Travel through timeCompare two dates
The earthquake entered Alvite’s account
A local memory of a larger event.
Alvite · written account from 1758
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- Set a line with two dates: 1755 and 1758.
- Put the event on the first and the account written on the second.
- Compare it to the memory of Faia, distinguishing what each author recorded.
A proposal with the text, without searching for current unconfirmed marks.
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The flavours of CabeceirasCompare two storerooms of 1758
They made wine, but bought bread
A small detail reveals how food reached the table.
Vila Nune · feed in 1758
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- Make a column for Vila Nune and another for Rio Douro.
- Write down the products mentioned in each and mark the bread purchased in Vila Nune.
- It compares what the document says with what remains to be known, such as quantities, prices and places of purchase.
Uses Vila Nune and Rio Douro readings. Sources describe productions, not full menus.
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A world beneath the leavesCompare two phases, not just two days
More water is not always better
Fungi need the right conditions, not just rain.
Fungi · cultivation conditions, general context
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- Divide a leaf into two columns: mycelium growth and mushroom formation.
- Distributes by columns temperature, illumination, substrate and humidity; one factor may appear in both.
- Writes a question that the rain forecast does not answer: what is the species, substrate or development phase?
Reading exercise; it is not a cultivation protocol or an occurrence prediction.
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The flavours of CabeceirasCompare two Christmas memories
Bread joined the celebration too
With mexidos, dessert takes shape in the cooking pot.
Pedraça · testimony collected in 2011
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- Reads Pedraça and Outeiro.
- Note who shared each recipe, place and year of collection.
- It seeks a common ingredient and a difference in how to present the sweet.
A comparison of readings, which you can do on paper.
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The flavours of CabeceirasCompare two French toasts
Honey sweetens rabanadas too
A dessert helps tell the story of how local flavours were promoted.
Cabeceiras · 2012 memory and 2015 recipe
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- Open the recipes of honey and wine.
- Compares the liquid in which the bread is wet, the ingredients of the frying and the finish.
- Write down who shared each version and where it appears.
Comparison between documented recipes; does not presuppose a single preparation in all houses.
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Crafts and memoriesCompare two solutions
The water changed its path
A channel can vanish from view and remain in memory.
Alvite and Passos · irrigation documented in 2008
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- Split a sheet into two columns: before and after.
- Note the change described in the text and the date of the source.
- Write a question the document leaves open.
Exploitation of the document, no visit to the real estate.
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Crafts and memoriesCompare two solutions
Behind the factory, another time
Souto do Rego holds the shift from water to electricity.
Pedraça · industrial heritage documented in 2008
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- Split a sheet into two columns: before and after.
- Note the change described in the text and the date of the source.
- Write a question the document leaves open.
Exploitation of the document, no visit to the real estate.
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Crafts and memoriesCompare two solutions
When the oil mill changed its power source
In Painzela, the story continued beyond the water channel.
Painzela · changing oil mills in the 20th century
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- Split a sheet into two columns: before and after.
- Note the change described in the text and the date of the source.
- Write a question the document leaves open.
Exploitation of the document, no visit to the real estate.
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A world beneath the leavesCompare image and description
Small fans, a life in wood
The upper and lower surfaces tell different stories.
Abadim · local record and general biology
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- Pick two details you can point at in the picture.
- Find in the text a feature that the image does not show.
- Make a drawing with two subtitles: visible in the photograph and explained by the source.
An activity with photographs, without collecting or manipulating copies.
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Travel through timeCompare places and distances
When a chapel shortened the journey
Distance from the church also shaped villages.
São Nicolau · 1758 account
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- List the three chapels and their places mentioned.
- Imagine the difference between having to reach the matrix and having a chapel in place.
- Do not turn this comparison into a current path: the document describes needs of 1758.
The proposal starts from the historical document, without calculating current travel times.
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Read the landscape through the plantsCompares leaf design
A conifer that sheds its leaves in autumn
Having cones does not mean keeping leaves all year round.
Parque Florestal · 2016 planting and general botany
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- Draw a fan sheet to represent ginkgo.
- In another design, it represents leaves in opposite pairs along a branch, as in the description of the metasequoia.
- Add to both the indication of deciduous foliage. The same seasonal change can accompany very different forms.
Schemes based on botanical descriptions; they are not identification of current copies of the park.
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Read the landscape through the plantsCompare the fan with the composite sheet
A tree with fan-shaped leaves
The ginkgo’s leaves have a distinctive shape to look for.
Parque Florestal · 2016 planting and species biology
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- Draws a ginkgo sheet as a fan blade, with or without central cutout.
- Next to it, he draws the ash leaf with several folioli along an axis.
- A cut on the blade is not the same as several folioles.
Schemes based on botanical descriptions; do not require picking leaves.
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