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Research Projects » Research » Global History » Renaissance WebQuest

Renaissance WebQuest

    
A WEBQUEST


  

Introduction | Task | Process | Resources | Focus Questions | Evaluation | Conclusion



INTRODUCTION

 

The word "Renaissance" is a French word that means "rebirth". From the early 14th to the late 16th century, a revival of interest in the values and arts of Greece and Rome led to a golden age of cultural blending and innovation. This Renaissance transformed Western European life.


During the Renaissance, The Western European world image shifted from a religious view to a worldly outlook. Renaissance intellectuals had a growing confidence in individual human spirit and abilities. This new focus on personal worth of the individual is called "humanism." 

THE TASK

Your assignment will be to research one of the famous Renaissance intellectuals assigned to you, answer the designated questions, and portray the individual at a Renaissance meal.



THE PROCESS


A.  GATHERING INFORMATION

1.  Take notes on the person's accomplishments and impact. Be sure to get copies of art, diagrams, books, summaries of ideas, etc. that reflect this person's contributions. 

     explains the accomplishments of this person 
     describes the impact of the individual 
     answers the focus questions posed for your topic. 
     uses at least 3 sources 

     includes a bibliography with your paper. 


B.  ROLE PLAYING

2. You will participate in a panel presentation as the person you have researched. For example, all Renaissance artists will be interviewed together. Speaking, dressing and acting like your chosen individual is not required, but suggested.


B.  PRESENTATION

3.  The following is required in your presentation:

1-2 Minute Summary of individual (Background Information)

Focus Question Discussion

TOPIC AND FOCUS QUESTIONS

Click on a name below for the "focus questions" & information about the Renaissance person you plan to portray.


Sofonisba Anguissola Roger Bacon Boccaccio Peter Bruegel
John Calvin Cervantes Chaucer Christopher Columbus
Nicholas Copernicus Leonardo Da Vinci Dante Descartes
Lorenzo de Medici Donatello Durer Erasmus
Galileo Galilei Gutenberg Henry VIII Henry The Navigator
Kepler Ignatius Loyola Martin Luther Niccolo Machiavelli
Michelangelo Thomas More Isaac Newton Petrarch
Rabelais Raphael Rembrandt William Shakespeare
Van Eyck (2 brothers)      


THE PATRON - FOCUS QUESTIONS:

Lorenzo de Medici

  1. What is your advice for philanthropists? 

  2. What role did you play in the Renaissance and why?  


IDEAL MAN - FOCUS QUESTIONS:

  1. What characterizes the ideal man? 

  2. How is the Renaissance view different from that of earlier times?   Leonardo da Vinci 


  


ART - FOCUS QUESTIONS:

  1. What are the characteristics of your art? 

  2. How does your art (painting,sculture, architecture) differ from Medieval art? 

  3. Does your work reflect or shape society? Explain.

 

~ RESOURCES ABOUT ARTISTS ~


  

 



LITERATURE - FOCUS QUESTIONS:

  1. What did you write about and why?
     
  2. How does your writing differ from Medieval literature? 


 ~ RESOURCES ABOUT LITERATURE ~

Boccaccio   Boccaccio   Cervantes   Chaucer   Dante  Erasmus  Thomas More  Petrarch   Rabelais   Shakespeare



  

SCIENCE AND TECHNOLOGY - FOCUS QUESTIONS:

  1. What was your discovery/invention? 
  2. How original is your work? 
  3. Did a previous discovery contribute to yours? 
  4. How has your scientific discovery changed man's view of the world?

 
~ RESOURCES ABOUT SCIENCE & TECHNOLOGY ~

Bacon   Copernicus   Descartes   Galileo   Gutenberg   Kepler   Newton


  

POLITICAL SCIENCE - FOCUS QUESTIONS:

  1. How should governments govern?

 
~ BOOKS & WEBSITES ABOUT MACHIEVELLI ~


  


  1. What did you view to be wrong with the Catholic Church? 

  2. What did you do to change it? 

  3. What impact did your ideas and action have on history?

 ~ BOOKS & WEBSITES ABOUT RELIGION ~



  

COMMERCIAL REVOLUTION AND EXPLORATION - FOCUS QUESTIONS:

Prince Henry the Navigator: What was your role in the Age of Exploration? 

Columbus: Who was this man of many faces - hero, villain, lucky adventurer, greedy exploiter of Indians?


 ~ BOOKS & WEBSITES ABOUT COMMERCE AND EXPLORATION ~

  

RESOURCES





CONCLUSION


We hope that this activity will not only give you an understanding of this exciting period of history, but will also inspire you to develop your own creativity and imagination. Have fun!





 
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