QUEST: THE WHITE HOUSE

In the late 1700s, it was decided that our country needed a capital city. Our first president, George Washington, picked a site on the Potomac River, midway between the northern and southern states. This spot would come to be called Washington, District of Columbia.

Pierre L'Enfant, a city planner from France designed the new city. He decided to place the Capitol Building on one hill and the "President's House" on another hill. L'Enfant had many plans for building the city, but he lost his job after too many disagreements with landowners. 

If you want to go on reading, click on the website link: Fact Monster - The White House

For downloading the webquest: The White House Quest

MAMMOTHS WEBQUEST

If you like stories about dinosaurs, you'll probably want to learn about the other titans of their age -- mammoths and mastodons, these unusual ancestors of modern mammals. Yes, they look like elephants but are they from the same family?

To find out we have to study these animals. One way is to examine their remains, mostly bones.We'll never really know what dinosaurs looked like or how they lived. Dinosaurs fossils re relatively rare, and fossil hunters almost never find skin or flesh with the bones. In addition modern reptiles are so different from their extinct relatives that it's hard to make comparisons. However, the story with mammoths is different. Their remains are plentiful, and frozen remains often include skin, hair, and internal organs. And there is more -- the mammoths are very closely related to their surviving relatives-the elephants.

Here you can find some questions about mammoths and a link which answers them all. Do this WebQuest and find out more about these amazing animals.

To download the questions PDF: Webquest
To download the questions Word: Webquest
and link: dialogue for kids - mammoths

FAMILY VOCABULARY ONLINE ACTIVITIES

If you want to consolidate your learning about the world you live in as well as the family you belong to, here you have the following links, charts, and exercises which will provide some helpful ways to help strengthen your knowledge about your current and extended family.

Put the names in the right boxes! A game to practise family vocabulary (father, mother, brother, sister, grandfather, grandmother, uncle, aunt, cousin...) as well as to practice pronunciation.

Go to the following link for some practice: Learning chocolate website

If you want to practice some other activities related to vocabulary and people from the same web, go to this link: more vocabulary about people

EUROSCOLA CONTEST

The European Parliament Information Office in Spain, together with the Representation of the European Commission in Spain and the Secretary of State for the European Union, announces the 21st edition of Euroscola Contest devoted to the European Year of Development ç.

“A life of dignity for all: eradicating poverty and  supporting sustainable development” is one of the main
messages to be transmitted to the European society during this year. The main goals for this year are to inform about the cooperation of the European Union (EU) in poverty eradication inside and outside Europe and about the role of the EU as the biggest donor of the official development assistance in the world; to encourage civic Participation; to foster a sense of responsibility among the citizens, to sensitise the public opinion about the role of cooperation, to achieve public commitment and to highlight the importance of the contribution of the youth.

For more information: Euroescola website (also in Spanish)
For downloading the rules of the Euroescola contest in English
For downloading the rules of the Euroescola contest in Spanish