WORLD CULTURES II - LESSON PLAN - Unit 5
Renaissance, Reformation, and Exploration
Textbook Chapters & Sections: 10 (3 & 4), 11, 12
Objective Test Section
KNOWLEDGE
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1 / Giotto / 100 Years' War / Petrarch / Sonnet2 / Black Death / Boccaccio / Tamerlane / John Wycliffe
3 / Lollards / Geoffrey Chaucer / Jan Hus / Fillipo Brunelleschi
4 / Masaccio / Jean d’Arc / Donatello / Jan & Hubert vanEyck
5 / Cosimo de Medici / Fiorenza / Humanism / Johannes Gutenberg
6 / Prince Henry the Navigator / Ghiberti / Wars of the Roses / Rich. II/Henry VI/Ed. IV
7 / Louis IX (the Pious) / Lorenzo de Medici / Maximillian Hapsburg / Ferdinand & Isabella
8 / Leonardo da Vinci / Inquisition / Heresy / Ed. V/Rich. III/Henry VII
9 / Bartholemeu Dias / Cape of Good Hope / Botticelli / Christopher Columbus
10 / Alexander Borgia / Cesare & Lucretia / Treaty of Tordesillas / Savonarola
11 / Lodovico Sforza / Balance of Power / "Everyman" / Heironymus Bosch
12 / Albrecht Durer / John Cabot / Vasco de Gama / Michelangelo
13 / Pedro Cabral / Amerigo Vespucci / Josquin des Pres / Raphael de Santi
14 / Johann Tetzel / Jakob Fugger / Martin Waldseemuller / Desiderius Erasmus
15 / Bartolome de Las Casas / 5th Lateran Council / Vasco Nunez de Balboa / Juan Ponce de Leon
16 / Niccolo Machiavelli / Corregio / Thomas More / Martin Luther
17 / Mannerism / Hernan Cortes / Conquistadors / Moctezuma
18 / Thomas Munzer / Anabaptists / Ferdinand Magellan / Diet of Worms
19 / Huldreich Zwingli / Giovanni Verrazano / Babur (Babar) / Baldassare Castiglione
20 / Melanchthon / Schmalkaldic League / Henry VIII / Francisco Pizzaro
21 / Rabelais / John Calvin / Huguenot / Thomas Cranmer
22 / Madrigal / Act of Supremacy / John of Leiden / Ignatius Loyola
23 / Jacques Cartier / Francisco Coronado / John Knox / Hernando DeSoto
24 / Pope Paul III / Council of Trent / Gustav Mercator / Nostradamus
25 / St. Frances Xavier / Baroque / "Bloody" Mary / Peace of Augsburg
26 / Charles V (I) / Philip II / Elizabeth I / Puritan
27 / Andrea Amati / Nobunaga / St. Bartholomew’s Day / Francis Drake
28 / El Greco / Montaigne / Walter Raleigh / Monteverdi
29 / Armada / Henry III (Fr.) / Henry of Guise / Henry IV of Navarre
COMPREHENSION
1What specific factors caused the Renaissance to begin in Italy as opposed to anywhere else?
2What improvements in artistic techniques occurred during the Renaissance?
3How did improvements in metalwork change the lives of Europeans in several ways?
4Why did Popes agree to the use of Inquisitions?
5How did women's lives improve during the Renaissance?
6What is a "Renaissance Man"?
7What factors encouraged the explosion in exploration? What developments made exploration possible?
8What aspects of life during this era contributed to the rise of banks?
9What was Balance of Trade, how was it achieved, and why was it so hard to maintain?
10What three things did Magellan prove by his trip around the world?
11What principles did Anabaptists eventually bring to America?
12In what ways have the Jesuits changed since their inception?
13Why did Philip make the disastrous decision to invade England?
14If the Edict of Nantes was predictable in its formulation, was it also predictable in its resolution?
15How did exploration in the world change life for the common person in Europe?
16Why did so many monarchs feel the need to establish complete control over their subjects?
APPLICATION
1How did the Renaissance spread from Italy to Northern Europe?
2Why were wealth & talent more important than family heritage? Why did wealthy people spend money to encourage artists?
3How did the Inquisition help destroy Spanish culture?
4Why is it now “politically correct” to put down Christopher Columbus?
5Does the end ever justify the means?
6Did Lutheranism follow the principles & desires of Martin Luther?
7Were the manners of Renaissance folk that much different than ours?
8Examine Castiglione's book The Courtier to determine what was once considered good manners.
9Are there any contemporary examples of Simony? Is anything else comparable?
10How was exploration by some nations a threat to others?
11How did England eventually become the dominant world power?
12Are Puerto Rico & the Philippines today in a similar position to America in the 1600's?
13Compare the Renaissance in Rome, Florence, Milan, and Venice. What items were produced in each place, and how were the cities and their accomplishments different?
Subjective Test Section
ANALYSIS
1How many ways can you think of in which man's thinking changed in the Renaissance, and how did each of those changes help create a different lifestyle?
2Debate whether Renaissance governments had become civilized.
3Compare the arguments that claim the Wars of the Roses were won by strength, attrition, or intellect.
4What are the practices and pitfalls of the "marriage for power" systems like that employed by Maximilian Hapsburg?
5What factors made the Renaissance different in Northern Europe than it was in Italy?
6Draw a flow chart showing how the development of the printing press had widespread impact.
7Why does it not solve our problems to kill those who cause them?
8Why could the philosophical thought of the Renaissance not have occurred earlier? Are there conditions under which it might have occurred earlier?
9Why is it necessary for man to imagine perfection?
10Diagram the effects of cultural diffusion evident in this unit.
11What emphases in Renaissance education are still active today?
12Why do we have such a sense of awe over the paintings of the Renaissance?
13Were Renaissance artists truly innovative or did they merely create artworks by formula?
14Break down the specific characteristics that made Renaissance artwork different from its predecessors, and show examples to prove your point.
15Make a comparative timeline of the monarchs of England & France during the Hundred Years' War, and show how each perpetuated the conflict.
16Make an interlocking flowchart to show the various men who competed for power during the Wars of the Roses. Show each man's claim to power, his activities while in power, and the causes of his demise.
17How did the geography of Europe affect the spread of Renaissance ideas?
18Why didn't the Inquisitions accomplish their purpose?
19Why were there no great Protestant leaders in Italy?
20List reasons why religion created so much violence, distrust, and hatred.
21In what ways are Wycliffe, Luther, and Calvin similar and different? How do you think each might have felt if he had known about the actions of his followers after his death?
22Are Black Muslims, Televangelists, and Social Priests part of a modern Reformation?
23Can you show that the collapse of Communism due to the same principles that caused the reformation of the European Catholic Church?
24Described the role of England in the development of Protestantism.
25What effects of their religious and political background did Puritans and Anabaptists demonstrate when they got to America?
26To a Protestant, what would be the positive and negative decisions made by the Council of Trent?
27How might different social groups (Clergy, Nobles, Government, Commoners) have reacted to Luther's 95Theses? Why did he post them where he did?
28How were the changes of Henry IV of France like those of the Emperor Darius of ancient Persia?
29What problems did Charles V (I) find insoluble? Why would someone with as much power as he had surrender it freely?
30Did Protestantism help to bring down the absolute monarchs?
31Did the Inquisition help solidify the Spanish monarchy, or bring down its power?
32How did each exploring nation treat the American Natives, and how did that affect their long-term success?
33Why did England need colonies more than other nations?
34How did the life of colonists in America develop the values we hold today?
35Make a chart showing how Portugal, Spain, Holland, and France each gained and lost their dominance in exploration and colonies.
36After the discovery of America, how did Europe's AHA's change?
37Draw a map showing the routes taken by important explorers. What do they tell you about currents, weather, and patterns?
38Compare and contrast lifestyles in the Jamestown and Plymouth colonies.
39Are there any "Renaissance people" today?
EVALUATION
1What is the relative merit of the concept that suppression is a poor way to keep one's people under control?
2Would we have been better off if there had been no Reformation, and we had continued to have only one religion in the world?
3Was Thomas More principled and courageous, or stubborn and foolish?
4Could an Inquisition occur in Italy or Spain today? In what countries might it be most likely?
5Compare and contrast the final statements given by Sir Thomas More and Thomas Cranmer. Which man do you admire most?
6Do Inquisitions create the same type of feelings as those caused by the actions of Adolph Hitler and Josef Stalin?
7How could Thomas de Torquemada look at himself in the mirror? What must he have thought about his own actions?
8Which are better and more logical, the arguments favoring predestination, or those against it?
9Read The Grand Inquisitor by Fyodor Dostoevsky. What is his stand on Inquisitions? How does his story reflect the Russia of his time?
10Write an editorial for a newspaper, describing the negative and damaging aspects of Renaissance ideology.
11Defend or Refute the statement "Without the Renaissance, the Reformation could not have occurred".
12Compare & contrast Renaissance art styles with Greek & Roman Classical styles. Did Renaissance artists succeed in recreating classical ideals in art, literature, philosophy, and religion?
13Does the rabid interest in biography during this time give us any insight into the mentality and originality of the people?
14Is a "sense of adventure" one of Man's inherent qualities?
15Do Neil Armstrong and Christa McAuliffe have characteristics in common with Christopher Columbus and his contemporaries?
16How should we view Columbus' treatment of Native Americans?
17Compare and contrast the viewpoints of Bartolome de Las Casas and Juan de Sepulveda on the treatment of native peoples. What would be the positive and negative effects of adopting either man’s policy wholesale?
18Evaluate the significance and extent of the impact of "Discoverers" like Columbus, Vasco da Gama, and Magellan, with that of the "Explorers" like LaSalle, de Soto, and Coronado.
19In what ways do the artistic styles of the period reflect the lifestyle of the common people?
20Exactly what DOES it say about a species that searches the world over, and brings back coffee, tobacco, and other stimulant-containing products (yes, even chocolate) more often than other, more useful items?
SYNTHESIS
1Pretending that you are a Pope, write a plan for Reforming the Church, maintaining its integrity while making the reforms necessary to keep the majority of people in the Catholic Church.
2Write a story that describes what life would be like today if the Catholic Church were the ONLY religion.
3If you were convening a modern Council of Trent, which religions would you invite to participate, and what issues would you put on the agenda?
4How many post-Reformation examples can you think of which prove the thesis: "You can kill a man, but you can't kill his ideas."
5As an imaginary Pope, write an order to begin an Inquisition, explaining why it is necessary and acceptable. Did the real Popes defend their actions?
6As a Huguenot, write a letter discussing your feelings about the St. Bartholomew's Day Massacre. How will your life in France change now?
7How would our culture be different today if Englishmen had treated Native Americans the way the French or Spanish did?
8Create an exercise in which students can map an area with much the same restrictions faced by Prince Henry's students or explorers.
9How might our culture be different today if there had been no gold in the Americas? What if there was lots of gold, but no agricultural productivity? What if there were neither?
10In how many ways would world history be different if there were no American continents at all?
11Write a guidebook describing the characteristics of a Renaissance Person today.
12Design your own high school curriculum that would create modern Renaissance People.
13How would you recognize if a modern Renaissance was occurring?
14Combine your knowledge of Renaissance artistic technology with your own Spatial Intelligence to create your own Renaissance painting.