Good Luck for You All!

School end is near, which means we are getting ready for our deserved holidays. I've enjoyed being your teacher for two years and I've learned a lot with you, too.

I just wanted you to learn to like foreign languages in general and English in particular, because it will open many doors for you. I think you already know how important it is to learn things and have good behavior.

I hope you are lucky in the future and become successful men and women (you deserve it).

I also hope you have good memories of your stay at IES El Fontanal.

For whatever you may need, count on me.

I will miss you a lot!

Great Job!

Our last online activity (the WebQuest on Europe) was a real success: you did a good job. Here are some pictures and a video taken at the press conference:

Hitler

Hello my name is Manuel Caro Quiñones and it is the interiew of Hitler:

His full name is Adolf Hitler, he is Austrian. He borned in 20 of April of 1889 in Braunau am Inn (Austria-Hungry). And he death the 28 of April in 1945 in Berlin (Germany). Adolf Hitler was chancellor of Germany adn the fühker. Hitler was the person who began the Second World War.
He is a historical figure because he start a big war and do a holocaust. Hitler hate the jews because when he was child, he saw that the jews were very rich. And the senteces of Hitler for call voates is: Stimme für mich, wenn sie ein seuberes Europa wollar.

Napoleón interview

Hello, my name is Maria Jesús, and I will let the interview that I did to Napoleón on thursday 16th of June.


*Full name: he full name is Napoleón Bonaparte.

*Nationality: he is French.

*Date of birth: he born the 15th of August 1769.

*Place of birth: he born in Ajaccio, Corsia.

*Date of death: he die the 5th of May 1821.

*Place of death: he die in Longwood, Saint Helena, Britizh Empire.
Napoleón die.

*Reasons for being a historical figure: Napoleón is a famous person because he created and led the French Empire. He had conquered many countries and had control for all Europe.

*Other aspects: her brother José Bonaparte was king also thank to he.

*Eurioean Seal of Excellence: sentence to call for votes: he said that we vote for him because he was the person most important in Europe in the XIX century and specially since he gave a new king to spain.

*What does your family think about your life?: that is very pround of him because he accupy all Europe and created a great empire.

Queen Victoria

Queen Victoria:

The Queen Victoria said me that her full name is Alexandrina Victoria and she was born on 1829,the 4th of May at kensigton palace in London.
She said me that her marriage was agreed with her cousin Albert.
When she was 16 years old her father spoke with the Albert's father to agree the marriage.
When I asked her about the jourbey that her succesor did on Ireland, she said me that she think that is a good idea because when she was queen she loved to travel on Ireland because the people love her.At the end she said me that she was death on 1901,the 22nd of January at Osborne house on isle of wight when she was 72 years old.

Bilingual Questionnaire

As your stay with us at IES El Fontanal is about to come to an end, we would like you to answer this short survey, so that we can improve our job in the future. Thanks a bunch!

Winston Churchil

Hello!!

Yesterday I had the extraordinary opportunity to interview Winston Churchil. Churchil was a british politician of the twentieth century. On my first question I asked him that what is his full name, he answered me politely that his name is Winston Leonard Spencer-Churchil. On my following question I asked him for receive more information of he: he born on 30 November of 1874 in Oxfordshire, in Woodstock (England). The next question was a bit strange: When and where did you death? Unusually he answered me that he died on 24 January of 1965 in Hyde Park, in London.

The second part of the interview were another questions, but this questions are more personal.

After this questions I understanded that Winston Churchil is a person that prefer his private life specially. Before Prime Minister he was a member of th Parliament, he was journalism, historian, author and he told me that he loves the painting.

Winston Churchil is a historical figure, because he became the leader of te Opposite, he became prime minister during the Secon World War, and many other things.

The interview was finish with his own political slogan:
``I am the most inportant British politician of the twentieth century and I was the Prime Minister during the Second World War´´.

Thanks for watching and see you on the next report.

Emmeline Pankhurst

-Full name: Her full name is Emmeline Pankhurst.
-Nationality: She is English.
-Date of birth: She born on 14 or 15 july 1858.
-Place of birth: She was born in Manchester.
-Date of death: She died on 14 june 1928.
-Place of death: She dies in London.
-Main occupation: She is an English political activist and leader of the British suffragette movement , which help women won the right to vote.
-Main interest: She was introduce at the age of 8 to the women´s suffrage movement. In 1878 she married with Richard Pankhurst. She have ten children.
-Reasons for being a historical fugure: Because she get that women can vote and she being the suffragist movement. She is one of the 100 most important people of thw 20th century.
-Other aspects: After the husband died in 1898 , she founded the women´s social and political union. She died ini 1928 and she was commemorated two years later with a statue in Victoria Tower Garden in London.
-European Seal of Excellence:Sentence to call fot votes: "Hunger strikes are a good way to ligth for female rights".

Adam Smith

Full name: Adam Smith
Nationality: Scotland
Date of birth: 5th June 1723
Place of birth: Kirkcaldy, Scotland
Date of death: 17th July 1790
Place of death: Edimburgh, Scotland
Main occupation: Social Philosopher
Political Economy
Main interests: he wrote the book "the wealth of nations".
Reasons for being a historical figure: he was the greatest exponents of classical economics.
Other aspects: he was appointed professor at the University of Glasgow.

Emmeline Pankhurst

-Full name: Her full name is Emmeline Pankhurst.

-Nationality: She is English.
-Date of birth: She born on14 or 15 july 1858.
-Place of birth: She was born in Manchester.
-Date of death: She dies on 14 june 1928.
-Place of death: She dies in London.
-Main occupation: She is an English political activist and leader of the British suffragette movement , which help women won the right to vote.
-Main interest: She was introduce at the age of 8 to the women´s suffrage movement. In 1878 she married with Richard Pankhurst. She have ten children.
-Reasons for being a historical fugure: Because she get that women can vote and she being the suffragist movement. She is one of the 100 most important people of thw 20th century.
-Other aspects: After the husband died in 1898 , she founded the women´s social and political union. She died ini 1928 and she was commemorated two years later with a statue in Victoria Tower Garden in London.
-European Seal of Excellence:Sentence to call fot votes:"Hunger strikes are a good way to ligth for female rights"

GARIBALDI

In the conference, I had questions for Garibaldi.

One question was, what your full name is, and He said that her name was Giuseppe Garibaldi.

Too He said that he was born the 4^th July 1800 Nece, Italy (today in France).

I asked when he died and if he would died in the same place that he born and he told me that he wasn’t died in the same place, because he died in Caprera (Italy) in 2 June 1887.

Next I asked if he would get any occupation, he said that he was an Italian soldier and politician, and the main interests were the same.

He told me that the group that he led was called the red shirts, and the last question was, why he was a historical figure, and He said that he is very important because he unified Italy and was a National hero.

I think that you can vote Garibaldi because he fought for the unification of Italy and this is very important.

KARL MARX

Full name: Karl Helnrich Marx Pressburg

Nationality: He was German.

Date of birth: He was born in 5 of May 1818.

Place of birth: Trier (Germany).

Date of death: He was dead in 14 of March 1883.

Place of death: London (United kingdom).

Main occupations: He was philosopher, sociologist, historian, political economist, journalist, political theorist and revolutionary socialist.

Main interests: Marx thougth that if a place that works and together runs wage-labor, then there would always by class struggle. He thought that this class struggle would result in workers taking power.

Reasons for being a historical figure: He was a historical figure

because he was creatre the marxism, a set of political and economic ideas.

Other aspects: He had to move to London because the goverment didn't like his ideas.

His sentence to call for votes: The dictatorship of the proletariat is the best way to do away with social classes.

James Watt

Full name: James Watt

Nationality: He was Scottish
Date of birth: He was born in 19 of January of 1736
Place of birth: He was born in Greenock, in Scotland.
Date of death: He was dead on 25 of August of 1819
Place of death: he was dead in Handsworth
Main occupation: He was a mechanician and an engineer
Main interests: He improved the steam machine.
Reasons for being a historical figure: He saved energy with the improving of the steam machine, and this was his jump to be a historical figure, apart from discover some maths unit like horsepower or the watts.

Other aspects: He studied in London, and he discovered much of the recent chemical products.

His sentence to call for votes: "I am a mechanical engineer. I have improved the steam machine to save power"

Mussolini

Full name: Benito Amilcare Andrea Mussolini.
Nationality: He is italian.
Date of birth: He was born the 29 July 1883.
Place of birth: Predappio Forli, Italy.
Date of death: He was dead the 28 April 1945.
Place of death: Giulino di Mezzegro Italy.
Main ocupation: He was politician, journalist and novelist.
Main intersts: He was a world fascist.
Reasons for being a historical figure: It was because he was one of the participants of the Second World War and was an ally of Hitler.
Sentence to call for votes: "Italy will have peace and we will give it with love if possible or by force if necesary"

Reporting Europe

Montesquieu

1. What was your full name? Charles Louis de Secondat, Señor de la Brède y Barón de Montesquieu.
2. What was your nationality? He was french.
3. When were you born? 18 January 1689.
4. Where were you born? Château de la Brède.
5. When did you die? 10 February 1755
6. Where did you die? In Paris
7. What was your main occupation? He was a social commentator and political thinker.
8. What were your main interests? He was political and philosophy
9. Why were you a historical figure? He was famous for his articulation of the theory of separation of powers and he implemented in many constitutions throughout the world.
10. Could you give me other aspects of you? He wrote many books.
11. He is famous for his theory of separation of powers. Thanks to him there were many discussions of goverment and he implemented the constitutions all over the world.

He invented the thory of separation of powers

Reporting Europe: a WebQuest

Quite soon we will begin working on the last project of the year: a WebQuest on some European countries and historical figures. You can access it by clicking here.