Research Project Assignments
Isaac Newton / One of the most important Scientist and inventors in human history.
Marco Polo / Italian trader that lived in Asia for 20 years.
Galileo Galilei / Scientist and inventor persecuted by the Catholic church.
Joan of Arc / French peasant that rallied the French army.
William Shakespeare / One of the greatest writers and playwrights in history.
Christopher Columbus / Merchant and trader to who off to find new trade routes for the Queen of Spain.
Cosimo de Medici / Patron of the arts and powerful Florence merchant.
Thomas More / Lawyer, author and statesmen known as a humanist.
Leonardo DaVinci / Artist, scientists, inventor of the Renaissance.
Eleanor of Aquitaine / Queen of France and England.
Nicolo Machiavelli / Italian writer and politician that explained the rule of law in power.
Nicolaus Copernicus / Scientist that discovered that the earth rotates around the sun.
Martin Luther / Catholic priest who challenged church beliefs about power.
Johann Gutenberg / Typesetter who invented the first printing press.
Queen Isabella / Encouraged education and religion. Supported artists and explorers.
Thomas Aquinas / University teacher that balancedChristian faith with rational thought.
Saladin / Muslim leader against the crusades.
King Richard I / Leader in the crusades.
Desiderius Erasmus / A Dutch priest that questioned corrupt clergy.
John Locke / Enlightenment thinker who advocated for people’s natural rights.
Francis Drake / Explorer that circumnavigated the earth.
Sandro Bottichelli / Considered one of the greatest artists of the Renaissance.
Francis Bacon / Developed the Scientific Method for inquiry and investigation
Rene Descartes / Scientists who believed that everything should be doubted and proven.
Michelangelo / Artist famous for his work on the Sistine Chapel.
Dante Alighieri / Italian writer and statesman.
St. Ignatius of Loyola / Leader of the counter reformation.
Ferdinand Magellan / Circumnavigated the globe.
Benjamin Franklin / Considered one of the greatest enlightenment thinkers in history.
King Henry VIII / Active in the reformation of the church.
Wolfgang Amadeus Mozart / Musician.
EVENTS
Magna Carta / Document that forced the monarchy to acknowledge the rights of the people.
The Hundred Years’ War / War between England and France for land rights.
Reconquista / Spanish fight to take Spain from the Moors.
The Thirty-Years War / War between Catholics and Protestants.
French Revolution / Revolutionary uprising of common people.
Spanish Inquisition / Questioning and punishment of non-Christians
PLACES
Venice
Florence
Constantinople
London
Granada
New Spain / Find out what happens in North America after the Aztecs are conquered.
Outremer / After the First Crusade, the Europeans set up “kingdoms across the sea.”
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