A bilingual blog for Geography and History Students

This is the blog for the bilingual students of the Geography and History subject at the IES Duque de Alburquerque (Cuellár). Here you´ll find working material, interesting news, online activities, educational videos, and many more




November 14, 2013

unit 3 Islam and Al - Andalus: cooking ancient recipes

Islamic cooking is influenced by many diffferent cultures. As much as the number of  territories they conquered. That´s why it is so diversed and why, in certain areas, like Al - Andalus, it became a real influence in present cooking. We´ve tried an old XIIIth century manuscript with islamic recipes. And the result was great!! yummy, yummy...








November 11, 2013

Creating your own city: ELECTROCITY

to review Unit 4 contents we are going to use a city simulator called ELECTROCITY. You must apply all you have learnt about urban settlement and create an eco-friendly city with all necessary resources and infrastructures
the link to the web page is ELECTROCITY

November 10, 2013

MEDINA AZAHARA PALACE

3d recreation of Medina Azahara palace in the caliphal times


November 06, 2013

Cuyahoga - Segovia comparison project Reminder

Deadline for project delivery is

3rd B: Monday, november 11th
3rd A: Thursday, November 14th

Keep an eye on it and don´t forget!

November 04, 2013

Reasons for admission in Mental hospitals in 1864 - 1889

Read carefully the list and then think...considering reasons for admission in a mental hospital would you be able to avoid it today?