SOCIAL SCIENCE REVIEW QUESTIONS

Hi folks!!!

Here I post some good questions to review Social Science. There we go:

• 1) Who were the Catholic Kings?
• 2) Which were the four main at styles in Spain during the Middle Ages?
• 3) Mention 3 characteristics of the Gothic style.
• 4) Why did the Reconquista happen?

If you know the answer, post your comments below!

With love,
Alejandro.

P.S: HALLOWEEN IS COMING!

NEOMUDÉJAR IN ALCALÁ DE HENARES: PALACETE LAREDO

Palacete Laredo (Alcalá de Henares, 1882) is a neomudéjar palace. Nowadays it is the headquarters building of Museo Cisneriano.

It is located in Paseo de la Estación and was built by José Laredo y Ordoño, the mayor of Alcalá de Henares back then. It was his private house too, but he became poor after finishing it. It has many rooms with amazing effects and incredible paintings too.

There are secrets in there too but, folks, I won't tell them.

Although I would LOVE to visit it with you all, it is only opened during the weekends, in morning hours and, the best thing about it...YOU HAVE IT VERY CLOSE FROM HOME!!

Will you visit it? You won't regret!!

EXÁMENES 1 DE LENGUA Y MATEMÁTICAS

¡Hola!

Os dejamos los exámenes del tema 1 de Lengua y Matemáticas, por si queréis repasar y mejorar vuestras destrezas lingüística y matemática.

Sólo tenéis que pinchar en los enlaces que veréis a continuación:

EXAMEN TEMA 1 DE LENGUA

EXAMEN TEMA 1 DE MATEMÁTICAS

¡Feliz tarde de martes!

SYMBOLS ALL AROUND YOUR MARVELLOUS CELEBRATION

Hi everyone!!!!

I've just come back from Alcalá (Mercadillo Medieval) and I have to tell you: THAT IS THE BEST MARKET EVER!!!!

I had a great time there and, as you can suspect, I took some great pics for you. All about symbols (you can find them all around there...):

Take the opportunity of going out there!!! It is incredible!!

¡NOVEDADES!

¡Hola!

Tenemos ciertas novedades que comentar.

La primera es que finalmente no haremos la salida a ver las justas del mercadillo medieval, ya que no hay hueco para nosotros. No obstante, este año se van a realizar muchas actividades, ya veréis...

La segunda, como podréis haber comprobado ya, es que el blog (y las clases poco a poco también) se está preparando para Hallowe'en...¿Os disfrazaréis?

Y por supuesto, si observáis bien los laterales del blog tendréis muchas pistas y ayudas sobre todo para Social y Natural Science...

¡Alerta permanente!

¡NOS VAMOS DE EXCURSIÓN EL DÍA 24!

¡Hola!

Nos iremos de excursión el día 24 de octubre, a ver una exhibición de humor gráfico aquí en Alcalá de Henares.

La actividad es gratuita, pero necesitamos que traigáis las autorizaciones...

¡A por todas!

THE THREE SYMBOLS OF MEDIEVAL SPAIN

Hi folks!

This week we have been creating some amazing shields with plastic plates and gouache.

They were decorated with a symbol, the one you all chose...but there are hundreds of characteristic symbols that are related to each culture (Jews, Muslims...). Let's see the three most important ones:

• THE STAR OF DAVID (Jew): Star of David - Its shape is that of a hexagram, the compound of two equilateral triangles. The hexagram has been in use as a symbol of Judaism since the 17th century, with precedents in the 14th to 16th centuries in Central Europe, where the Shield of David was partly used in conjunction with the Seal of Solomon (the hexagram) on Jewish flags. The hexagram does appear occasionally in Jewish contexts since antiquity, apparently as a decorative motif. For example, in Israel, there is a stone bearing a hexagram from the arch of a 3-4th century synagogue in the Galilee.

• THE STAR AND CRESENT (Muslim): The star and crescent is the best-known symbol used to represent Islam. The symbol is not Muslim in origin, it was a polytheistic icon adopted during the spread of Islam, and its use today is sometimes controversial in the Muslim world. The crescent and star are often said to be Islamic symbols, but historians say that they were the insignia of the Ottoman Empire, not of Islam as a whole.

• CHRISTIAN CROSS (Catholic): The cross symbol, which is today one of the most widely recognised religious symbols in the world is the earliest used Christian symbol. In the most broad sense it symbolizes the religion of Christian. More specifically, it represents and memorializes Christ's death.

Don't miss the opportunity that "MERCADILLO MEDIEVAL" will bring to you in terms of symbol-seeking!