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ls. ‘A)What seach paragraph about Read the text and choose the correct answer. ‘ist paragraph: 2 Sigufcant event. b) Official elbrations. e) An epidemic. ‘Second paragraph: a) Food.) Religion.) Children’s activites, “Third paragraph: a) Going to chute, b) Activites and celebrations 1 The family. Colonia times: ie in the ity People ada peaceful life which changed on occasions when, for example vers ‘ooded or an epidemic broke ot. Sometimes, the causes of such changes were ‘news from distant paces, religous events or the atrial of new autores (Official celebrations tok pace when a viceroy arvedor the authors inthe {own counel changed. (1). a ‘People led domestic ives. Fale ved together and had servants inthe house CCilcen woke up very eal, had mate fr breakfast and, on special occasions, rank ot chocolate (2). - They bad fun, to! Inthe courtyard hey played hopscotch, sang and danced in citles and solved dls. They ate rit, honey cor milk sweets, As there was n electricity, (3) - ‘Adults ad sol gatherings where they alked and danced minuets and waltzes played onthe piano. They also played cards. (4. ca tata ater cet ty ‘whole family would po fora walk around the main square. Birthdays, baptisms and weddings were very important celebrations, too! 5) Read the text again and write the missing sentence in the corret place. Underline the words o phrases in the text that helped you find the connection. 4) Sometimes, they went othe theate oo see shows 1 Then, they went to school, where they eat to read, wet, do caleuaions and behave £6) When al these celebations finshed, people would see a bullight or play pao 4) children went obo early and sometimes they read by candlelight ‘€) What ie itferent from today? Write the sentences showing diferences, ‘Example: Nowadays, there elect. » a 3 ‘Aborigine ‘Avian save ‘Spanish ‘creole 5) Read the text and complet it withthe correct word. Look atthe pictures In and check if they match the words you wrote below. Spanlah aborigines slaves erodes In the colony, thee were ferences between seal lasses 0 the rights of lower classes were not respecte. Many (1). ‘were Brought by ship in inhuman eondtions and many of them ded during the voyage ee, they were sold inthe market Slaves were ot free and thelr masters fed them and gave tem clots, Poorly ‘reseed in jackets and trousers, they generally went barefoot or wore sandals ‘made of skin. Sometimes, they got their masters’ od clothes which looked ridiculous on them because they were toe hig oto lng. They generally wore these clothes on Sunda, ‘The @). _pelonged to another socal lass, They worked in the mines doing forced labour called muta. Besides, those who cultivated the land \ and aise cate were under the control ofa Spanish encraendero, who ‘ranges ther. In this system, known a encamienda, the naamenderos ‘ould get products suc as wheat, cor, chicken or Ibour from the aborigines Se gee Oe they protected. Like slaves, the aborigines didnot have rights. Fr example, ‘they were not allowed 10 ride horses. They wore a loinelth oa long shit. They were generally barefoot or woe udimenary shoes made of skin. Tei ai was long and they wore accessories such as hlrband, necklaces and bracelets, o_ were descendants of Spanish setter in South America, ‘Some of them were merchants; ers were profesional o elated tothe ‘Chute Their clothes were similar o those worn by the Spanish The ) foumed the upper socal dass. They regula ‘organised parties and meetings. Women made ther own dresses out of European cloth and their slaves helped to sow them. They also wore petcots, ‘omamental combs, and had fans and parasol to protect themselves rom the sun. Men wore jackets, shits, tight touses, op hats and used canes the ge (©) Work with your partner. Read the text again and write the words ight column, ‘ships cultivated the land no vights masters “Burope market parties servants mines upper social class no ive raised cattle Aircon slave ‘Aborigine Spanish D) Clothes Find a word in the text that means: 1) without shoes on your fet 2) a object use, especialy by women, provide shade fom the sun eee '3) a aber which you can wave co make the at cole: 49) someting used for helping somebody walle «= 5) an objet used by women to keep thet hair Back o for decoration: People had many jobs that no longer exist or were replaced by Notes. Pears walked the stets fering their routs or sod ‘hem inthe market that was nthe man square Some pears ‘wer: the water carr, the mazamore, the washer woman, {he milkman, and the eae seller A) Write the name of the pedlar to form tre sentences. There Is one thats ‘ot mentdone ——— ote mik at people's houses. A sot water taken rom te ver. A washed the clothes. A etd desserts BB ete sentence for he ming pat “There were other people wo had jobs elated o commerce For example, here were carpenters, who made wagons and barrel makes, who made bartels for ary iui “The shops of important merchants were near the Plaza Mayor and located on the comer 0 that they had doors o two sees 'B) Complete the paragraph with the words in the box. augherhouser Tocat mores save market Moreover, there were places o cary xt iferent sci: in ato was the ()______ where ican saves were legally sold ar rom the towa centre, there were @)_ where the cows were killed o get bet for the inhablians ofthe cy. And the were shops where avait af things were sold Ta apron ~baveel~howse— neckerchief basket ~ walicoat ‘Choose another pedir and describe H.Use these questions a a guide: Wher] {ssihet What ts se dtng? What is she wearing? "Now, draw your peda. carrera ei Brrr ete 3) What were the missions? Why dd he priests build them? Religion was very important in Colonia mes, People went to chu and took pat in Mass, ‘weddings and baptisms, Al ofthese ceremonies ‘were performed by piss. Among tet duties, ‘rests took are of sick people, taught religion {and were chage ofthe cemeteries, which Were inthe churchyard, ‘The process of colonisation was accompanied by evanglsation. Religious people came to ‘America to evangelt the aborigines, to convert {hem to Christianity. For his reason, the pests baptised the aborigines. But they realised that cevangeisation was in dangez because ofthe {uel treatment thatthe aborigines received fom the Spanish. So, some religous persons Dl ite towns to protect the aborigines fom the colonists. Those towns were Called reeruarons or missons. There were missions in Paragusy, Braz andthe northeast of our county. In these place, there were aborigines ony and they were governed by an orginal caida, Bu, the press guided these reservations. Inthe cet ofa ‘isson, there wat big square suroude by he chute, the cemetery, the ‘missionaries rooms, the aborigines houses the school and workshops for tllerent cats. ‘he missons were carefully organised. There was time for working raving and studying relgon. Each aborgial family had potion of land and worked |) What id the aborigines doin the missions? 1) Underline the words that are related to EVANGELISATION and complete the diagram, ©) Discusion, What do you think that finaly happened tothe misslonst Discuss your ideas and write them down, But they also did community work They grew sugarcane, sweet potato, pumpin, toboco, cotton and yerba mate- Then, hey sod al these products in nearby ees |) Answer these questions. 1 Why did retigious people come to America? 2) What was evangelion? » __ the fastest means of eansport fhe time, Whea d 1 rave Tong unpaved ‘rays they stopp to rest tthe local stores here they ‘te played and listened to msi Before they went on 2)__ a veticte wit to big wheels and aot made of straw or skin and pled by oxen, The Toureys were very slow and uncomfortable. {twas a it more comfortable ee and pled by how Read and lear how people communicated. ‘Means of communication were very slow at that time. People who wrote and reeved eters had to ait fora lng tne because the Ite: were transported by ships or by postmen who travelled on horseback, But eters did not get 10 the houses. In at people had to cll them ‘fom the nearest public office [A forthe means of anspor there were very ews the wagon, the glee and the hose Distances were long and there were not aways roads. Life S | ~ COLONIA

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