Spanish Renaissance and Spanish Baroque.

 

RENAISSANCE

       

Lear more about the Renaissance in Spain.

BAROQUE

  

Learn more about the Baroque in Spain

THE DISCOVERY OF AMERICA

An interesting video about the discovery of America.

games, facts, History. Everything is in this page.

Discovering Bath, England

Romans used to live in Bath, England. I love this city and I think it is one of the most beautiful places I´ve ever been.

Baths were importan for Romans. 

 Let´s see this video:

Review the new lesson

Try to draw the pictures ;)




Look at the maps to see and imagine how the Christians conquered their kingdom.

Feudalism

Feudalism was a hierrarchical social system.:

The King: ruled the country.

The nobles: were very rich and lived in castles.

Knights: fought and they had lands.

The clergy: religious people.

Peasants: they were serfs and they weren´t free.

CHRISTIAN KINGDOMS

In today´s lesson you are going to learn about an amazing historical period... are you ready to travel to the past?

The Reconquista, in medieval Spain, is a series of campaigns by Christian states to recaptures the territory from the Muslims..It began just after the Muslim conquest in the 8th century and finished with the conquest of the kingdom of Granada in 1492.

Stages of the Reconquista:

Can you match the pictures ?

Examples of Muslims cities. Try to guess the name of this cities.

Sevilla, Córdoba, Toledo and Granada.

           

Al-Andalus.

                              

THE MIDDLE AGES.

        THE MIDDLE AGES     

                              

 

In this unit you will review and extend your knowledge of the history of the iberian peninsula during the middle ages and learn about the rise and fall of the civilisations and religions that existed at that time. You will place the middle ages in historical context and identify the defining characteristics of the preceding periods.

You will study the origins and development of the visigoth, muslim and christiam civilisations, their social and economic organisation and political development. You will learn about the most important participants and decisive moments in their existence, as well as their cultural legacy. You will also learn about the coexistence and collaboration of  muslims, jews and christians in al-andalus and the important role these played in spain´s development. You will also explore the cultural influence of the Reconquista and the origins of the camino de santiago.

You will lesarn about cities in al-andalus ant the christians kingdoms, how they were designed and what it would be like to live in a medieval city.

You  will also enjoy learn about the four architectural styles of the middle ages.