Into the Renaissance

Make sure your Medieval Project is posted on the Social Stuidie's kidblog. If so, continue below to be reborn.

From a previous blog posting, know what brought an end to the Medieval Ages and the start of the Renaissance. Be prepared to talk about the items in blue.

Advances in Farming
Changes in the Economy
Mobility of workers
New thoughts coming from the Crusades
More merchants
Development of the Middle Class
Rise of towns/cities
More Travel
Printing Press
Advances in Navigation
More Trade
The Black Death

Read here, up to but not including The Reformation.

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1. Humanism asks people to stop relying on ___________ and to instead create the life they want to lead.
2. What tragic event happened just before the start of the Renaissance, and help the Renaissance be possible?
3. Where did the Renaissance start? (Bonus, not in the reading, but deduce from our discussions. Where do you think the first Renaissance dome was built?)
4A. The Golden Ratio, used by DaVince in the Vitruvian Man, and often found in nature, such as in our fingers, sea shells, tree branches, and hurricanes, to name a few, was studied during the Renaissance. Which ancient culture that we studied  consciously used the Golden Ration in their art?
4B. Which ancient culture that we studied copied and kept alive the use of the Golden Ratio?


One of the keys to the Renaissance was increased trade. Do you have what it makes to be a Trader back in the Renaissance or will you lose a pound of flesh.  Click here to find out.

Tour the Sistine Chapel, the church within the Pope's official residence. Click on update flash player and then click on always. Sistine Chapel tour here

The Tudors were a famous family of royalty in Britian during much of  the Renaissance. How was life like with the Tudors. Play these games to find out



How did the printing press come to me in Europe?


See how you would do as a printer who has to read letters backwards by playing this game here



How is your knowledge now of the Renaissance. Play at least 3 of these games here to find out. 

The Renaissance

The renaissance ppt from St. James-Assiniboia School Division

Out of the Medieval Times, and into the Renaissance

 The Renaissance
Rebirth


Advances in Farming
Changes in the Economy
Mobility of workers
New thoughts coming from the Crusades
More merchants
Development of the Middle Class
Rise of towns/cities
More Travel
Printing Press
Advances in Navigation
More Trade
The Black Death

Your Renaissance Project

Your Renaissance Project

For your project on the Renaissance, you will pick a famous representative or event from the time and educate the class about this person or event or location or philosophy.

You will need to have a 2 1/2minute speech with 10 pictures for the body of your presentation (set the presentation to change the picture every 15 seconds). Besides the body, have an introductory slide, and ending slide, and a slide listing your sources.

You may choose from the following list or in consultation with the teacher, choose something off the list.
Leonardo DaVinci
Machiavelli
Shakespeare
Gutenberg
Michelangelo
Magna Carter
Catherine de Medicci (or another Mecicci)
Henry VIII
Elizabeth I
Descartes
The Borgias
Dante
Fibonacci
The Battle of Vienna
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 Thomas More
Sir Walter Raleigh
Isaac Newton
Printing Press
Raphael
Martin Luther
The Inquisition
Saint Bartholomew's Massacre
The Reformation
Architecture
Developments in Navigation
Spanish Armada
Bloody Mary
Erasmus
Petrarch
Florence
Milan
Genoa
Humanism
Secularism
Artwork
The painting of the Last Supper (was that really St. Thomas?)
Don Quixote
Ulrich Zwingli
John Calvin
Thomas Hobbes
Another suggestion?


Things to focus on:
1. Why they are/it is important.
2. Impact on today’s society.
3. How they/it advanced science/technology/literature/government


We will come up with a rubric as a class. Things the teacher is thinking it should be marked on:
1. The information presented.
2. How it is presented.
3. Pictures used (do they match your speech).

Blog below your choice. If approved, it will be published in the comments section. 

The Renaissance

The renaissance ppt from St. James-Assiniboia School Division

In the teacher provided Links at the top of the page, I have posted sites that give information about changes in society that led to the Renaissance, which means Rebirth. Devour those pages and become a class expert on what lead to the Renaissance. Using the links found in the link above, title 'links,' find the main causes for the start of the Renaissance. Be prepared to defend your answer.

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).

The end of the Middle Ages and the arrival of the Renaissance.

In the teacher provided Links at the top of the page, I have posted 5 sites that give information about changes in society that led to the Renaissance, which means Rebirth. Devour those pages and become a class expert on what lead to the Renaissance. There is a project coming up that will require you to impart much knowledge in little time about the downfall of the Medieval Times.

Thursday-now that you have done some reading, and engaged in class discussion, blog below at least 5 things that led to the Renaissance.