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Subject Objetives
Subject Objetives
Make students understand the changes that the Industrial Revolution caused in the environment, both in the countryside and in the cities.
Help them realise how the landscape has changed due to the agricultural revolution of the 18th century.
Make them aware of the beginning of the industrial pollution due to the use of new energy sources such as coal and oil.
Make them reflect about the history of the traditional energy sources, how polluting they are, and the need to develop alternative energy sources, that don’t deteriorate the environment.
Contents
Contents
The apparition of factories. The changes in the urban landscape. The growth of cities.
The coal as the main energy source of the First Industrial Revolution. Its impact on the environment.
The changes in the landscape: from openfields to enclosures.
The energy sources of the Second Industrial Revolution: electricity and oil. Their implementation in the improvement of the urban services.
Methodology
Methodology
Video and text about the differences between life before and after the Industrial Revolution. Discussion with the students in class.
Video about the inventions of the Second Industrial Revolution. Discussion about their pros and cons (mini debates)
Participation in the bilingual gymkana with questions about the topics mentioned above.
Timing
Timing
Two sessions and the gymkana
Tasks
Tasks
Task 1
Task 2
Life before the I. Revolution.pdfSecond IR and Victorian Era lesson.pdfPortfolio / Assessment
Portfolio / Assessment
The participation of the students will be assessed as established in the syllabus designing of the subject (up to 0.5 points extra to the term grade).
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