The Renaissance

(For the Koollidz Kids to work ahead)
Renaissance Project

For your project on the Renaissance, you will pick a famous representative or event from the time and try to convince the class that this person or event or location or philosophy was the most influential person/event of the era.

You will need to have a 2 1/2minute speech with 10 pictures for your presentation (set the presentation to change the picture every 15 seconds).

You may choose from the following people, topics:
Leonardo DaVinci Machiavelli Shakespeare
Gutenberg Michelangelo Magna Carter
Catherine de Medicci (or another Mecicci) Henry VIII
Elizabeth I Descartes The Borgias Dante
Fibbanacci Isabella d’Este Galileo Galilei
Isaac Newton Christopher Marlowe Nicolaus Copernicus
Jacques Cartier Vasco de Gama John Cabot
Johannes Kepler Donatello Marco Polo
Magellan Sir Walter Raleigh Isaac Newton Printing Press
Raphael Martin Luther The Inquisition
Saint Bartholomew's Massacre The Reformation Art and Perspective
Developments in Navigation Spanish Armada Bloody Mary Petrarch Florence
Milan Genoa Humanism Artwork Don Quixote Ulrich Zwingli John Calvin Thomas Hobbes


Things to focus on:
1. Why they are/it is famous.
2. Impact on today’s society.
3. How they/it advanced science/technology/literature/government?
4. Interesting Facts (at least 5-with explanations)

You will be marked on the following:
1. The information presented.
2. How it is presented.
3. Pictures used (do they match your speech).