learned their definitions, characteristics and we are now able to identify them.

Here you have an exercise where you have to identify pictures of landscapes with their names.

And another one where you have to match the TYPES OF LANDSCAPES to THEIR DEFINITIONS / EXPLANATION .

Another good exercise to review the concepts and vocabulary learned so far is this easy crosswords we have  prepared. Come on, have a go!

All the previous activities are excellent practise for the exam you have soon.

LANDSCAPES

Transformed landscapes: Landscapes that have been slightly transformed by mankind, rural areas without the effects of industrialization.

Ordered landscapes:
Landscapes that have been transformed theoretically in a rational and coherent way. Urban areas transformed  by an industrial society.

However, we frequently find examples of the non-rational and incoherent transformation made by mankind, for example, many neighbourhoods from Brazil:

Or the many slums of Indian cities ...

THE MODERN ERA in Laskorain ikastola

DBH4 students are going to deal with the modern era in a new way. In groups of 5, they are going to explore this interesting time and publish their discoveries on the web. Let's go for it!
Click on the link above to get information about it.

RTVE, The Spanish TV has released a set of interesting docummentaries about this period of time. Although it is in Spanish, it's worth watching it because it's going to give you useful information to understand better the work you have to do.

• Docummentary 1: "America, un nuevo Mundo".
• Docummentary 2: "Carlos V: Un monarca,  un imperio, una espada"
• Docummentary 3: "La España de Felipe II: Un imperio sin emperador"

BIOMES IN DBH3

Do you know what biomes are? Do you know that there are 6 main biomes in our planet? Do words such as tundra, taiga or desert ring you a bell? Well, this is what students from the SSLIC programme in DBH3 are dealing with at the moment in Social Sciences.
Have a look at the following presentation if you want to know a bit more about them.