FC: The Renaissance
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8 lessons that answer the standards as well as the framing and supporting questions
Grade: 5th Grade
Weeks: 2
Pages: 66
Standards: 5.1 - 5.8, 5.12, 5.12a, 5.12b, 5.12c, 5.12d
File Type: pdf
Slide Deck Included: Yes
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Description
The Renaissance is a period in European history marking the transition from the Middle Ages to modernity and covering the 15th and 16th centuries, characterized by an effort to revive and surpass ideas and achievements of antiquity. It occurred after the crisis of the Late Middle Ages and was associated with great social change. The traditional view focuses more on the early modern aspects of the Renaissance and argues that it was a break from the past, but many historians today focus more on its medieval aspects and argue that it was an extension of the Middle Ages.
The intellectual basis of the Renaissance was its version of humanism, derived from the concept of Roman Humanitas and the rediscovery of classical Greek philosophy, such as that of Protagoras, who said that “man is the measure of all things.” Beginning in the 14th century a resurgence of learning based on classical sources, spurred the development of linear perspective and other techniques of rendering a more natural reality in painting; and gradual but widespread educational reform.
In politics, the Renaissance contributed to the development of the customs and conventions of diplomacy, and in science to an increased reliance on observation and inductive reasoning. Although the Renaissance saw revolutions in many intellectual and social scientific pursuits, as well as the introduction of modern banking and the field of accounting it is perhaps best known for its artistic developments and the contributions of such polymaths as Leonardo da Vinci and Michelangelo, who inspired the term “Renaissance man.”
8 lessons that answer the standards as well as the framing and supporting questions
Lessons are developed using all the sources and readings that are in the social studies course frameworks provided by the Louisiana Department of Education.
What does it include?
- Detailed lesson plans aligned with the standards and frameworks
- Activities that include all the materials provided in the frameworks
- Assessments aligned with the new LDOE field test (Assessment will come in an update)
- Lesson activity workbook/worksheets
- Slide deck
Standards
- 5.12 Describe the origins, accomplishments, and geographic diffusion of the Renaissance as well as the historical developments of the Protestant Reformation and Scientific Revolution.
- 5.12a Explain how the location of the Italian Peninsula affected the movement of resources, knowledge, and culture throughout Italy’s independent trade cities.
- 5.12b Identify the importance of Florence, Italy and the Medici Family in the early stages of the Renaissance.
- 5.12c Explain the development of Renaissance art, including the significance of Leonardo da Vinci, Michelangelo, William Shakespeare, and systems of patronage.
- 5.12d Explain how Johannes Gutenberg’s printing press affected the growth of literacy and diffusion of knowledge
Framing Question
In what ways are the ideas and values of the Renaissance different from those of the Medieval Period?
Supporting Questions
- What factors helped bring about the age known as the Renaissance?
- What changes occurred during the Renaissance for artists and the work they produced?
- How did the success of merchants and bankers during the Renaissance benefit artists?
- How did the Roman Catholic Church use the many talents of Renaissance artists?
- Why might Leonardo da Vinci be described as a symbol of the Renaissance?
- What does the art that Michelangelo created tell us about the Roman Catholic Church at this time in history?
- Why might people have been shocked by Machiavelli’s book “The Prince”?
- How did the ideas of the Renaissance spread to other parts of Europe?
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