Renaissance

5/8 Due Friday 5/10 Complete the questions and submit as a PDF.

5/6

Renaissance Test

5/2

Renaissance Test Review today: Test Friday 5/3

Find the correct answers to the questions, or find an answer that fits the statement. >
 * Write the correct statement on a piece of paper.
 * [[file:imiddle7thgradeworldhistory/Renaissance Test Review.pptx|Renaissance Test Review.pptx]]

5/1

**Renaissance Study Guide** - Create a Study Guide
 * Use your textbook and any notes from the Renaissance Unit**
 * __*Key Terms:__**
 * Renaissance
 * Humanism
 * Perspective
 * Vernacular
 * Silk Road
 * Secular
 * Printing Press
 * Christian Humanism (Ch.11.3)
 * Give examples of what they were famous for:**


 * # Dante Aligheri || # Queen Isabella I ||
 * # Machiavelli || # Elizabeth I ||
 * # Miguel de Cervantes || # Andreas Vesalius ||
 * # Michelangelo || # Titian ||
 * # Cosimo de’Medici || # Durer ||
 * # Johann Gutenberg || # Coppernicus ||
 * # Marco Polo || # Petrarch ||
 * # William Shakespeare || # Desiderius Erasmus ||
 * # Leonardo da Vinci || # Brunelleschi ||

1. How did Renaissance art differ from art during the Middle Ages? 2. How did Johann Gutenberg’s printing press help to spread the Renaissance throughout Europe? (Chapter 11; Section 3) 3. What factors helped in the growth of the Renaissance? Explain each. (Classical, Travel and Commerce, Growth of City States, Humanism, Art and Learning) 4. Draw the Flower and Label the parts from # 3.
 * Renaissance Short Answer Questions: At least a paragraph to answer each!!**

4/30

Read pages 312-317 : For each person and achievement from the reading:
 * 1) describe the achievement
 * 2) draw or include a labeled image
 * 3) explain the impact/significance of the achievement
 * 4) Which achievement had the greatest impact on Europe? Justify

4/29

Watch the [|Leonardo Video] (you have to log in to MBC)

4/25-4/26

Join My Big Campus [|Click Here]

Watch and take notes on [|Da Vinci] 1355...user name=imiddle Post to the [|discussion] when you finish the video.

Listen and zoom in on Leo's notebook [|Leonardo Da Vinci's Notebook]

4/23-24

Here is a sample One Pager from Japan Unit: Notice the image citations
 * Read Pages 304-310
 * Create a “One Pager” that uses every Blue and Red heading from the reading

4/22

Finish Humanism project and post the share link on your wiki pages. No iPads tomorrow. You must post your assignment with 15 minutes left in class today.

4/16-4/19

-In your teams Using iPads in class!! -You will be reading the

Answer these questions creatively. Don’t just list an answer. Make it interesting. Use images that support your claims. Create an Educreations Video that explains humanism.

1. What spurred humanism? 2. What were the roots of humanism? 3. Why was Italy a center for learning? 4. How did humanists look at life? 5. What are the humanities? 6. What were humanists doing with the past ideas? 7. What did these ideas change? (more than one) 8. How were humanists looked at by the Catholic Church? explain why 9. How has humanism impacted your lives today?

Summarize the impact of humanism on Europe and the Renaissance.

4/15

Finish Travel ad Commerce (below 4/12)

Text pg 300-303
 * [[file:imiddle7thgradeworldhistory/Growth of City States.pdf|Growth of City States.pdf]] **


 * Explain the following in your project: **
 * Why did the Renaissance begin in central and northern Italy? (PDF)
 * What made Italian city-states wealthy? (PDF)
 * What were the specialization of each city-state? (PDF)
 * What encouraged a boom in art and learning? Examples. (PDF and textbook)
 * Why were bankers in Florence so powerful? (textbook)
 * Who was Cosimo de' Medici and why was he so influential (important) to the Renaissance? (textbook)

4/12

Open the trade and commerce file either read it or have it read to you.
 * [[file:imiddle7thgradeworldhistory/travel and commerce.pdf|travel and commerce.pdf]] **

**Choose ONE Activity to complete:**
1. Acrostic Poem (Travel and Commerce) 2. Postcard (from Venice or Florence) 3. Diary Entry (Silk Road to Florence)
 * Include these words: **
 * Trade
 * New Ideas
 * Crusades
 * Mongols
 * Silk Road
 * Marco Polo
 * Trading Centers
 * Venice
 * Genoa
 * New Kinds of Economy
 * Coins
 * Moneychangers
 * Craftspeople
 * Merchants
 * bankers
 * patrons

4/11


 * 1) In groups of 3 write a paragraph explaining the "Roots of the Renaissance" - use your notes from yesterday.
 * 2) Go to [|Elearning Forum]  to write your paragraph (ex. of topic sentence: The Renaissance had it's roots in the rediscovery of the classical world of ancient Greece and Rome.) The details are missing your group must add the details.
 * 3) Comparing Art-
 * 4) Read[[file:imiddle7thgradeworldhistory/Renaissance Art Compare.ppt|Renaissance Art Compare.ppt]] and take notes on Slides (1-11) the purpose and characteristics of Classical, Medieval and Renaissance Art.
 * 5) Play matching game: is it Classical, Medieval, or Renaissance? Discuss reasoning/explanation (12-85)



4/10

In groups of 2-3:

Read pages 298-303 and the Take Cornell Notes on the 2 readings you can do these together, but each member must have their own notes.

4/9 Renaissance Preview Groups of 2-3...(No Exceptions) What do you think the picture describes? Use the terms provided see example. Save as a PDF with all members names as file name.
 * [[file:imiddle7thgradeworldhistory/renaissance preview1.docx|renaissance preview1.docx]]


 * Listen to Renaissance Podcast and take notes.Remember you must sign in with computer ID

4/8

Welcome back! > > post the finished assignment as a PDF (named correctly) on your wiki page. >
 * 1) [[file:imiddle7thgradeworldhistory/Renaissance Chapter Walk.doc|Renaissance Chapter Walk.doc]] answer all questions in complete sentences