We decided to work this project due to next year Florida will celebrate two hundred years of its foundation.
It is the first time that in School Number 3 Tiempo Completo Bilingual, from Florida, an English project is implemented.
OBJETIVES:
ACTIVITY 1
Language skills to be emphasized: Listening
Speaking
Previous knowledge:
Where are you from?
Where do you live?
How many provinces has Uruguay got?
In which province do you live?
FLORIDA
Now- actual plan
In the past-antique plan
ACTIVITY 2
Reading comprehension through reading strategies
1-Read the text
2- Underline the woeds that you understand
3- Copy them
4- Draw them
5- On the blackboard
The text talk about...
6- We'll read it again
FLORIDA...
We live in Florida.
Florida is one of the provinces of Uruguay.
Uruguay is in south america.
Nowadays Florida is bigger than in 1809.
It has a lot of houses, buildings, schools, some squares...
We can see cars along the streets.
In 1809 Florida was smaller than now, with 134 inhabitants.
We did not see any buildings, schools and it had only one small square and a very small church in front of it.
The only means of transport were donkeys, horses and wagons drove of oxen.
Florida qas founded in 1809 on April 24th. by the priest Santiago Figueredo.
ACTIVITIES 3 and 4
Language skill to be emphasized: Listening
Speaking
1- Show 1809's plan.
2- Using the actual plan compare the names of the streets
3- Locate the church in both of them
ESSENTIAL QUESTIONS:
What was the church like in 1809?
Why isn't the church in the middle of the city now?
4- Give the children the text
5- Read
6- Analize
7- Calculate the year that have passed
8- Record: on the board
in the notebook
9- Take the text again in an individually and graphing way.
ACTIVITY 5
Skills to be emphasized: Listening
Speaking
Reading
Intention: To lead children towards the past
The village's principal street was named "Saint Prudencio".
Its actual name is Gallinal, whereas the principal transversal street was named "Saint Prudencio"- nowadays is named Ituzaingó.
THE HISTORY OF OUR PRINCIPAL CHURCH
1809- The church was a small hut.
31/05/1887- The fundamental stone was laid. Its building went on during almost twenty years.
1894- The church was inaugurated even the towers were not finished.
1908- The front was finished.
1962- The bronze doors were inaugurated.
1963- It was named "Basílica".
1975- It was named "Monumento Nacional".
ACTIVITY 6
Language skills to be emphasized: Listening
Reading
- Show the picture about Juan Antonio Lavalleja's wedding.
- Put children in touch with new words about weddings:
- Write on the board sentences about the picture:
- Read.
- Copy.
ACTIVITY 7
Language skills to be emphasized: Listening
Speaking
Reading
- Show the picture to review about Juan Antonio Lavalleja's wedding.
- Rewiew vocabulary:
- Hand out the photocopy
- Read the text
- Reading comprehension. Complete
. Write a summary
- Calculate: The years have passed between the "Villa de la Florida's"foundation and Juan Antonio Lavalleja and Ana Monterroso's wedding.
JUAN ANTONIO LAVALLEJA AND ANA MONTERROSO's WEDDING
In the folio number seventy-eight of the Firs Parochial Book, was registered Juan Antonio Lavalleja and Ana Monterroso's act of marriage, edited in the following terms:
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On October, one thousand eight hundred seventeen, twenty- one, not having appeared any impediment to get married Mr. Juan Antonio Lavalleja, legitimate son of Mr. Mnuel Lavalleja and Mrs. Ramona de la Torre, natural of this Oriental Band with Mrs. Ana Monterroso, legitimate daughter of Mr. Marcos Monterroso ans Mrs. Francisca Paula Bermúdez, neighbors from Montevideo.
Me Mr, Francisco Rafael Oubiña priest of this Village of Florida married those referred Mr. Juan Antonio and Mrs. Ana, attending in the ceremony for this, Mr. Fructuoso Rivera, representing Antonio Lavalleja by power in this ceremony.
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SUMMARY
- Juan Antonio Lavalleja and Ana Monterroso were married on October, 21/1817 in "Villa de la Florida's" church.
- They were married by the priest Francisco Rafael Oubiña.
- Juan Antonio Lavalleja was not in the moment of the wedding, Fructuoso Rivera represented him.
- The wedding took place 8 years after the church's foundation.
References:
Florida a brazos y abrazos, by Nina Riva
Florida capital histórica del Uruguay, by José Pedro Galain
ACTIVITY 8
-Hand out the photocopies. Read.
-Show some pictures in order to put children in toucch with new words about weddings'trousseau:
-Write the vocabulary. Draw
BRIDE's TROUSSEAU IN THE TIME OF FLORIDA's FOUNDATION
When people married brides used to contribute with some pieces of furniture, clothes and jewels. This was called trousseau. Some elements of bride's trousseau of that time were:
1 skirt with ribbons, 1 satin nightwear, 2 mantillas.
1 pair of earrings, 2 silver chandeliers, 1 black hat, 1 bone fan, 1 gold ring, 1 gold rosary, 2 ivory fans.
A black slave woman.
ACTIVITY 9
Language skills to be emphasized: Listening
Speaking
Reading
Intention: To lead children towards the past.
To know more about the slaves.
To talk about slaves and weddings.
- Prior knowledge.
- Show picture.
- Talk about slaves.
- Where were they from?
- What did they do?
- Where did they live?
ESSENTIAL QUESTION:
Did the slaves marry in the "Villa de San Fernando de la Florida"?
- Copy the chart on the blackboard.
- Read it.
- Calculate: marriages where one of the two spouses was black (1794-1820).
- Read the text. Reading comprehension.
DID THE SLAVES MARRY IN THE "Villa San Fernando de la Floridablanca"?
Among the years 1794 and 1820 were carried out 35 marriages where one of the two spouses was black.
MEN WOMEN MARRIAGES
slave slave 21
free slave 5
slave free 1
free free 1
provincial slave 4
Indian slave 2
slave without personal details 1
TOTAL 35
The men had great difficulties to form couples, because there were more slaves men than women.
Slaves women married inside their own race but also outside it, therefore there were lots of slaves single men.
Source of information: "Raíces e la población de Florida- 1750-1835" by Alberto Cruz.
TEACHERS: MARTHA DÍAZ
BEATRIZ MIQUEIRO
It is the first time that in School Number 3 Tiempo Completo Bilingual, from Florida, an English project is implemented.
OBJETIVES:
- To lead children towards the past.
- To work with History documents.
- To read different texts.
- To work with plans.
- Urban space-city- territory.
- Time-process.
- Social actor.
- Change-permanence.
- Identity.
- Causality.
- Communication.
- Maps-plans.
ACTIVITY 1
Language skills to be emphasized: Listening
Speaking
Previous knowledge:
Where are you from?
Where do you live?
How many provinces has Uruguay got?
In which province do you live?
FLORIDA
Now- actual plan
In the past-antique plan
ACTIVITY 2
Reading comprehension through reading strategies
1-Read the text
2- Underline the woeds that you understand
3- Copy them
4- Draw them
5- On the blackboard
The text talk about...
6- We'll read it again
FLORIDA...
We live in Florida.
Florida is one of the provinces of Uruguay.
Uruguay is in south america.
Nowadays Florida is bigger than in 1809.
It has a lot of houses, buildings, schools, some squares...
We can see cars along the streets.
In 1809 Florida was smaller than now, with 134 inhabitants.
We did not see any buildings, schools and it had only one small square and a very small church in front of it.
The only means of transport were donkeys, horses and wagons drove of oxen.
Florida qas founded in 1809 on April 24th. by the priest Santiago Figueredo.
ACTIVITIES 3 and 4
Language skill to be emphasized: Listening
Speaking
1- Show 1809's plan.
2- Using the actual plan compare the names of the streets
3- Locate the church in both of them
ESSENTIAL QUESTIONS:
What was the church like in 1809?
Why isn't the church in the middle of the city now?
4- Give the children the text
5- Read
6- Analize
7- Calculate the year that have passed
8- Record: on the board
in the notebook
9- Take the text again in an individually and graphing way.
ACTIVITY 5
Skills to be emphasized: Listening
Speaking
Reading
Intention: To lead children towards the past
The village's principal street was named "Saint Prudencio".
Its actual name is Gallinal, whereas the principal transversal street was named "Saint Prudencio"- nowadays is named Ituzaingó.
THE HISTORY OF OUR PRINCIPAL CHURCH
1809- The church was a small hut.
31/05/1887- The fundamental stone was laid. Its building went on during almost twenty years.
1894- The church was inaugurated even the towers were not finished.
1908- The front was finished.
1962- The bronze doors were inaugurated.
1963- It was named "Basílica".
1975- It was named "Monumento Nacional".
ACTIVITY 6
Language skills to be emphasized: Listening
Reading
- Show the picture about Juan Antonio Lavalleja's wedding.
- Put children in touch with new words about weddings:
- priest
- couple
- bride
- groom
- rings
- just married
- best man
- bride's bouquet
- candle
- Write on the board sentences about the picture:
- It is an antique wedding.
- The priest and the couple are in Florida's church.
- The priest is blessing them.
- The bride is holding a bride's bouquet.
- The priest and the groom are listening to the priest.
- This is a particular wedding.
- It is Juan Antonio Lavalleja and Ana Monterroso's wedding.
- Read.
- Copy.
ACTIVITY 7
Language skills to be emphasized: Listening
Speaking
Reading
- Show the picture to review about Juan Antonio Lavalleja's wedding.
- Rewiew vocabulary:
- priest
- couple
- bride
- groom
- rings
- just married
- best man
- bride's bouquet
- candle
- Hand out the photocopy
- Read the text
- Reading comprehension. Complete
. Write a summary
- Calculate: The years have passed between the "Villa de la Florida's"foundation and Juan Antonio Lavalleja and Ana Monterroso's wedding.
JUAN ANTONIO LAVALLEJA AND ANA MONTERROSO's WEDDING
In the folio number seventy-eight of the Firs Parochial Book, was registered Juan Antonio Lavalleja and Ana Monterroso's act of marriage, edited in the following terms:
...............................................................................................................................................................
On October, one thousand eight hundred seventeen, twenty- one, not having appeared any impediment to get married Mr. Juan Antonio Lavalleja, legitimate son of Mr. Mnuel Lavalleja and Mrs. Ramona de la Torre, natural of this Oriental Band with Mrs. Ana Monterroso, legitimate daughter of Mr. Marcos Monterroso ans Mrs. Francisca Paula Bermúdez, neighbors from Montevideo.
Me Mr, Francisco Rafael Oubiña priest of this Village of Florida married those referred Mr. Juan Antonio and Mrs. Ana, attending in the ceremony for this, Mr. Fructuoso Rivera, representing Antonio Lavalleja by power in this ceremony.
................................................................................................................................................................
SUMMARY
- Juan Antonio Lavalleja and Ana Monterroso were married on October, 21/1817 in "Villa de la Florida's" church.
- They were married by the priest Francisco Rafael Oubiña.
- Juan Antonio Lavalleja was not in the moment of the wedding, Fructuoso Rivera represented him.
- The wedding took place 8 years after the church's foundation.
References:
Florida a brazos y abrazos, by Nina Riva
Florida capital histórica del Uruguay, by José Pedro Galain
ACTIVITY 8
-Hand out the photocopies. Read.
-Show some pictures in order to put children in toucch with new words about weddings'trousseau:
- trousseau
- furniture
- jewels
- petticoats
- tableclothes
- handkerchiefs
- towel
- skirt
- ribbon
- nightwear
- mantilla
- chandeliers
- black hat
- fan
- rosary
- ivory
- slave
-Write the vocabulary. Draw
BRIDE's TROUSSEAU IN THE TIME OF FLORIDA's FOUNDATION
When people married brides used to contribute with some pieces of furniture, clothes and jewels. This was called trousseau. Some elements of bride's trousseau of that time were:
- White cloth:
- Color cloth:
1 skirt with ribbons, 1 satin nightwear, 2 mantillas.
- Accesories:
1 pair of earrings, 2 silver chandeliers, 1 black hat, 1 bone fan, 1 gold ring, 1 gold rosary, 2 ivory fans.
A black slave woman.
ACTIVITY 9
Language skills to be emphasized: Listening
Speaking
Reading
Intention: To lead children towards the past.
To know more about the slaves.
To talk about slaves and weddings.
- Prior knowledge.
- Show picture.
- Talk about slaves.
- Where were they from?
- What did they do?
- Where did they live?
ESSENTIAL QUESTION:
Did the slaves marry in the "Villa de San Fernando de la Florida"?
- Copy the chart on the blackboard.
- Read it.
- Calculate: marriages where one of the two spouses was black (1794-1820).
- Read the text. Reading comprehension.
DID THE SLAVES MARRY IN THE "Villa San Fernando de la Floridablanca"?
Among the years 1794 and 1820 were carried out 35 marriages where one of the two spouses was black.
MEN WOMEN MARRIAGES
slave slave 21
free slave 5
slave free 1
free free 1
provincial slave 4
Indian slave 2
slave without personal details 1
TOTAL 35
The men had great difficulties to form couples, because there were more slaves men than women.
Slaves women married inside their own race but also outside it, therefore there were lots of slaves single men.
Source of information: "Raíces e la población de Florida- 1750-1835" by Alberto Cruz.
TEACHERS: MARTHA DÍAZ
BEATRIZ MIQUEIRO
1 comment:
Great idea. Congratulations an d please continue. Your blog will be very helpful for us.
Marìa Natalia Carro.
School #56 "Doctor Clemente Estable"
Tiempo Completo - Bilingue
Maldonado
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