Materiales de estudio Tema 8

A continuación, dejo unos enlaces para trabajar la materia correspondiente al tema 8: «La época de entreguerras»:

• Powerpoint del tema (castellano) / Powerpoint del tema (valencià)
• Textos para comentario / Textos per al comentari
• English materials

Comentario de textos Tema 6

En este enlace encontraréis los textos para comentario correspondientes al Tema 6: Imperialismo y I Guerra Mundial.
En este enllaç trobareu els textos per al comentari corresponents al Tema 6: Imperialisme i I Guerra Mundial.

English | Unit 6: Imperialism & WWI

Here you have the summary for Unit 6: Imperialism and WWI.

English materials for Unit 4

Here you have the English materials of Unit 4: The Industrial Revolution.

The Edward Jenner story

Here you have a video about the discovery of the smallpox vaccine by British physician and scientist Edward Jenner in 1796.
By the mid-18th century smallpox was a major endemic disease, and in Europe smallpox was a leading cause of death, killing an estimated 400,000 Europeans each year.  

Textos para el Tema 4

En los siguientes enlaces podréis descargar e imprimir los textos para el comentario correspondientes al Tema 4:

• Textos Tema 4: La revolución industrial (castellano)
• Textos Tema 4: La revolució industrial (valencià) 

Introducing the industrial revolution

In this video you have an introduction to unit 4: the industrial revolution. Although the video is adressed to children, it is very useful to get a rough idea of what the industrial revolution is: machines, factories, bourgeoisie, workers, etc.

 

After viewing the video, please copy and answwer on your notebook these questions: 

1. Locate the term «industrial revolution». How did people live before that time?

2. Who invented the steam engine? How did it work?

3. Explain the consequences for the artisans of the apparition of the steam engine. 

4. Name other applications of the steam engine.

5. In which manner did industrial revolution change the society?

6. Explain the role of bourgeoisie and proletariat in the development of industry.

7. What did workers strike for? Name the main achievements of the labour movement.