Can a war be stopped?

Sainsbury’s Christmas advert. Made in partnership with The Royal British Legion. Inspired by real events from 100 years ago. 

And this is the real story behind the advert. In this short documentary they talk to the experts who advised them, interview the grandson of a soldier who was there, and hear first-hand accounts from both sides.

But you can wonder why the war started again.  f you are interested read the following article which shows a different opinion about the advert or have a look at this website.

Hope you enjoy!

The United Nations

Here you are the video to complete the task about The United Nations. Cick on the flag

Dossier on your country II - THE STATE

Here you are the second part of your dossier. This time we will know more about what kind of state it is.
You can follow these ideas and the links at the bottom.

·         Political map

o       capital

o       division into regions

o       provinces

o       any other

·         Flag (anthem)

·         Borders: geographical, cultural or/and artificial

·         Territories out of the borders:

o       Embassy in Spain

o       Embassy of Spain in this country

o       In another country or continent

o       (Conflicts about borders)  in unit 3

·         Government:

o       Democracy or dictatorship/oligarchy

o       Republic or monarchy

§       President’s name

§       King/Queen’s name

o       Parliament (if they have one)

§       Description

§       Main political parties

·         Elections

o       How often

o       Process

·         Separation of powers

·         Constitution

·         Centralised or decentralised

·         Religion

o       Secular, confessional or theocracy

o       Main religion

·         Currency

·         Welfare state

LINKS
http://www.nationsonline.org/oneworld/index.html
http://www.indexmundi.com/site_map.html
http://www.embassyworld.com/Embassy_Search_Engine/

IRREGULAR VERBS LIST FOR ESO 3

Hi, class! Here's the link to an older post with an audio file for the scary list:


http://seccionzobel.blogspot.com.es/2014/03/irregular-verbs-list-audio-file-for-eso.html

Mount ETNA comes to life again

Can you answer the following questions after watching the video (50 sec) and reading the article (121 words)?

USEFUL VOCABULARY

 

Spark: a small burning piece

Plume: cloud

Rise: go up

Hazard: risk

Below: under

Ditch: a long channel for water or something liquid

Dam: a barrier, a small wall, to stop the water 

Divert: to make something change direction

QUESTIONS

1.      Where is Etna?

2.      Which kind of volcano is Etna?

3.      Do you know more examples of this type of volcano?

4.      Which plates are moving to cause the eruption of this volcano?

5.      Can you describe the process of this eruption?

1)      

2)      

3)      

6.      When did the last big eruption occur?

7.      The BBC says that the airport had to close temporarily. Can you guess the reason?

8.      Can you guess the hazards for towns and villages around the volcano?

        9.      How were they protected in the past?

And, as a reward after having done your homework, you can enjoy some videos about Pompeii
   

How to upload the dossier on your country to google drive

HI  EVERYONE !!!

As I told you this morning, we can use google drive to share the dossiers on your countries. That way I can check them without any risk of viruses.
The steps you have to follow are:

1. Open the gmail account I gave to you
2. On the right hand side corner, near the name, there's a square divided into nine smaller squares. Click on it.
3. You will see several icons, click on Drive (a triangle with three colours: blue, green and yellow)
4. A:  Then, you can drag your ppt with the mouse into the folder or ...

             B:  You can click on the folder to open it and click on New. Then, upload documents (you can find the document on your computer and select it)

And that's all !!!!!!