2- Look for information about (a few words and lot of images please):

Prince Otto Eduard Leopold von Bismarck-Schönhausen Duke of Lauenburg  was a very well known aristocrat and statesman. He was mainly responsible for unifying the many independent German countries and founding the German Empire in 1871. He became the firstchancellor of the new Empire.

Bismarck was very conservative and he was strongly connected to the monarchy. He was not a big supporter of democracy. His most important goal was to make Prussia stronger and he achieved that through the unification of Germany. Bismarck tried to stop the socialist movement and to reduce the power of the Catholic Church. One way to stop socialism was to make the working class happy. He did that by introducing many social reforms like public health and accident insurance, as well as pensions for old people.

David Livingstone was a Scottish medical missionary with theLondon Missionary Society. He wanted to be a missionary, but he could not get many people to convert to Christian beliefs, so instead, he explored and charted most of Africa. He gave theVictoria Falls their name. He named them after his queen, Queen Victoria.

 The Suez Canal is a canal in Egypt. It lies west of the Sinai Peninsula. The canal is 163 km long and, at its narrowest point, 300 m wide. It runs between Port Said on the Mediterranean Sea, and Suez on the Red Sea. It was built by a French company. The canal was started in 1859 and finished in 1869.

3- Visit the page of British Lybrary that permit you to read old newspapers, select one, for example, The News of the world, and look for news about colonialism, for example in 1886. Choose one and write a brief comment (summarysing and explaining it).

These new took about Australia and its colonies there. The problems and the families who live there or people who live there and had family in England.




4- Listen this song, what are they talking about?


The song is about Doctor Livingston and when he went to Africa and the things he saw and the thing what he was looking for.

LABOUR MOVEMENT

1- Mention some laws achieved by workers in England improving their work conditions.


- Implementation of specific laws governing labour relations. 
- The trade unions made negotiation of wages, work rules and provided a range of benefits to insure members against unemployment, ill, health, old age and funeral expenses.
- The adoption of the 8-hour work day .


2- What happened the first of May?


 This day is called Labour Day or May Day, because in this day implemented the journey of the 8-hour work day. There was very bigs demostrations and riots in many parts of the world. 

3- Look for information about the suffragettes. Who was Emily Davison?

Suffragettes is a movement  for women's suffrage in the UK, in particular members of the Womens's Social and Political Union. They wanted to be equals to men and take part in the decisions of the parlament.

Emily Davison (1872 -1913) was a prominent member of the feminist movement in early twentieth century, this movement started in Britain by the Women's Social and Political Union,  called suffragettes,  fought for the recognition of the right to vote for women.
Before his death in Epsom, Davison starred in several terrorist attacks on public buildings without any personal injury. Arrested and convicted several times, held several hunger strikes in prison.
On  4th June, 1913 she jump into the  circuit of  the Epsom Derby to protest, and the horse Anmer, property of the King George V, killed her.

THE US CONSTITUTION

The 6 principles are:





Popular Sovereignty- All of the power lies in the hands of people of the United States who are sovereign. 


Limited Government- Limited Government means that the government may only do things that the people that they have government give them the power to do. 


Separation of Powers- In a parliamentary system the legislative, executive, and judicial powers of government are all gathered in the hands of a single agency. 


Checks and Balances- The government is organized around three separate branches. Though the constitution says that these three powers must be separated they are still connected and are not completely independent of each other.


Judicial Review- The power of judicial review is the power of courts to determine whether what government does is in accord with what the constitution provides. 


Federalism-  The principle of federalism is the division of power among a central government and several regional government.

The crash 1929 - The financial crisis 2007

The similar things are:

The two were the result of a substantial increase in prices for many years. Also, the two resulted in rising unemployment and rising prices. The two started in the USA. But the especulation is the principal cause in the two crises. 

Imagine

Imaxina - John Lennon

Imaxina que non exista o ceo, 

é fácil se o intentas. 

Sen o Inferno debaixo nosa, 

arriba de nós, só o ceo. 

Imaxina a toda a xente,

vivindo para hoxe…

Imaxina que non hay países,

non é difícil de facer. 

Ninguén por quen matar ou morrer, 

nin tampouco relixión. 

Imaxina a toda a xente vivindo a vida en paz…

Podes dicir que son un soñador,

pero non son o único, 

espero que algún día te unas a nós, 

e o mundo vivirá como un.

Imaxina que non hai posesións, 

gustaríame saber si podes, 

sen necesidade de gula ou fama, 

unha irmandade de homes. 

Imaxínate a toda a xente compartindo o mundo.

Podes dicir que son un soñador,

pero non son o único, 

espero que algún día te unas a nós, 

e o mundo vivirá coma un so.

Vietnam War

Also known as Second Indochina War or American War, lasted from 1959 to 1975. It was fought between North Vietnam and South Vietnam. North Vietnam was supported by the USSR, China and North Korea, while South Vietnam was supported by the US with its allies South Korea, Thailand Australia, New Zealand, and the Philippines. This conflict between communists and pro-American countries was part of the Cold War.  

THE INDUSTRIAL REVOLUTION

1- Complete this table comparing the first and the second industrial revolution:

2- Working with press:

Jun 07, 1851

Jun 11, 1851

Manchester’s city 1851

The railway rapidly increased the population of Manchester. By 1851 over 455,000 people were living in the city. Housing conditions were appalling. It was reported that in some parts of the city the number of toilets averaged only two to two hundred and fifty people. Only forty per cent of the children living in this area reached their fifth year. Manchester is famous for its libraries. Manchester had new types of industry: electrical, chemical, steel...

3- Visit this web-site and find out more about children life in Victorian times, during the industrial revolution:

The Victorian age in British history is named after Queen Victoria, who was Britain's queen from 1837 until 1901. Only richer families could afford to pay the school fees, though some schools gave free places to poor boys. Girls did not go to school when the Victorian age began. Some were taught at home, but most girls got little education. Some children pushed trucks of coal along mine tunnels. They were called 'putters'. In Victorian times, many families had 10 or more children. Sadly, many children died as babies, or from diseases such as smallpox anddiphtheria. Many Victorian children were poor and worked to help their families. Although many children worked in Victorian times, they still had time to play.  

4- Watch this video of modern times film, what do you think that Charles Chaplin want to say?

New jobs were simple and monotonous.