A TREASURE HUNT OF DUBLIN In preparation of the study trip for first Bachillerato students 7-12 April 2011 Profesoras: Maria José Sánchez y Charo Gómez,

A TREASURE HUNT OF DUBLIN

In preparation of the study trip for first Bachillerato students

7-12 April 2011

Profesoras: Maria José Sánchez y Charo Gómez,

con la colaboración de Maribel López

Departamento de inglés IES Antonio Machado

TASKS AND TEAMSTeam 1: Irene Vicente, Laura Reinoso , Andrea

Ávila y Daniel Gómez 1º A• Task: Make a short powerpoint presentation.• Writers related to Dublin: Jonathan Swift;

Oscar Wilde, Samuel Becket, James Joyce.– Find some information about them and their books.– Where in Dublin can you find an exhibition of their lives

and work?– Where in Dublin can you find a statue of some of

them?

– Useful links:http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Dublin_Writers_Museumhttp://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Oscar_Wildehttp://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/James_Joyce

TASKS AND TEAMS

Team 2: Andrea Sobas,1ºE y Silvia Moreno, 1ºC• Task: Make a short powerpoint presentation.

– Trinity collegue.– The Library– The book of Kell

Useful links:http://www.tcd.ie/about/history/http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Book_of_Kells - http://www.tcd.ie/Library/epb/history.php - http://www.bookofkells.ie/book-of-kells/ -

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Team 3: Alejandro de Gea y Alejandra Roldán 1ºB

• Task:Make a short powerpoint presentation.Molly Malone.– Who was this woman?– Why is she so famous?– Where in Dublin can you find her statue?– Find a traditional song about her. – Find a video with the lyrics to play to your classmates.

• Useful links: http://homepage.eircom.net/~seanjmurphy/irhismys/molly.htm -

• http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=ZYSbMKjBC8o&NR=1 -

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Team 4: Marta Paraiso y Clara Pelayo 1º B

• Task: Make a short powerpoint presentation. The Spire.

– What is it?– Who built it?– What is the meaning of the Spire?– Where can you find it?

• Useful links:http://www.thespireofdublin.ie/http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Spire_of_Dublin -

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Team 5: Estefanía Ramajo 1º C

• Task: Make a short powerpoint presentation.

The Wicklow Mountains– Where are they? What is special about them?– What can you do if you visit them?

• Useful links:http://www.wicklowmountainsnationalpark.ie/visit.html -

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Team 6: Marina Villaverde y Carlos Vallejo 1ºC

• Task: Make a short powerpoint presentation.Powercourt Palace

-Its history-Owners

• Useful links:

http://www.powerscourt.ie/powerscourthouse - http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=-xQFkvOv88M -

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Team 7: Paula Mayo y Eric Faas 1º C

• Task: Make a short powerpoint presentation.

St Patrick’s cathedral

• Useful links:http://www.saintpatrickscathedral.org/homepage/home.html -

http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Basilica_of_St._Patrick's_Cathedral,_New_York_City -

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Team 8: Alicia Couso y Sandra Rodriguez 1ºE

• Task: Make a short powerpoint presentation.

– Christ Church

• Useful links:http://cccdub.ie/ -

http://www.sacred-destinations.com/ireland/dublin-christ-church-cathedral -

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Team 9: Víctor Sánchez y Diego Sánchez 1º E• Task: Make a short powerpoint presentation.

– The Liffey River and O’Connell street– Where is the river? Why is O’Connell street

important?– Who was O’Connell?

• Useful links:http://www.britannica.com/EBchecked/topic/340343/River-Liffey - http://www.myguideireland.com/o-connell-street - http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Daniel_O'Connell -

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Team 10: Patricia Murillo y Sergio González 1º G• Task: Make a short powerpoint presentation.

– Dublin Castle:

– Its history– What is it used for today?

• Useful links:

http://www.visitdublin.com/SeeAndDo/HistoricSites/Detail.aspx?id=247&mid=1337-

http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Dublin_Castle

TASKS AND TEAMS

Team 11: Sara Hernández y Georgina Balcan 1º G

• Task: Make a short powerpoint presentation.• The Guiness storehouse.

– Who built it?– What can you find there?

Useful links:http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Guinness_Storehouse - http://www.guinness-storehouse.com/en/Index.aspx -

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Team 12: Alicia Sánchez y Encarnación Fernández 1º B

• Task: Make a short powerpoint presentation.

– The Temple bar Area– What can you find there?

• Useful links:

http://www.dublintourist.com/towns/temple_bar/ -

http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Temple_Bar,_Dublin -

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Team 12: Gerardo Romero y David Fernández 1ºC

Task: Make a short powerpoint presentation.

• Stephen’s Green– What it is? What you can find there?– The statues in the park

• Useful links:http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/St_Stephen's_Green -

http://www.dublinevents.com/dublin-places-to-visit/st-stephens-green.php

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Team 13: Samuel Ibarra 1º I

Task: Make a short powerpoint presentation.• Dublin Viking Museum

– What type of a museum is it? – What can you see there?– What can you do there?

• Useful links:http://www.dublinia.ie/ - http://www.group-trotter.net/ireland/places/viking/viking.html -