THE MIDDLE AGES IN 3 1/2 MINUTES

Hello kids,

I have found this amazing video which shows a perfect 3 and 1/2 minutes explanation about the middle ages.

We will watch it during class.

See you!

FIRST DEMOCRACY IN ATHENS

Hello kids,

Have a look at this funny representation about how was the first democracy in history, YOU WILL LAUGH!

It is an extract from the book "Groovy Greeks" that your classmate Isabel kindly lent us.

See you tomorrow :-)

THE CITY OF BABYLON

Hi everyone,

Here you have some information and pictures of the spectacular city of Babylon.

Hope you like it!

ANCIENT ALPHABETS: MESOPOTAMIA AND EGYPT

Hello again,

I post here one sample of the cuneiform writing used in Ancient Mesopotamia and one sample of the hieroglyphic writing used in Ancient Egypt.

Tomorrow we will write our names as they did in the ancient times!!

CUNEIFORM WRITING SYMBOLS

HIEROGLYPHIC WRITING SYMBOLS

THE ROSETTA STONE

Hello everyone,

I post an interesting link to a website which shows lots of facts about the Rosetta Stone.

If we have time, we will watch it in class tomorrow.

See you :-)

LINK TO THE ROSETTA STONE WEBSITE

THE HUMAN RACE

Hi kids,

Have a look at this comic, it's very funny and it gives us an easy explanation about the evolution of the human race, it belongs to a magazine called Horrible Histories.

We will read it during our next class.

See you on Monday :-)

HISTORY

Hello kids,

Today we start the section about History from our subject Natural and Social Science.

We will study interesting things about different cultures from past times and I guarantee this will be very exciting!!

I posted here an image and a link with a timeline about Prehistory since this is the first period we are studying.

LINK TO GEOLOGIC TIMELINE