Details
Languages
English
Grade
7th, 8th, 9th, 10th
Resource Type
Assignments, Assessments, Lectures
Product
Digital
Pages
5 Pages
Subject
History/Social Studies
Standard
Common Core English Language Arts Standards
Description
This highly engaging unit doesn't just teach students about history, but how to DO history. The lesson introduces the historical thinking skills of sourcing and primary source analysis through the vehicle of the beautiful art of the Renaissance.
The Italian Renaissance is one of the most famous periods in European history. Beginning in the 14th century, it brought about tremendous changes in art, literature, science, and culture. The Italians were the first to embrace the changes known as the Renaissance, or "rebirth," of culture and thought in Europe.
In this lesson, you will get:
Two digital notebooks in Google Slide format that can be easily integrated with Google Classroom and other Learning Management systems and used for online and remote learning.
Two digital notebook answer keys for all of the material.
In-class versions of the digital notebooks, with various activities, including:
Curated videos on the Renaissance with movie guides and answer keys.
A pre-test on Renaissance art analysis.
Artwork from the Renaissance with video and text instructions on how to interpret the artwork.
Class activities
Worksheets
PowerPoints on Renaissance figures and art techniques
A quiz on art analysis to assess students ability to complete the task on their own.
An assessment piece that you can integrate into your own unit test.
All of this comes with a lesson plan as well as video tutorials on how to use it.
What vocabulary and topics are covered in this lesson?
Students will be able to analyze Renaissance artwork on their own and identify the different traits.
Students will learn how the Renaissance started.
Students will learn how to source
Students will practice how to evaluate primary sources, specifically artwork.
Students will be able to identify the differences between Renaissance art and the art of the Middle Ages
Students will acquire essential vocabulary of the Renaissance period:
Filippo Brunelleschi
Lorenzo Ghiberti
Santa Maria Del Fiore and the Duomo
Hieratic scale
Renaissance
Petrarch
Humanities
Patronage or Patrons
Florence
perspective
humanism
secularism
Sfumato
Chiaroscuro
tempera vs. oil paints
Raphael
Leonardo da Vinci
Michelangelo
Sandro Botticelli
Medici
The Italian Renaissance is one of the most famous periods in European history. Beginning in the 14th century, it brought about tremendous changes in art, literature, science, and culture. The Italians were the first to embrace the changes known as the Renaissance, or "rebirth," of culture and thought in Europe.
In this lesson, you will get:
Two digital notebooks in Google Slide format that can be easily integrated with Google Classroom and other Learning Management systems and used for online and remote learning.
Two digital notebook answer keys for all of the material.
In-class versions of the digital notebooks, with various activities, including:
Curated videos on the Renaissance with movie guides and answer keys.
A pre-test on Renaissance art analysis.
Artwork from the Renaissance with video and text instructions on how to interpret the artwork.
Class activities
Worksheets
PowerPoints on Renaissance figures and art techniques
A quiz on art analysis to assess students ability to complete the task on their own.
An assessment piece that you can integrate into your own unit test.
All of this comes with a lesson plan as well as video tutorials on how to use it.
What vocabulary and topics are covered in this lesson?
Students will be able to analyze Renaissance artwork on their own and identify the different traits.
Students will learn how the Renaissance started.
Students will learn how to source
Students will practice how to evaluate primary sources, specifically artwork.
Students will be able to identify the differences between Renaissance art and the art of the Middle Ages
Students will acquire essential vocabulary of the Renaissance period:
Filippo Brunelleschi
Lorenzo Ghiberti
Santa Maria Del Fiore and the Duomo
Hieratic scale
Renaissance
Petrarch
Humanities
Patronage or Patrons
Florence
perspective
humanism
secularism
Sfumato
Chiaroscuro
tempera vs. oil paints
Raphael
Leonardo da Vinci
Michelangelo
Sandro Botticelli
Medici
This highly engaging unit doesn't just teach students about history, but how to DO history. The lesson introduces the historical thinking skills of sourcing and primary source analysis through the vehicle of the beautiful art of the Renaissance. The Italian... more
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