Click HERE to take the self-assessment / self-reflection for the Renaissance Art Project and Persuasive Essay.

Be honest with yourself and about your group members. This information will stay confidential.

If you have ever been to a museum, you will have noticed that paintings come with little information cards. These cards give people important details about the painting they are viewing.

Here’s what your group needs to do!

Fill out the appropriate information card – landscape or portrait. You can then type your information right into the form!

When you’re done, print it out, cut it out, and glue it to a piece of construction paper. Leave a big border at the top, and you can attach it (with sticky tack or tape) to your laminated painting.

I wish all of you an enjoyable May holiday. The assignments below need to be completed before your return to school on Wednesday, May 5th. A homework grade will be given for all work assigned. Email me if you have any questions or need any help.

• Vocabulary Lesson #14 (pgs. 87-92) – all book work
• Write Source grammar work (pgs. 244, 245, 247, 248, 249, 252, 253, 506, and 507) Re-read each lesson, complete the “Try It” sections and then apply the lesson to your own persuasive essay.
• Persuasive Essay – finish writing your persuasive essay for the Renaissance Art Project. You should edit and revise your writing using the lessons in your Write Source book. You need to peer-edit each group-member’s essay. Read each person’s essay in your group. Give suggestions for editing and make revisions as necessary. You need to self-assess your essay using the persuasive essay rubric below.

Renaissance Art, Music & Literature

Video focus questions

Directions:

1. Copy these questions onto a word document.
2. Take notes in a different font color below the questions.
3. Answer all questions in a third color under your notes.

Be sure to re-state the question in your answer.  All responses should be well thought out and well-written.

1. Name some of the important artists and writers of the Renaissance.
2. What contributed to Renaissance painting being different from the painting of previous periods?
3. What were some to f the causes of the artistic boom during the Renaissance?
4. What is the relationship between anatomy, painting and sculpture?
5. Why was the concept of making things look real important to Renaissance artists?
6. How did artists create fresco?
7. Why was Machiavelli nicknamed “Old Nick”?
8. What was the role of the patron during the Renaissance?
9. Describe what it might have been like to have been a commoner attending the Globe Theatre.
10. What made Shakespeare’s plays so popular?
11. What were some of the hardships that Renaissance artists faced?
12. What literary form was used to compose madrigals?
13. What were patrons trying to achieve by commissioning artists?

Due:  Monday/Tuesday in humanities class 4/26 -4/27

Renaissance Science and Invention

Video focus questions

Directions:  Answer all questions by re-stating the question in your answer.  All responses should be well thought out and well written.

1. Who were some of the important scientists and inventors of the Renaissance?
2. What made Galileo’s Pisa experiment so unique?
3. Why was the study and application of mathematics so important to Renaissance science and invention?
4. What impact did the printing press have on the Renaissance?
5. Why is Leonardo considered the quintessential “ Renaissance Man”?
6. How did ancient Greek and Roman scholars impact the Renaissance?
7. What was the relationship between art and medicine during the Renaissance?
8. What contributed to the demand for reliable technology and better ships during the Renaissance?
9. What does it mean to have “practical, hands-on” knowledge?
10. In 1633, before the Inquisition, Galileo recanted his position that the sun and not the earth was the centre of the universe. What is your opinion of his recantation? What would you have done in his position?

This is classwork/homework and is due on Thursday/Friday, 4/15/10 or 4/16/10 in class.

(typed and complete with your name, class and date)

A History of the Renaissance – video focus questions

Directions:  Answer all questions by re-stating the question in your answer.  All responses should be well thought out and well-written.

Ex.              The word Renaissance means…………………

This is an appropriate name for what occurred in Europe between 1300 and 1600 because….

1. What is the meaning of the word “Renaissance”?  Why is this an appropriate name for what occurred in Europe between the 1300s and 1600s?
2. What did Henry VIII, Louis XI, and Ferdinand and Isabella manage to do during their reigns that caused their respective kingdoms to become wealthier and more powerful?
3. What is humanism?
4. Why was Francesco Petrarca so important to the Renaissance?
5. What was the connection between increased trade in the Mediterranean and artistic output during the Renaissance?
6. What impact did the printing press have on the Renaissance?
7. What were some of the methods that the monarchs of the Renaissance used to consolidate their power?
8. What is an indulgence?
9. Why did Martin Luther object to the sale of indulgences?
10. What were some of the factors that contributed to the erosion of the Church’s authority during the Renaissance?
11. What is the link between the Reformation and Protestantism?

This is classwork/homework and is due on Thursday, 4/8/10 in class.

(typed and complete with your name, class and date)

Explorers often had difficulty finding financial support for their expeditions.  Take the role of either Columbus or Magellan and write a 1 page persuasive letter to a monarch asking for support for your voyage.

In your letter, explain why the voyage is important and how it will benefit the monarch.  Be sure to use a respectful tone.

Homework:  Write a 1-page persuasive essay.  Due Wednesday 5/20/09

Renaissance Travel, Trade & Exploration

 Video focus questions

Directions:  Answer all questions by re-stating the question in your answer.  All responses should be well thought out and well-written and posted on your blog as a Word attachment. Due Tues. 5/19/09

1.                Name some of the important explorers of the Renaissance.

2.                What kinds of navigational instruments did Renaissance explorers use?

3.                What were the explorers trying to gain by making their journeys?

4.                List some of the hardships that crewmen had to endure while on than expedition.

5.                What were some of the negative outcomes of journeys to the New World?

6.                Why were many of the explorer’s voyages considered failures?

7.                Under what flag did Columbus make his first voyage?

8.                What was Magellan’s fleet the first to do?

9.                What is the connection between the Ottomans and the “Age of Exploration”?

10.           Why were spices so desirable to wealthy people of the Renaissance?

All groups must cite their artwork in the following way.  The citation should be typed and able to fit on a  4″ x 6″ index card.  You may wish to put a border around it, add color etc. but it should be very easy to read the details.  All hung artwork MUST have their work cited card up.

Original Artist’s Full Name

Title of Artwork (in italics)

Date

Medium and Surface

Dimensions in Inches (Height x Width)

____________________________________________________

Re-Created by: group members names in italics

Date

Medium and Surface