Renaissance Web Quest
Renaissance Women http://www.yesnet.yk.ca/schools/projects/renaissance/
1. What 3 things were Renaissance women supposed to do?
2. What languages could she speak?
3. Scroll down to Catherine de Medici. What happened to Catherine when she was one?
4. How many of Catherine’s sons became kings?
Michelangelo http://www.yesnet.yk.ca/schools/projects/renaissance/main/michelangelo.html
5. What was Michelangelo’s true love?
6. Instead of the original 12 figures of the apostles that the pope had suggested for the ceiling of the Sistine Chapel, how many did Michelangelo paint?
7. Use the “Customs” link on the class website. Why would men pat each other on the back when they met?
8. Scroll down to “Making a Leg”. What part of a man was a very important focal point?
Renaissance Insturments http://www.music.iastate.edu/antiqua/instrumt.html
9. Click on Renaissance Instruments. Click on Harpsichord. Look at the picture. What modern instrument does it look like?
10. Go back and click on Serpent. It was used in sacred music to reinforce what? (You can put on your headphones and click on the picture to hear a sample of it!)
11. Go back and click on Lute. Draw a sketch of the lute. (You can put on your headphones and click on the picture to hear a sample of it!)
Leonardo DiVinci http://www.mos.org/sln/Leonardo
12. Click on Divinci link at bottom of page: Right to Left. What type of writing did he use?
13. Menu -> Activities: Scroll down to bottom, select activity. Then put in your first and last name to see how Leonardo would have written it. Now write your name as he would have written it.
14. Use Inventions link from class website. Scroll down and click on Visions of the Future. Click on the parachute to see how Leonardo first designed it. Draw a sketch of his drawing.
15. Use Anatomy link on class website. What did Divinci use to learn about anatomy?
Renaissance Business Card
Research one of the following people, then create a business card the person could have used during their lifetime. Your choices include: Catherine de Medici, Isabella d’Este, Michelangelo, Leonardo da Vinci, Galileo Galilei, Isaac Newton, or Martin Luther.
The business card must include:
• His/Her name in large print
• Where he/she could be contacted (not a phone number-phones didn’t exist!)
• Important accomplishments, skills, knowledge, etc.
• Appropriate illustrations & color
• Card must be clean, neat, and appealing to the readers!