Unit 6: The Renaissance

Learning Targets:

1. Trace the changes in politics, social classes, and economics from the Middle Ages into the Renaissance.
2. Illustrate how this time period was a rebirth of art, literature, politics, religion, education, science, etc.
3. Assess the impact of dissent on the Renaissance and Reformation.
4. Relate the Renaissance to our world and society today.

Essential Questions:

• How did advancements in the Middle Ages lead to the Renaissance?
• How did the changes of the Renaissance affect our society?

Resources and Assignments:

• PPT: The Renaissance
• Renaissance Identifications
• The Renaissance - Questions
• Trade Fuels City Growth - Questions
• Project: Advancements During the Renaissance
• Video Guide: Birth of a Dynasty
• Video: The Medici Pope
  • Answer: "How did wealthy families, such as the Medici, contribute to the advance of the Renaissance?"
• Exploration Questions
  • On your map, outline the exploration routes of the following people (found on the map below):
    • Vasco de Gama
    • Bartolemeu Dias
    • Christopher Columbus (first voyage, 1492)
    • Amerigo Vespucci
    • Ferdinand Magellan
    • Jacques Cartier
    • John Cabot
  • Also label the following (who are not found on the map below):
    • Samuel de Champlain
    • Henry Hudson

Review:

• The Renaissance Test Review