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You have to do the following activities: 
1. Watch a video and answer the questions (individually)
2. Read a text about Ancient Barcelona and answer some questions (individually)
3. Discuss advantages and disadvantages of tourism in Barcelona (group)
4. Write and prepare a presentation about what you learnt in this section (group-individually)
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1. Video: a Virtual Tour of Barcelona


QUESTIONS

1. How many beaches are there?

2. They recommend a castle and a mountain. Which are they?

3. Which 2 museums are there in Montjuïc?

4. What sports facilitiy is mentioned?

5. There is a representation of a Spanish Village. Which is it?

6. What is the name of the fountain?

7. What sportive facility in Sants is mentioned?

8. What is there in the harbour?

9. What is the most famous street in BCN?

10. Which 2 districts does it divide?

11. Which 5 things can you visit in Las Ramblas?

12. What is the main shopping street?

13. Name a department store in Pl Catalunya. 

14. Which one is the most exclusive street departing from Pl Catalunya?

15. What buildings by Gaudí are mentioned?

16. What is the shape of the blocks in eixample?

17. Which unfinished temple can you visit in l'Eixample?

18. What is the name of the tower illuminated at night?

19. The best views in Barcelona are in...

20. Which of the places mention in the video you didn’t know?

3. DISCUSSION: The advantages and disadvantages of tourism in Barceloana. 
In the last years, tourism has increased much in the city of Barcelona, probably you have noticed it in your neighbourhood. Many foreigners come to visit Park Güell or the Antiaircraft batteries on top of the hill. What do you think about this? Do you think it is good for the city of Barcelona and its citizens?

Discuss with your group about the advantages and disadvantages of tourism

1. Think individually and make 2 lists, one of advantages and another one of disadvantages.
2. Put it in common with the members of your group and make a common list. 
3. Copy the group list here: 

If you need some inspiration you can visit
http://www.answers.com/Q/What_are_the_advantages_and_disadvantages_of_tourism
http://geographyfieldwork.com/TourismProsCons.htm


2. TEXT: ANCIENT BARCELONA

History of Barcelona

From Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia

The history of Barcelona stretches back well over 2000 years to its origins as an Iberian village named Barkeno. Its easily defensible location on the coastal plain between the Collserola ridge (512 m) and the Mediterranean sea, the coastal route between central Europe and the rest of the Iberian peninsula, has ensured its continued importance, if not always preeminence, throughout the ages.

Barcelona is now a city of 1,620,943 inhabitants, the second largest in Spain, and the capital of the autonomous community of Catalonia. Its wider urban region is home to three-quarters of the population of Catalonia and one-eighth of that of Spain.

Origins

In the 3rd and 2nd centuries BC, the area was settled by the Laietani, an Ιberian people, at Barkeno on the Táber hill (in the present-day Ciutat Vella, or "Old City") and at Laie (or Laiesken), believed to have been located on Montjuïc. 

 It is sometimes asserted that the area was occupied c. 230 BC by Carthaginian troops under the leadership of Hamilcar Barca,

Roman Barcino

The name Barcino was formalised around the end of the reign of Caesar Augustus (AD 14). It was a shortened version of the name which had been official up until then, Colonia Faventia Julia Augusta Pia Barcino (also Colonia Julia Augusta Faventia Paterna Barcino) and Colonia Faventia. As a colonia, it was established to distribute land among retired soldiers.

At the time of Caesar Augustus, Barcino had the form of a castrum, with the usual central forum and perpendicular main streets: the Cardus Maximus (Carrer de la Llibreteria) and the Decumanus Maximus (Carrer del Bisbe) intersecting at the top (25 m) of the Táber hill (Mons Táber), site of the Iberian Barkeno. The perimeter walls were 1.5 km long, enclosing an area of 12 ha.

Significant vestiges of Roman Barcino can be seen in the underground displays of the Barcelona City History Museum(MUHBA), which also maintains other heritage sites from Roman times in Barcelona.

Visigothic Barchinona

At the start of the 5th century, the Western Roman Empire suffered ever more serious attacks at the hands of various Germanic peoples, notably the Goths and the Vandals.  Ataulf established his court at Barcino, where he was murdered by one of his own troops in 415.

The death of Ataulf, who had imprisoned then married Galla Placidia, daughter of the emperor Theodosius I, changed the relations between the Visigoths and the Romans.

Barcino would remain an important, if provincial, centre of the Visigoth kingdom, notably because of its excellent defensive walls.

The language spoken at the time was undoubtedly Vulgar Latin, including by the Visigoth rulers who were rapidly Latinised. Over time, the spelling of the Latin Barcino (declined as Barcinone, Barcinonem, Barcinonam, Barcinona) gradually came to include an intercalated "h" to represent the hard /k/ sound (as in modern Italian), and the use of the different Latin cases declined.

Jewish Barchinona

The Jewish population of Barcino/Barchinona dates from the mid-4th century at the latest. While the Jewish religion had been tolerated by the Romans, Jews suffered varying degrees of discrimination and persecution under the Visigoths.

Muslim Barshiluna

Moorish forces arrived in the Iberian peninsula in 711. ostensibly to assist Achila II in the civil war which opposed him against Roderic. 

Muslim rule in Barshiluna (also transliterated as Medina Barshaluna, Madinat Barshaluna, Bargiluna^[and Barxilun) lasted less than a century. While the cathedral was converted into a mosque and taxes levied on non-Muslims, religious freedom and civil government was largely respected. The local Walī (Military Chief) was mostly concerned with military matters; the count and the local bishop generally had day-to-day control of the local population.

Read the previous text and answer the following questions in the grid.

1-       What is the first name of the Iberian village that originated Barcelona

2-       How many inhabitants does Barcelona have nowadays?

3-       Barcelona was settled in a hill and a mountain. Which?

4-       Which Carthaginian general was believed to have occupied Barcelona?

5-       What was the complete name of Roman Barcino

6-       What was the name of the central point of intersection between the Cardus Maximus and the Decumanus Maximus?

7-       Which street is the Cardus Maximus nowadays?

8-       Which street is the Decumanus Maximus nowadays?

9-       Which museum maintains Roman vestiges nowadays?

10-   Which monarch established his court in Barcino?

11-   Who was Galla Placidia?

12-   What language did they speak in Visigothic Barchinona?

13-   What did Jewish suffer under the Visigoths?

14-   Which year did Moorish forces arrive in the Iberian Peninsula?

15-   Which monarch did they have to assist?

16-   Which monarch were they supposed to fight against?

17-   Which were the names of Muslim Barcelona?

18-   How long did the Muslims rule in Barcelona?

19-   What was the cathedral converted into?

20-   What is a Walī?

4. ORAL PRESENTATION / WRITING: Prepare a presentation about what you have learnt. Decide with your mates who is going to say what.

Use the following model:

Student 1: With reference to the English area we have learnt various things, First, we know now that ..............................because we watched a video about Barcelona.

Student 2: Second, we also know that .............................. ....................................................because we read a text about ancient Barcelona.

Student 3 Then we had a discussion about the advantages and disadvantages of tourism in Barcelona and we found that........................... ................ ................ ................ ................ ................ ............................

Student 4: Finally, we think that this part of the project was ............................................ because.... ................... ..... ......... ............................................................................................................