FRANCISCO DE GOYA

Goya, pintor de luces y sombras

EL MADRID DE LOS BORBONES

THE ENLIGHTENMENT

- By what other name do we know the period of the Enlightenment?

- What does the Word "enlightenment" mean?

- Which two men were considered the fathers of the Enlightenment? Where did they come from?

- Which type of approach to science did Francis Bacon promote?

- What new type of mathematics did Descartes invent?

- What is the method that Bacon and Descartes developed called? What is it?

- Which great English Enlightenment mathematician and physicist owes to the ideas of Descartes and Bacon?

ABSOLUTE MONARCHY

How Absolute Monarchies work.

El absolutismo en España

The War of Spanish Succession and the Treaty of Utrecht

CLICK HERE and you will find an interesting video about the War of the Spanish Succession.

Here you have another one:

And another one:

THE COLONISATION OF THE AMERICAS

MADRID A CITY WITH HISTORY

SPANISH EMPIRE 16TH CENTURY

o   This map shows Spain in the 16^th century. How is it different from the map of Spain today?

o   What modern-day countries were part of the Spanish Empire? What languages do they speak?

o   Which time would you prefer to live in? Why?

THE EMPIRE OF CHARLES I

Here you have a video about Charles V and the Holy Roman Empire. If you want to know more about it.

THE CATHOLIC MONARCHS

A brief summary of the history of the Catholic Monarchs

THE IMPACT OF THE PRINTING PRESS

- Why do you think the invention of the printing press was so important?

- Why do you think the church tried to control it?

GUTENBERG AND THE PRINTING PRESS

- How were books originally written? Do you think this was a fast or a slow way to make books?

- Who were the only people who had books?

- Who wanted to change that? What did he invent?

- Who has Access to books now? Why is it important?

RENAISSANCE INTRODUCTION

Now you know that after Middle Ages, a new way of thinking known as Humanism emerged...

 Now try to answer these questions:

- Why were the Middle Ages called the Dark Ages?

- What changes did the Renaissance bring?

WHAT HUMANISM HAS TO DO WITH THE RENAISSANCE?

- Do you know what is Humanism? and what does this have to do with the Renaissance?

EXPLORE THE MIDDLE AGES

DO YOU WANT TO LEARN MORE ABOUT THE MIDDLE AGES...

You can explore about what you like:

Living Conditions
Cultural Changes
Build a Medieval Town
Trade Fairs
The Guilds
Interactive Quiz about the Middle Ages (with answers)

Explore the Middle Ages

Free Presentations about the Middle Ages
Free Online Games for the Middle Ages
Free Middle Ages Video Clips
Free Middle Ages Clipart for Kids & Teachers
Free Clip Art
The Middle Ages for Kids

LIFE IN MEDIEVAL CASTLES

EXPANSION OF THE CHRISTIAN KINGDOMS

-          What country does this map represent? What do the two different colours represent?


 -          Why are there soldiers? Why are they fighting?

 -          What happens to the soldiers as the red part of the map grows? Why?

 -          Why is the map completely red at the end?

INTRODUCING THE CHRISTIANS KINGDOMS

-          What time period does it show? Does it look like Al-Andalus? Then, when do you think it is?

 -          Where do the people in the video live? Do the castles have Andalusi influences? Why not?

       -          Who do you think is fighting? Why?

1001 INVENTIONS

Here you have a video about different scientists and mathematicians and how their discoveries impact our lives today.

MIDDLE AGES: THE VISIGOTH KINGDOM AND AL-ANDALUS

Read about what we have been studied these days and do the quiz to test how much you have learnt so far.

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