Opener I: Overview | Student Choice Day(s)

• On Student Choice Days you decide how best to utilize your time related to the class.  Consider:

• Finalizing The Previous Unit | submit work from the previous unit by the end of the class.  

  • After today it will only be valued at 1 point.

• Beginning to Work on the Current Unit | Get a head start on the work for the current unit.

• Recovery a Test | After completing the Recovery Handout, you may recover a previous test from the MP.

Opener II: Review| Unit Review Test

• We will go over the previous test so you know the answers in case you wish to do recovery

• Please note for the section on "how do you know it's the Correct Answer" you may not reference me discussing it as your rationale (unless you talked with me individually)

Lesson: Select an Activity from the Student Choice Board

• See the Student Choice Board (left) if you want more information about today's activity

Closing: Reminder | The Work from Last Unit is Due By The End of Class

• Today marks the last day in which you can turn in the work from the previous unit for partial credit (unless you are within the five days of SMCPS policy for a lawful absence).  

• If you turn in an assignment from the last unit after today it will be marked as a "1/x" where "x" is equal to the value of the assignment.  In other words, you will earn 1 point to illustrate that you turned in the assignment, albeit after it was directly relevant to the learning taking place.   

Opener: Philosophy | Fear or Love?

• Niccolo Machiavelli, in the Prince (1532), wrote: “Here a question arises: whether it is better to be loved than feared, or the reverse. The answer is, of course, that it would be best to be both loved and feared. But since the two rarely come together, anyone compelled to choose will find greater security in being feared than in being loved. . . . Love endures by a bond which men, being scoundrels, may break whenever it serves their advantage to do so; but fear is supported by the dread of pain, which is ever present.”

• If you were a leader of people, do you think it is better to be fear or loved?  Explain

Lesson: The Italian Renaissance

• Notes | The Italian Renaissance

• (Extension) Discussion | What benefits does art provide society?  Does art hurt society in any way?

Closing:  Great Race | Name That Turtle!

• • Students identify which Renaissance artist was responsible for each of the ten pieces of artwork.  

Opener: Art Analysis | The Four Horsemen of the Apocalypse  

• • Identify each of the Horsemen in Albrecht Durer's print (1498).

Lesson: 

• Notes | The Northern Renaissance and Printing Press

Closing: Closing:  L.G. 1.2 ( Notes) Adorable Renaissance Babies in Artwork

• Just enjoy the wonderful world of Renaissance babies artwork

Opener: Vocabulary Quiz | The Renaissance

• Complete the vocabulary quiz based on the words from this week's readings.  In the event that you did not do well you are welcome to earn the points back by submitting definitions for the vocabulary terms using the Frayer Model (click for example).

• (Extension) What is so great about the Mona Lisa?

• Do you have a favorite piece of visual art (painting, photograph, etc.)?  What is it?

• Why do you think Leonardo da Vinci's Mona Lisa (1503-1505) is the most famous painting in history?

Lesson: Virtual Museum Field Trip | The Renaissance

• Complete the "MW05: Virtual Museum Trip - The Renaissance" assignment.   

Closing:  Discussion | Favorite Renaissance Art Today

• Now that you completed the Virtual Museum Trip through Google Arts & Culture, what is your favorite painting or print from the activity?  Why did it appeal to you?