FOUR FAMOUS COUPLES

1st ADMINISTRATION AND FINANCES

I.E.S. L’ÉSTACIÓ – ACADEMIC YEAR 2021-2022
 1. QUEEN VICTORIA AND PRINCE ALBERT.

For each of the following questions, give long answers of, approximately 50 words. Handwrite
your answers on a separate paper.

Warm up:
 Do you think close relatives (e.g. cousins) should be able to marry each other? Why / Why not?
 Should kings and queens marry for love, or to benefit their country?
 Look at the photograph and read the caption on page 13. What can you see? What is surprising about it?

While reading:
Activities 1,2,3,4 from page 19-20.

After reading:
 Why do you think Victoria and Albert had such a good marriage?

Here you have a glossary with some important words from the story. Translate them into
Spanish and annotate more words that you don’t know.

Awkward: Midwife:

Bear (verb): Pluck up the courage:

Care for: Reign (noun & verb):

Duties: Rely on:

Eligible: Show off:

Fade: Tantrum:

Governess: Throne:

Grief: Trusted (adjective):

Inherit: Wedding:

Late (see the context):

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PROJECT 1:
Search the internet for information about what life was like during the Victorian Era. Design
a PowerPoint slide showing the most important ideas that you find. Use images and words.
Once it is ready, present your slide to the rest of your class and explain what you found.
 2. MARIE CURIE AND PAUL LANGEVIN.

For each of the following questions, give long answers of, approximately 50 words. Handwrite
your answers on a separate paper.

Warm up:
 Why do you think there weren’t many female scientists in the past?
 Look at the photograph of the scientists on page 28. Is it surprising that there is only one woman in the
group?

While reading:
Activities 1,2,3 from page 30-31.

After reading:
 Which of Marie’s three relationships do you think affected her life the most?
 If Marie and Paul Langevin’s affair had happened today, how would the scandal have been different?
Think about the newspapers, her career and the behaviour of the three people involved: Paul’s wife, Paul
and Marie.

Here you have a glossary with some important words from the story. Translate them into
Spanish and annotate more words that you don’t know.
Deserve: Alley:
Defiant: Apply for:
Sorrow: Pick up on:
Hardship: Undermine:
Boarding school: Break into:
Grant: Achievement:
Isolate: Improvement:
PhD: Lumps:
Breakthrough:
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PROJECT 2:
Write the conversation between Jean Desfosses and Marie Curie when Jane waited for her in
an alley.
 3. SHAH JAHAN AND MUMTAZ MAHAL.

For each of the following questions, give long answers of, approximately 50 words. Handwrite
your answers on a separate paper.

Warm up:
 Do you believe in love at first sight? Why / Why not?
 Which famous monuments can you thing of? Name, at least, four. What do you think makes a monument
special?
 Look at the picture and read the caption on page 36. What is happening? How does the young man feel?
Do you think the father feels the same way as the son?

While reading:
Activities 1,2,3 from page 44-45.

After reading:
 What do you think of Shah Jahan’s decision to spend so much money on a monument to Mumtaz? Do
you think that the Taj Mahal is such an iconic monument that it justifies the amount of money he spent?

Here you have a glossary with some important words from the story. Translate them into
Spanish and annotate more words that you don’t know.

Bead: Shattered:
Bond: Spare no expenses:
Break out: Spell (see the context):
Buried: Stall:
Dare (verb): Through no fault of one’s own:
Engrave: Treasury:
Go into labour: Wisdom:
Regret (verb and noun):
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PROJECT 3:
Create a time map with the main events of this story. You have an example below, then present
it to the rest of you class.
 4. CLEOPATRA AND MARK ANTONY.

For each of the following questions, give long answers of, approximately 50 words. Handwrite
your answers on a separate paper.

Warm up:
 Why is it important for kings and queens to have children?
 Read the text on page 49. How did Cleopatra try to impress Julius Caesar?
 Look at the picture and read the last paragraph on page 51. Why is this meeting so important? Do you
think it will work? Why / Why not?

While reading:
Activities 1,2 from page 58-59.

After reading:
 Do you think Mark Antony and Cleopatra were brave or weak to kill themselves?
 Which of the stories in the book do you think is the greatest love story?

Here you have a glossary with some important words from the story. Translate them into
Spanish and annotate more words that you don’t know.
Betray: Hunt:
Bleed: Lay ahead:
Bows: Parade:
Canopy: Play tricks on:
Chain: Poor judgement:
Citizens: Resume:
Command: Spread:
Crops: Stab:
Defeat: Surrender:
Flood: Troops:
Gift: Will:
Heir: Wipe away:
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PROJECT 4:
Design a propaganda poster that would make the of Rome fear Cleopatra and Egypt during
time before Augustus declared war on Egypt. Present your project to the rest of your class.