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- 9th - 12th
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Students explain the development of different paints and their properties during the Renaissance. They reproduce the properties of egg tempera paint and distinguish between egg tempera paintings and oil paintings. Full Review »
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- 9th - 12th
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Students explain that evidence of Humanism in the European Renaissance can be found in paintings from the Renaissance. They apply criteria of Humanistic evidence to paintings to determine their place in Renaissance history. Full Review »
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- 9th - 12th
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Students complete a portfolio of research about the geography of the Renaissance. They locate three key Renaissance cities on historic and contemporary maps of Europe and identify customs and traditions for three Renaissance cities. Full Review »
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- 6th
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Students review point of view, horizon line, vanishing point, and parallel lines. They use these main features of the Renaissance and produce a drawing in one point perspective. They examine perspective in various works of art. Full Review »
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- 5th
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Students study Leonardo da Vinci and Michelangelo. They analyze the Renaissance Time period and the different political, artistic and scientific inventions of the time period. Full Review »
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- 9th - 12th
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Students trace the origins and developments of the Renaissance in the Italian peninsula. They explain its diffusion throughout Western Europe and its impact on peoples and places associated with Western Civilization. Full Review »
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- 8th
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Students identify the conditions in Medieval Europe that contributed to the beginning of the Renaissance. They find characteristics of the Renaissance in its art, economy, discoveries, and ideas. They examine the ideas of Humanism and Individualism. Full Review »
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- 9th - Higher Ed
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Students, in groups, prepare a presentation using slides or other visual media, on art, architecture, government, religion, economics and geography of the Florentine Renaissance. Working as an individual, prepare a two to four page paper or brief presentation which answers or gives an opinion on one of the questions posed in the WebQuest. Full Review »
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- 8th - 12th
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Students explore art and its relationship to society. They compare a Renaissance piece of art to a medieval piece of art. Students create a time line of key events of the Renaissance which includes significant people during this era. After research, students write about the major contributions of each significant person. Additional social studies topics concerning Europe, China, religious faiths and art are included. Full Review »
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- 7th - 8th
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Students explore art during the Renaissance period through the use of math. They solve word problems based upon historic documents of Renaissance Italy which contain real life situations, currencies and formulas. Students discover both art and math history as they read given story problems. Full Review »

