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Galileo and the Inquisition.

ASSESSMENT CRITERIA AND OBJECTIVES

HISTORY

To understand the basic features of the functioning of the Tribunal of the Holy Office.
To understand the major milestones in the history of the Inquisition.
To know the importance of the Inquisition in times of Galileo and its main instruments of torture.
To analyze and use pictures to explain a topic.
To reject torture and violation of human rights

CONTENTS

HISTORY

LANGUAGE (L2)

Vocabulary:
- Nouns: institution, religion, trial, court, witchcraft, magic, science, clergy, Pope, torture...
- Adjectives: condemned, guilty, innocent, right, unfair...
- Verbs: to condemn, to turn down, to retract, to accept, to judge.
Structures:
Present tenses (present simple, present continuous and present perfect)
Modals (must, should) and passive (Galileo was condemned by Inqusition)
Used to: (Inquisition used to judge the witches).

COMMUNICATION

CULTURAL ELEMENTS

To appreciate the freedom of religion as a positive value of our society and reject the domain of beliefs about science.
Rejection of torture as a violation of human rights

FINAL TASK

To explain a digital picture's collage about different topics of the Inquisition.

ACTIVITIES / TIME DISTRIBUTION

SESSION 1: assessment of previous knowledge through discussion with students and brainstorm. Introduce the unit and it´s organization and provide the necessary resources. Distribution in groups of 4-5 students. Summary and conceptual map of the content offered
SESSION 2: Development of collage
SESSION 3: Exhibition explaining the collage

KEY COMPETENCES

Competence in linguistic communication.

ASSESSMENT

Essential Part (70%) through the achievement of the final task and its correct explanation.

Complementary Part (20%): class notebook with the summary and abstract and conceptual maps.
Supplementary Part (10%): attendance, attitude and interest in the unit, through direct observation of the student.

RECOMMENDED RESOURCES

Virtual resources:

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Videos explaining Inquisition and Galileo:

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Textbook 2nd Grade Oxford, dictionary.

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