Unit didactic 1
FROM
MONTEQUINTO
TO
EUROPE
1ª SESSIÓN
Warm-up: Do a brainstorming to see what prior knowledge have students on the subject that is
being treated: physical and political geography of their neighborhood, their town, their province,
their autonomous community, his country and Europe. As well as the different symbols, such as
the flag, anthem, coat of arms, currency, etc.
Learn basic vocabulary: On a list of words, which will be the basic vocabulary of this unit, the pupil
should help with a dictionary or a computer and will check which means each word displayed.
Presentation of the unit: the contents of this unit will be presented to students. It is located in:
CONTENIDOS
https://drive.google.com/a/ceipeuropa.net/file/d/0B_2asJV5cCsfT1RHVkhTNTN1eDQ/view?usp=sharing
All the doubts that may arise them before the contents that have been presented will explain.
1. Do you know these words? You can look for them in the dictionary
or the computer.
TASKS
neigborhood
town
province
autonomous community
school
country
inhabitant
mountainous system
coat of arm
city
monument
populous
North
South
river
world heritage site
West
East
border
constitutional monarchy
bound
king
continent
political system
Earth
belong
sea
government
ocean
anthem
president
democracy
peak
mountain
island
mountain range
coast
flag
2. Write in the correct place these words:
Seville, Montequinto, Dos Hermanas, Spain, Andalusia
3. Circle the correct answer
1.The inhabitants of Dos Hermanas are cal led
Dos Hermanenses
Nazarenos
Sevillanos
3. How many people live in Seville?
35.000
8.000.000
700.000
5. Andalusia is divided in
9 provinces
5 provinces
8 provinces
7. The highest mountain in Spain is
Teide
Mulhacén
Aneto
2. Montequinto is a
neighborhood
province
autonomous community
4. Andalusia is situated
on de West of Spain
on the South of Spain
on de East of Spain
6. The most important river in Andalusia is
Ebro
Guadalquivir
Tagus
8.- The capital of Spain is
Barcelona
Seville
Madrid
2ª SESSIÓN
Interactive exercise: Before you do the activities, you have to watch these
videos by clicking on the links more below .
https://drive.google.com/file/d/0B7joxEgZ7OYPX3U4WDZBQy1SR0U/view?usp=sharing
https://drive.google.com/file/d/0B7joxEgZ7OYPbnJwSnNiWWMzMDA/view?usp=sharing
https://drive.google.com/file/d/0B7joxEgZ7OYPRzExZ20zZ2RsZk0/view?usp=sharing
4. Write the name of
the two mountain
systems, the river
most important , the
highest peak and the
mountain pass in
Andalusia.
5. After you read or listen to the information about
Andalusia, complet the answer.
The highest mountain is _________________
The river móst important is ________________.
It has ________________ provinces.
It is on the ______________________ of Spain.
The capital is ________________ .
The mountain pass is _____________________.
It is bounded on the south by the _______________________________________________ sea.
The flag is ___________________, _____________________ and ________________________.
It has __________ million people.
It is the ___________ largest community in Spain.
6. Fill the missing information after you read it about the unit.
My school is in ________________________. Montequinto is a _________________________ of
Dos Hermanas. Dos Hermanas is the _________________ largest city in the province of Seville. The
Inhabitants of Dos Hermanas are called ____________________. Dos Hermanas belongs to the
_____________ of Seville. Andalusia has ____________ provinces. Andalusia is an
_________________ ________________. This autonomous community is situated on the
__________ of Spain. The capital of Andalusia is ____________. Spain is situated on the _________
of Europe. Spain is divided in _______ autonomous communities. The capital of Spain is
___________. Spain is bordered to the south and east by ___________________ sea. Spain has
_____ million people. The two autonomous cities of Spain are ____________ and ____________.
The highest mountain in Spain is the ______________. The ______________ is the largest river in
Spain. The Spanish flag is ________, ________________ and _______. ___________________ is the
king of Spain. Spain is a _________________ monarchy. In Spain, besides Spanish there are other
official languages in their respective autonomous communities: _____________, _____________
and __________________.
Teide, catalan, Ceuta, town, neighborhood, Felipe VI,
autonomous community, Mediterranean, Melilla,
Montequinto, Basque, South, Galician, red, constitutional,
yellow, red, Seville, 46, second, Nazarenos, province, eight,
south, seven, Madrid.
3ª SESSIÓN
Before doing the tasks, listen to the explanatory video about the autonomous
communities. You can access in the link.
https://drive.google.com/file/d/0B7joxEgZ7OYPcHJFX1NEenVQS28/view?usp=sharing
Interactive task: When you finish, you can practice with these links you can see below.
http://genmagic.net/repositorio/albums/userpics/espcom.swf
http://serbal.pntic.mec.es/ealg0027/espauto1e.html
http://www.juegos-geograficos.com/juegos-geografia-Comunidades-de-Espana-_pageid92.html
http://www.toporopa.eu/es/espana_comunidades_autonomas.html
7. After you write the autonomous communities, colour them.
AUTONOMOUS
COMMUNITIES
A_____
GALICIA, NAVARRA, VALENCIA, EXTREMADURA, ASTURIAS, LA RIOJA, CASTILE-LA MANCHA,
ANDALUSIA, CANTABRIA, ARAGON, MADRID, MURCIA, CASTILE-LEON, CATALONIA, BALEARIC
ISLANDS, CANARY ISLANDS, BASQUE COUNTRY, CEUTA, MELILLA.
Before you do the task, listen to the explanatory video on the relief and the
rivers of Spain. You can access at the link below.
https://drive.google.com/file/d/0B7joxEgZ7OYPejZPYzJ6bnlPcGc/view?usp=sharing
https://drive.google.com/file/d/0B7joxEgZ7OYPZWpSc2lVV19JSGc/view?usp=sharing
Interactive task: Now practice with the activities about mountain systems and rivers
of Spain, you will find it in the links below.
http://serbal.pntic.mec.es/ealg0027/esporog1e.html
http://www.juntadeandalucia.es/averroes/~23003429/educativa/relieveespana.html
http://serbal.pntic.mec.es/ealg0027/esparios2eb.html
http://www.educa.jcyl.es/educacyl/cm/zonaalumnos/tkPopUp?pgseed=1199088596665&idCo
ntent=45836&locale=es_ES&textOnly=false
8. Put the mountain systems and the most important rivers of
Spain in the correct place.
PYRENEES, SISTEMAS BÉTICOS, GUADALQUIVIR, SISTEMA IBÉRICO, MULHACÉN, CORDILLERA
CANTÁBRICA, SIERRA MORENA, TAGUS, TEIDE, EBRO, SISTEMA CENTRAL.
4ª SESSIÓN
Read the content of click on the link you can see below
https://drive.google.com/file/d/0B7joxEgZ7OYPNTFZaGFJRWhCRVE/view?usp=sharing
9. Find 7 european countries
Interactive task: If you click the links you see, you can do many
activities about the european continent.
http://www.toporopa.eu/es/paises_de_europa.html
http://www.toporopa.eu/es/paises_de_la_ue.html
http://www.toporopa.eu/es/eurozona.html
http://europa.eu/kids-corner/explore_en.html
http://europa.eu/kids-corner/memory/index_en.htm#/game
Now you are prepared to answer these tasks
10. Work in pairs. Ask and answer. Complete the table.
How many autonomous communities are
there in Spain?
What’s the population of Europe?
Describe the European flag.
What are the official languages in Spain?
Tell me some important countries of Europe.
Name a sea on the South of Europe.
The currency of the European Union is
How many continents are on Earth?
The second smallest continent on Earth is
Tel l me the continent on the West of Europe
What is the anthem of Europe?
Do you know the number of countries of the
European Union?
When it is celebrated the Day of Europe?
What city is considered the capital of the
European Union?
5ª SESSIÓN
Before you do the tasks, practice with these interactive activities
http://www.toporopa.eu/es/banderas_de_europa.html
http://www.mapmsg.com/games/statetris/europe/
11. For the groups: Choose. Make a poster about Spain, then draw all
the autonomous communities, the most important rivers and
mountainous systems and the geographical limits or make a poster
about your autonomous community, then draw all the provinces, the
most important river and mountainous systems and the geographical
limits. At the end explain it to your mates.
12. Another task for the groups: Write sentences using these
comparatives and superlatives with the vocabulary from this unit:
Higher than, the highest - bigger than, the biggest – smaller than, the
smallest – longer than, the longest – larger than, the largest.
Examples: Mount Mulhacén is the highest mountain in the Peninsula /
Barcelona is bigger than Córdoba …
13. In pairs: Find out about these famous monuments in Europe.
Write the cities and the countries where they belong to.
CITY
The Colosseum
Eiffel Tower
Big Ben
Sagrada Familia
The Trevi Fountain
The Acropolis
Tower of Pisa
Arc of Triumph
COUNTRY
6ª SESSIÓN
14.- Write true (T) or false (F).
· Andalusia has eight provinces. ____
· Málaga is the capital of Andalusia. ____
· The flag of Andalusia is green, white and red. ____
· Andalusia is an autonomous community of Spain. ____
· The most important river in Andalusia is the Ebro. ____
· Andalusia is bordered on the south by Extremadura and
Castile-La Mancha. ____
· The Mulhacén is the hisghest peak in Andalusia. ____
· Torre del Oro is in Granada. ____
· The river Guadalquivir is navigable from Seville. ___
· Burgos is a province of Andalusia. ____
15.- Put the letters in order to find the continents and the provinces of
Andalusia.
· FRCAIA: ______________
· BOADRCO: ____________________
· SIAA: ________________
· VLIESAL: _____________________
· EUPORE = _____________
· AIREMAL: ____________________
· RMIEAAC = ____________
· MAGAAL: ____________________
· ONIAEAC = _____________
· VLIESAL: _____________________
16.- Read and match.
EUROPE
FELIPE VI
EIFFEL TOWER
TAGUS
MADRID
SPANISH ANTHEM
NAZARENOS
THE PYRENEES
CATALÁN
· It is the longest river in Spain.
· It is the second smallest continent.
· He is the king of Spain.
· It has not lyric
· It is another official language.
· It is in Paris
· It divides Spain from France.
· They are the inhabitants from Dos Hermanas.
· It is the capital of Spain.
17. Write the correct answer about Andalusia.
- The most representative monument is ________________________
- The biggest city is _______________________
-The longest river is _____________________
- The highest peak is ________________________
- The capital of this autonomous community is __________________
- The most populated community in Spain is ___________________
- The second largest community in Spain is _____________________
18. Play hangman. Use words from this unit:
19. If you want to make true sentences, put in order these words.
-of is Europe the currency The euro.
- divided eight is Andalusia provinces into.
- located Europe In South-west of is Spain
- mountain Teide highest the Spain in The.
- capital the Rome Italy is of.
- bordered North the France by is Spain to.
7ª SESSIÓN
20. Write the limits of Europe on this map.
21. Order these cities o Spain from the smallest to the
biggest depending on their population:
CITIES
MADRID
JAÉN
VALENCIA
SEVILLE
MÁLAGA
BARCELONA
IN ORDER
22. Complete this text and fill the blanks by using the vocabulary you
know:
Hí, my name is __________. I'm from _____________. It is a very nice
____________________. I live in Montequinto with my parents. It is a
______________________ of Dos Hermanas, a big _____________ of
the ______________ of Seville. I love living in an _________________
___________________________ like Andalusia, because the people is
very friendly. In summer I love to travel around Europe. It is a very big
____________________ and there are many _________________ like
_________________, ________________ or _________________ and
_________ is a very big continent and there are many __________ like
_______________, __________________, or ______________.
Town, France, province, country, Italy, Spain, province, autonomous
community, continent, countries, France, neighborhood.
23. Write the limits of Spain on this map.
PORTUGAL, PYRENEES, MEDITERRANEAN SEA, ATLANTIC OCEAN,
AFRICA, FRANCE. CANTABRIAN SEA
24. First you have to answer these questions. Then you can check it
with your mate.
1. What is the capital of the Autonomous community of Catalonia?
Málaga
Barcelona
Valencia
2. Spain is a
Country
Town
City
3. Madrid is the ________________ of Spain.
autonomous community
capital
country
4. To which country belongs the city of Pesaro?
France
Spain
Italy
5. Andalusia is an ______________________________.
Continent
Autonomous community
Province
6. Turku is a city of ________________.
Turkie
Finland
Italy
7. The ________________ separe Spain from France.
Pyrenees
Sierra Morena
Sistema Ibérico
8. ______________ and _______________ are Baltic Republics.
Latvia
Turkie
Lithuania
8ª SESSIÓN
25. Complete this chart about SPAIN:
Population: ______________________________________________
Autonomous communities: _________________________________
Borders: ________________________________________________
Language: ______________________________________________
Monuments: ____________________________________________
Flag: ___________________________________________________
Capital: _________________________________________________
Currency: _______________________________________________
Longest river: ____________________________________________
Highest mountain: ________________________________________
Other main cities: ________________________________________
26. Your turn. Work with your mate. Choose another European country.
Find out information about:
Location:
Capital:
Other main cities:
Currency:
Monuments:
Population:
Flag:
Longest river:
Highest mountain:
Language:
27. Ask your partner and check what you know. Use this structure:
- Is Portugal a country? Yes, it is.
• Is Europe a city? No, It isn't. Europe is a...
• Has Andalusia got 7 provinces?
• Is Spain a country?
• Has Seville got 700.000 inhabitants?
• Is the Teide the highest peak in Spain?
• Has anthem Spanish got lyric?
• Is The Guadalquivir the longest river in Spain?
• Has Andalusia got a navigable river?
28. Groups choose.
- The first group will make a poster or map with the different
autonomous communities of Spain, writing the borders.
- The second group will make a poster or map with the different
provinces of Andalucía, pointing the borders, the most important
mountainous systems, the most important river and the highest peak .
– The third group will make a poster or map with the different
countries of the European Union.
Once all the posters o maps are finish, they will be stuck in a
cardboard that will be hung in the wall.
If you want to learn more, you can practice clicking these links
http://cplosangeles.juntaextremadura.net/web/edilim/curso_4/cmedio/el_territorio/las_comunidad
es/las_comunidades.html
http://cplosangeles.juntaextremadura.net/web/cmedio6/el_relieve_de_espana/relieve05.htm
http://www.librosvivos.net/juegos/paises.htm
http://www.juntadeandalucia.es/averroes/centrostic/41009470/helvia/aula/archivos/repositorio/0/120/html/datos/all/10_cono/30_rdi/u09/0904.htm
http://mapasinteractivos.didactalia.net/comunidad/mapasflashinteractivos/recurso/costas-deeuropa-donde-esta-enrique-alonso/cab20bf8-cb17-4097-ac08-8e80516c1b21
http://www.juegos-geograficos.com/juegos-geografia-Geo-fisica-de-Europa-_pageid250.html
http://ntic.educacion.es/w3//recursos/secundaria/sociales/geografia/puzleca.html