Unit 4. Making History

Look at this picture by Dai Dudu, Li Tiezi, and Zhang An, 2006, oil on canvas
Click on the picture and find out about important characters in history.
Pick one out and write his/her biography
HISTORICAL FIGURE QUESTIONAIRE



UNIT VOCABULARY You will need the Past Simple tense.



Practice a little: 1, 2, 3

Choose, read a biography and do some exersices.





Write an 100+-word biography of someone important in the past. Use the click-on picture to choose one. Post it on your group blog under the tag: "biography, your surname". Follow the scheme: 

1st Paragraph. Introduction
Who was she?
What did she do?
_____________ was an important _________ .He/She discovered/created/explored/_______________--

2nd Paragraph. Early life
When and where was she born?
What did she study?
What else did she do?

 He/She was born in _______ in ________.
He/She studied ____________ in __________.
He/She_________

3rd Paragraph. Later life
What was her achievement?
What consequences did it have?
When did she die?/what is she doing now?

He/She  _______________ in _______ in ______
This was important because ________
He/She died in _____ in ______
He/She is ____________ now. 


Video activity Switch


TRANSLATE
1. John nació en California  y Linda nació en Barcelona.
2. John dejó la escuela en 1998
3. Linda fue a la universidad y viajó al extranjero con amigas
4. John se enamoró de Linda en una fiesta de Halloween en San Francisco
5. Ellos se prometieron y un año después se casaron en Las Vegas.
6. Mas tarde se mudaron a Barcelona.
7. John y Linda no tuvieron hijos.
8. En 2016 se mudaron a California.
9. En 2017 Trump ganó las elecciones, el gobernó 3 años
10. En 2020...(continue the story)