Class Book the World Around Us

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Think Do Learn Social Sciences is a new series aimed at teaching content in English with a hands-on approach. This new methodology activates critical-thinking skills and helps children understand and learn in a more stimulating way. Level 6 includes extensive audio activities and a complete digital resource pack for both student and teacher.

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MODULE 1: The world around us

Unit Contents Page 1 Spain Spain 4 What’s Spain’s political geography like? 6 What are provinces? 8 What’s Spain’s relief like? 10 What are Spain’s rivers like? 12 What are Spain’s coasts and islands like? 14 Let’s work together! 16 Project time! 17 Let’s revise! 18 2 Europe Europe 20 Where’s Europe? 22 What are Europe’s rivers and lakes like? 24 What’s Europe’s relief like? 26 What’s Europe’s coastline like? 28 Let’s work together! 30 Project time! 31 Let’s revise! 32 Glossary 34

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Spain

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1 Read the text on page 5. Then copy and complete the sentences in your notebook. a) It in the north of Spain. b) In the south of Spain winters are usually .

2 Match these descriptions to the photos. a) A dormant volcano c) Moorish architecture b) A Meseta landscape d) A volcanic landscape

2 3 Listen and match. Can you identify the language? O- a) Speaker 1 1. Català GE FACT b) Speaker 2 2. Euskera More than 60 million tourists visit Spain every c) Speaker 3 3. Galego year. This means Spain was the third-most visited 4 Find out about the diff erent languages spoken in Spain. country in the world a er a) How many diff erent languages are spoken in Spain? France and the United b) How do you say ʻGood morning!ʼ in the diff erent languages? States in 2013. hi 5 T n k! Think about this unit. a) What do you already know about the physical and political geography of Spain? Make a mind map. b) What do you want to learn about the physical and political geography of Spain? Write three questions.

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Spain has diverse landscapes and di erent climates. There are long rivers, high mountains and green valleys. It rains more in the north than in the south. Around the Meseta, in central Spain, it’s usually hot and dry in summer and cold in winter. Temperatures in the south are mild in winter, except in highland areas, and hot in summer. We can nd a range of architectural styles in Spain which shows the di erent periods in the country’s history. These include the Moorish Alhambra and Roman structures in Mérida and Segovia. Spain is also a culturally and linguistically diverse country. Most people speak Spanish (Castellano) but other languages are also spoken, such as Catalan (Català), Basque (Euskera) and Galician (Galego).

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Spain is located in the Northern Hemisphere, in Europe. The capital of the Spanish state is Madrid. The country has land borders with France and Andorra in the north, Portugal in the west and Gibraltar in the south. It also has a border with Morocco on the African continent.

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1 Test your partner. Give clues about: a) bodies of water surrounding Spain. b) autonomous communities.

Spain is divided into 17 autonomous communities. These were created by the Spanish Constitution of 1978. Two of these, Canarias and IIles Balears, are archipelagos. There are two autonomous cities, Ceuta and Melilla, in North Africa.

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004_019__SS6PR_U1_M1.indd 6 19/01/16 16:29 Each autonomous community has its own capital and government. O- Some communities also have their own language and law code. GE FACT Autonomous communities are responsible for some public services. Is it possible to be in two For example they organise: countries at once? A small education and healthcare. town, called Llívia, is in the middle of the French social services. Pyrenees but is part of regional tourism. Girona. It’s separated from the rest of Spain by a 1.6 km-long road.

A CTIVITIES

2 Copy and complete the sentences in your notebook. a) Spain has land borders with . b) The autonomous cities of and are located in North Africa. c) There are autonomous communities. d) Spain is surrounded by in the north, in the south and in the west.

3 3 Listen and look at the map. Which autonomous communities are being described?

4 Find out about diff erent autonomous communities. a) Choose a diff erent autonomous community from the one where you live. b) Use the Internet or an encyclopedia to fi nd out as much as possible: location, population, main economic activities and major cities. c) Does it have its own language? Translate a sentence of your choice into English using a programme on the Internet. d) Present your fi ndings to the class. If there is a language, say the phrase. hi 5 T n k! Can you think of ways to remember the autonomous communities? For example, think of a mnemonic for the names of the autonomous communities in the north of Spain.

4 6 QUIZ Check your learning.

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Each autonomous community is made up of one province or more. Seven of the 17 autonomous communities have only one province and are sometimes referred to as uniprovincial communities. Cantabria, for example, is an autonomous community with just one province. Andalucía has eight.

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1 Answer these questions in your notebook. a) Which autonomous communities do these provinces belong to?

Cádiz Burgos Tarragona Ciudad Real Badajoz

b) Which autonomous communities have only one province?

Spain has 50 provinces. They define theelectoral They were created in 1833. districts and are important for assigning postcodes and telephone prefixes.

Provinces are subdivided into municipalities. Most, but not all, provinces are named after their main town or city.

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004_019__SS6PR_U1_M1.indd 8 19/01/16 16:29 Some provinces, such as A Coruña and Alicante, have a coastline. Others O are completely inland, such as Ávila and Soria. There are three provinces GE -FACT made up of islands. Until the year 2000, car Two of these are in Canarias: registration plates identi ed the province where they Santa Cruz de Tenerife includes Tenerife, La Gomera, La Palma and were from. For example, El Hierro. B was for Barcelona, M for Las Palmas de Gran Canaria includes Gran Canaria, Fuerteventura Madrid, SE for Sevilla and and Lanzarote. CA was for Cádiz. Illes Balears is the third island province. It’s just one province consisting of: Mallorca, Menorca, Ibiza, Formentera and some smaller islands, such as Cabrera.

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2 Match to make sentences. a) Spain’s provinces were… 1. aft er their principal town or city. b) Most of the provinces are named… 2. have only one province. c) Seven of the autonomous communities… 3. coastal, inland or islands. d) Provinces can be… 4. created in 1833.

5 3 Listen and say where the people are from.

hi 4 T n k! How many ways can you describe the provinces? Look at the map on page 8. Give clues and test your partner.

5 Draw the outline of an autonomous community with more than one province. Label and colour the diff erent provinces and main cities.

6 Find out more about the province where you live. a) Is it inland, coastal or an island? c) What’s its population? b) Where’s it located? d) What are the major towns and cities? My province is … Its population is…

6 7 QUIZ Check your learning.

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Spain is one of the most mountainous countries in Europe. It has an average altitude of 650 m. Switzerland is the only European country with more high land than Spain.

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1 With a partner, make a list of all the mountain ranges you know in Spain.

The Macizo Galaico-Leonés in the north-west and the Cordillera Cantábrica in the north form an almost-continuous mountain The Pyrenees form a barrier range which stretches right across the north of the country. between France and Spain.

The Meseta Central is surrounded by the Montes de León in the north, the Sistema Ibérico in the east and the Sierra Morena in the south.

The Meseta Central is a large plateau in the centre of Spain. It’s divided into the Submeseta Norte and the Submeseta Sur.

The Submeseta Sur is divided in two by the Montes de Toledo.

The south-east of Spain has the highest mountain range, the Sistemas Béticos, which includes the Sierra Nevada.

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004_019__SS6PR_U1_M1.indd 10 19/01/16 16:29 O Lowland Spain is dominated by two huge river basins or depressions, GE -FACT the Depresión del Ebro in the north-east and the Depresión del The highest mountain Guadalquivir in the south, which covers land from Huelva to Cádiz. It on the Iberian Peninsula has marshy areas where rice is grown. They are called Las Marismas del is Mulhacén in the Sierra Guadalquivir. Spain also has some coastal plains. Nevada. It’s part of the Sistemas Béticos. It’s near Granada in Andalucía, and is 3 477 m high. The highest mountain in the whole of Spain is Teide in Tenerife.

A CTIVITIES

2 Copy the sentences in your notebook, choosing the correct answer. a) The Meseta is a mountain range/large plateau in the centre of Spain. b) The main mountain range in the south of Spain is the Pyrenees/Sistemas Béticos. c) France and Spain are separated by the Pyrenees/Sistema Ibérico. d) The Depresión del Ebro/del Guadalquivir is in the south of Spain. e) The Submeseta Sur is divided in two by the Montes de Toledo/León.

7 3 Listen and identify the mountain range or lowland area.

4 Make a political map with relief.

a) Use the template and tracing paper to create a relief map of Spain. b) Place your tracing paper over the provinces/autonomous communities map on pages 6 and 8. c) Where are the main mountain ranges located? Tell your partner. The Meseta Central is in the provinces of… The Sistema Central runs from … in the west to … in the north-east.

8 5 QUIZ Check your learning.

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There are more than 1 800 rivers in Spain. Some rivers are quite short, particularly in northern Spain, but there are several long rivers which fl ow into the Atlantic Ocean. Their volume varies a lot between summertime, when there are sometimes droughts and wintertime, when there can be fl oods.

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1 In pairs, answer these questions: a) What’s the name of the point where a river starts? Rivers that fl ow into the Cantabrian Sea form the b) What’s the name of a small river that fl ows into a bigger river? Cantabrian watershed. These are generally short rivers that carry a lot of water all year round due to rainfall.

Rivers that fl ow into the Atlantic Ocean form the Atlantic watershed. Their volume varies depending on the season. Rivers that fl ow into the Mediterranean Sea form the Mediterranean watershed. These rivers are not very long, except for the Ebro, which is the longest river in Spain. Their volume varies a lot depending on the season.

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004_019__SS6PR_U1_M1.indd 12 19/01/16 16:29 Watershed River Source Main tributaries Mouth Length La Guardia - Miño Sierra de Meira Sil 310 km Caminha Duero Picos de Urbión Pisuerga, Esla, Tormes Near Porto 885 km Sierra de Jarama, Guadarrama, 1 007 Atlantic Tajo Near Lisbon Ocean Albarracín Alberche, Tiétar, Alagón km Lagunas de Guadiana Zújar, Záncara, Cigüela Gulf of Cádiz 818 km Ruidera Sanlúcar de Guadalquivir Sierra de Cazorla Genil, Guadajoz 657 km Barrameda, Cádiz Pedrafita de Navia Ibias Navia, Asturias 159 km Cantabrian Cebreiro, Lugo Sea Nalón Puerto de Tarna Narcea Ría de Pravia 138 km

Fontibre spring Segre, Jalón, Aragón, Deltebre, Ebro 910 km (Cantabria) Gállego, Cinca Tarragona Montes Mediterranean Júcar Cabriel Cullera, Valencia 498 km Sea Universales Guadalentín, Zumeta, Guardamar del Segura Pontones, Jaén 341 km Mundo Segura, Alicante

A CTIVITIES

2 In your notebook, write the odd one out. Explain why. a) Miño, Guadalquivir, Nalón c) Lisbon, Sierra de Albarracín, 657 km b) Mediterranean, Atlantic, Guadiana d) Tarragona, Alicante, Porto … is the odd one out because…

9 3 Copy the table. Then listen and complete the table. Watershed River Source Mouth Length

4 Find out about two more Spanish rivers and add them to your table from activity 3.

10 5 QUIZ Check your learning.

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Spain is on a peninsula and its coastline is varied. There are rocky coasts with high cliff s and fl at coasts with wide, sandy beaches. There are capes, which oft en have lighthouses to warn boats about the rocky coast. There are also archipelagos, islands, bays and gulfs and rias.

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1 Tell a friend what you think these words mean.

archipelago gulf ria cape

A cape is a peninsula which protrudes into a body of water. The main capes on the Cantabrian coast are Cabo de Machichaco in Bizkaia, Ajo in Cantabria and Ortegal and Estaca de Bares in Galicia.

The main capes on the Atlantic coast are Cabo de Fisterra and Trafalgar.

In the Mediterranean the best- known capes are Cabo de Gata, Palos, La Nao and Creus.

A gulf is sea cutting into land. A small gulf is oft en called a bay. Spain’s biggest gulfs are the Golfo de Cádiz, Valencia and Roses.

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004_019__SS6PR_U1_M1.indd 14 19/01/16 16:29 Rias are a coastal landform. They are submerged river valleys, sometimes with steep sides, that open into the sea. They were formed when sea levels rose and flooded a river valley. The main rias in Spain are located in the north, and especially on the Galician coast. The Rias Altas include the Rias de Ares, Betanzos, Ferrol, Cedeira and Ortigueira. The Rias Baixas include the Rias de Vigo, Pontevedra and Arousa.

A CTIVITIES

2 In your notebook, write true or false. Correct the false sentences. a) Machichaco and Ortegal are beaches in the south of Spain. b) A gulf is an area of land surrounded by sea. c) Rias are submerged river valleys. d) The Canary Islands are examples of capes. e) An archipelago is a rocky coast. f ) A gulf is a small bay.

11 3 Listen and write which places the speakers are describing. a) The Canary Islands or the Balearic Islands b) The Rias Baixas or the Cabo de Gata c) The Golfo de Cádiz or the Bay of Biscay

4 Find out more about one of Spain’s archipelagos. a) Choose one of the archipelagos. Find out more about:

population political organisation transport economic activities climate

b) Organise your information into a presentation or a poster. c) Present your research to the class.

5 12 QUIZ Check your learning.

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together! • InternetTemplate access 1.1 or reference books • Printerstopwatch or coloured pencils Solar systemPass itpresentation on • Large sheet of paper • Computer

1. Work in groups of three or four.

2.Instructions: Each group chooses 16 di erent names from the list on the template. Each member writes a clue next to a letter 1. Choose a planet in our solar system, but not the Earth. until they are all completed. You could choose Mercury, Venus, Mars, Jupiter, Saturn, Uranus or Neptune. It’s an autonomous community in the … of Spain. Research your planet. Use the internet, your school 2. It has … provinces. library or books you have at home. It’s coastal/inland/an archipelago. 3. Find out as much as you can about your planet. In your 3. Make group, copies choose of two your questions group’s de each nitions to research. and give For them to theexample: other groups. a. how big is it? 4. Each b. what group the chooses temperature a captain is? who reads the clues from other groups. The captain asks the same group member c. how long it takes to orbit the Sun? until they can’t answer a question and say ‘Pass!’. Each groupd. what has gases ten minutes are found to in try the and atmosphere? answer the clues.

5.4. Groups Print out get or a draw point and for coloureach correct some picturesanswer andof your lose a pointplanet. for each wrong answer. The group with the most points at the end of each round of ten minutes wins. Get together with the other members of your group SPAIN 5. TEMPLATE 1.1 to make a fact- le poster with information and A: Aragón, Álava-Araba, Albacete, Asturias, Almería, Atlantic Ocean, A Coruña, 6. Groups change their clues around (but they must never Andalucía, Andorra, Alicante, Ávila, Ajo pictures of your planet. B: Barcelona, Bilbao, Badajoz, Burgos, Baleares, Bidasoa have their own) and play more rounds of the quiz. C: Cáceres, Cabrera, Cuenca, Castellón, Ciudad Real, Córdoba, Castilla y León, Castilla la Mancha, Cantabria, Cordillera Costero Catalana, Ceuta, Canarias, Ciudad Real, Castellón, Cantábrico, Cádiz Catalá When your poster is nished, present your planet D: Duero 6. E: El Hierro, Ebro, Estaca de Bares, Euskara to the class. You could display the poster in class so F: Francia, Formentera, Fuerteventura, Fisterra, G: Galicia. Gran Canaria, Guadiana, Guadalquivir, Girona, Guadalajara, Granada, Gipuzkoa, that your classmates can read all the information Gata H: Huesca, Huelva you have found about your planet or you can make a I: Ibiza J: Jaén, Júcar L: Lugo, León, Lleida, Lanzarote, Llobregat, Lérida, La Palma, Logroño, La Rioja, La Gomera, Nao M: Macizo Galaico, Mallorca, Menorca, Madrid, Mérida, Mulhacén, Melilla, Murcia, PowerPoint presentation. Machichaco N: Navarra, Nervión O: Ourense, Oviedo, Ortegal P: Palencia, Portugal, Pontevedra, Palos R: Rías Altas, Rías Baixas, Roses S: Soria, Segovia, Sevilla, Salamanca, Santander, Sistema Central, Sistema Ibérico, Segura T: Teruel, Tarragona, Toledo, Tajo, Tenerife, Trafalgar V: Valladolid, Vitoria-Gasteiz, Valencia, Vizcaya, Vizcaya (province and gulf) Z: Zaragoza, Zamora

Template with letters of the alphabet 16 The world around us A:

time! •• the A medium Internet sized or an ball encyclopedia or a large orange for the Moon ModellingChoose youra lunar dance! eclipse • A stool and a volunteer for the Earth

Use a few simple materials to make a working model of how lunar eclipses occur. 1. Choose a regional dance.

Procedure: muñeira chotis sardana sevillanas 1. Make a group with three or four other students.

2. Firstjota put theaurresku stool in theverdiales centre of the classroom. One group member sits on the stool. This person is the Earth. 2. Use the Internet or an encyclopedia to answer these 3. questions. Next, a di Writeerent yourgroup answers member on holds the template. the ball about one metre a) Which in front autonomous of the Earth. community The ball does is the the Moon. dance come from? Finally, another group member stands holding the torch 4. The … comes from… about two metres away from the Moon. The torch is the What costumes do people wear to do the dance? Sun. b) Find photos of the costumes and write descriptions. 5. Point Women the light wear from … themen torch wear… towards the Earth. Make c)sure Describe that the the Sun, dance. Moon Find and photos Earth areor a in video. a straight line. People dance in pairs/alone/in a circle… 6. Take turns to sit on the stool and be the Earth. d) What instruments do people play for the dance 7. Trymusic? holding Find the photosMoon in of di the erent instruments. positions They play the … and the… SPAIN 8. When you have nished, draw pictures in your notebook TEMPLATE 1.2 e) What’s the history of the dance? Name of the regional dance: to show what you did and write sentences to explain what The … began in the… The autonomous community where people do this dance: you discovered. 3. Make a slideshow presentation using the information you have found. Remember to include photos and a video of the regional dance.

Description of the regional costume:

The instruments people play:

1717 The history behind the regional dance:

1 CopyCopy theand text complete in your the notebook mind map and in correct your notebook the mistakes.

Spain is located in the Southern HemisphereThe and Universe forms part of Europe. Spain and Andorra together make up the Iberian Peninsula. The peninsula Contains: is surroundedCan by thebe: following bodies of water: the Atlantic Ocean in the Stars Galaxies west, the Cantabrian• spherical Sea in the east and the Mediterranean Sea in the Galaxies south. Spain is• dividedeliptical into 18 autonomous communities, two of which are Planets archipelagos:• Melilla and Illes Balears. The Milky Way other celestial bodies and

2 Match the rivers with the watersheds and the watersheds with the descriptions. a) Guadalquivir The sunMediterranean watershedThe solar system long; variable volume other celestial bodies b) Nalón Cantabrian watershed not long; variable volume c) oEbr Atlantic watershed not long, constant volume The planets Mercury Asteroids Now make sentences with the information above. Mars The … flows into… It’s… It has a … because…

3 Write bay, archipelago or cape. 2 Name the planets in our Solar System. Write the names in order in your notebook.

hi 4 T n k! Which is the odd one out? a) Golfo de Cádiz Cabo de Palos Golfo de Roses Golfo de Valencia b) Cabo Fisterra Cabo Trafalgar Rías Baixas Bay of Biscay c) oEl Hierr Formentera Fuerteventura La Gomera 3 Complete the sentences in your notebook. a. The closest planet to the Sun is.... 5 b. The Solar On system an outline consists map, of..... draw these mountain ranges and rivers. c. The Earth moves in two different ways, ... d. TajoThe Earth rotates on it’s .....Guadiana Sistema Ibérico Guadalquivir e. EbrTheo Ear th orbits.... Júcar Segura Duero Cordillera Cantábrica Pyrenees Miño Montes de León f. A solar eclipse happens when .

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004_019__SS6PR_U1_M1.indd 18 19/01/16 16:29 4 Classify these words in order of size, from biggest to smallest: 6 On the same map, label the landforms from activity 4. Solar System Universe Galaxy 7 Copy and complete the mind map in your notebook.

5 Copy and complete this chart with information Spainabout the Sun and the Moon. The Sun The Moon What shape is it? Does it produce heat? Autonomous Does it produce light? Coastal landforms communities Is it bigger than the Earth? Does it rotate on it’s axis? What does it revolve around?

Mountain ranges Rivers Use the information in the chart to write about the Sun and the Moon in your notebook. Provinces The Sun is.... The Moon is.... 13 8 QUIZ Check your learning. hi 96 What T n arek! the What four have phases I learnt? of the Moon? Write the names and draw a picture to show each phase. a) Look at the mind map and the questions you wrote at the beginning of the unit. Whatb) What do questions I know? can you answer now? c) How can you find answers to the other questions? In your notebook copy the sentences and draw a red, yellow or green circle next to each one MyI know progress about the Universe and about galaxies. I know the names of the planets in the solar system. hi T n k! Copy the sentences in your notebook. Then draw a smiley nextNo, Ito need each to one. study more I know about the Sun. a) I can describe Spain’s political geography. I know about the Moon. Yes, I can b) I can name Spain’s mountain ranges and locate them on a map. No, not yet. I know about the Earth. c) I can name Spain’s main rivers and their watersheds. Yes, I can do this very well d) I know the sources, tributaries and mouths of the main rivers. Yes, I can. e) I can name Spain’s capes, gulfs, rias, and archipelagos Yes, I can do this and locate them on a map. very well.

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altitude: how high something is basin: a dip, or depression archipelago: a group of islands carve: cut a formation bay: an area of sea which cuts into the land currency: type of money border: the limit of one land with another daylight: during the daytime cape: a piece of land extending into the sea ord: narrow inlet of the sea with high sides coastline: land next to the sea inlet: a narrow strip of water which cuts into the land depression: area of at or low land glacier: ice on high or very cold land drought: when it doesn’t rain and the land gets too dry navigable: passable with a boat electoral district: the way a country is divided, in terms of land and population, for elections

gulf: a large bay marshy: land with lots of water plateau: high plain postcode: code which represents your address protrude: extend outwards province: division of a region rainfall: the amount that it rains ria: submerged river valley that opens into the sea telephone pre x: the rst part of a telephone number

uniprovincial: communities with only one province watershed: where rivers ow into the sea

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social social PRIMARY sciences PRIMARY

6 sciencesClass Book 1 1 The world around us 2 2 3 3

The course is completely modular, allowing for a variety of teaching situations.

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