Renaissance Project-

Select a person from the Renaissance and create a poster.

See the website: http://www.yesnet.yk.ca/schools/projects/renaissance/

http://mrkash.com/activities/Renaissance.htm Include an Introduction- which says in a sentence or two what the person is known for and highlights of their body of work.

Background - This portion should include the person’s biography and important facts about their life.

Accomplishments: This portion should list the person’s greatest achievements and a brief statement why they were valuable to society, which could be the impact section.

Include a bibliography of your information sources.

Include 5 pictures, one of the person, one of the person’s work, the environment in which they lived, one you feel helps define the person’s accomplishments or upbringing, and one you select according to your depiction.

Step 1 - Select your person to research.

Step 2 - Google your Renaissance person. Read. Select some of the most interesting activities and aspects of your person. If you check 3 websites and all three mention the same thing first, you will want to make sure you include that information.

Step 3 -Create a word document with pictures and information that you have copied and pasted from the internet. Don’t forget to copy and paste the urls from where you got your information.

Step 4 - use a highlighter to note the information you wish to include on your poster.

Step 5 - Select or draw pictures you wish to include in on your poster.

Step 6 - Map out your poster. Work like a master renaissance artist!

Step 7 - Pencil in your information and attach the pictures.

Step 8 - Carefully print, draw, and color your poster. Include all the specified information.

Step 9 - Describe your Renaissance person to the class using the poster to illustrate their body of work. (You can use notecards, but you cannot read from the poster.)

Step 10 - Turn in your poster with your highlighted and notated word document.

Rubric:

Renaissance Person / 4 / 3 / 2 / 1
Introduction / Clear & thorough / Clear, missing important element / Vague or missing important element / Confusing and inadequate
Background information
Accomplishments
Poster / Well planned, contains all elements
Creativity

Desprez - Musician Bellini - Artist

Dufay - Musician Botticelli - Artist

Cellini - Sculptor Bruegel - Artist

Donatello - Sculptor da Vinci - Artist

Ghiberti - Sculptor Durer - Artist

Verrocchio - Sculptor Michelangelo - Artist

Columbus - Explorer Raphael - Artist

Magellan - Explorer Titian - Artist

Marco Polo - Explorer Uccello - Artist

Copernicus - Scientist Van Eyck - Artist

Descartes - Scientist Sir Walter Raleigh - Renaissance Man

Galileo - Scientist Isabella d’Este - Renaissance Woman

Mercator - Scientist Catherine de Medici - Renaissance Woman

Alberti - Architect The Borgias - Patrons

Brunelleschi - Architect The Medicis - Patrons

Palladio - Architect Elizabeth I - Politician

Castiglione - Scholar Francis I - Politician

Martin Luther - Scholar Machiavelli - Scholar

Manutius - Scholar Shakespeare - Scholar

John Gutenberg - inventor

Isaac Newton - Scientist

World History- 7th Grade - The Renaissance

Monday-

Introduction- Renaissance- Timeline pages 396 - 397

http://www.paradoxplace.com/Perspectives/Chronologies/Part%202%20%20World%20of%20Middle%20Ages.htm

Tues.

Personalities-

Fill in the blank Renaissance (cloze)

Read chapter - Rebirth of Ideas in Europe, pg. 403 - 408

Wed.

Lab work Quiz- http://www.mrdowling.com/704quiz.html

Project

Thursday read 409 - 413

Friday, quiz on terms, notebook check