Curated OER
Social Studies" Turning Points
Students will understand how people are affected by places and events and will communicate their opinions in an essay including historical facts.
Curated OER
Is It an Authentic Gutenberg Bible?
Sixth graders conduct Internet research to determine what makes Gutenberg Bible authentic, view Ransom Center's digitized version of Gutenberg Bible, and create Powerpoint presentation supporting research findings.
Georgia Department of Education
Ga Virtual Learning: Ap European: The Renaissance
AP European History learning module on the Renaissance.
PBS
Pbs: Medici, Godfathers of the Renaissance
Learn about the Renaissance period and its cultural leaders, the Medici family. Take an interactive tour of Florence and use the interactive timeline to understand the course of the Renaissance through the centuries. Uses popups.
Massachusetts Institute of Technology
Mit: Open Course Ware: The Renaissance, 1300 1600
Find a selection of readings to enhance teaching humanism and the Italian Renaissance and follow up with some of the questions available through MIT.
Read Works
Read Works: The Renaissance Introduction to the Renaissance
[Free Registration/Login Required] An informational text about the Renaissance. A question sheet is available to help students build skills in reading comprehension.
Sophia Learning
Sophia: The Protestant Reformation
This lesson will introduce the art that influenced the Protestant Reformation in the sixteenth century.
City University of New York
Cuny: General Characteristics of the Renaissance
A look at the rebirth of the Renaissance in the context of five interrelated issues: a renewed interest in classical antiquity and the concept of "the Great Chain of Being", political changes, Humanism, the literary doctrine of...
Georgia Department of Education
Ga Virtual Learning: World History: The Renaissance and Protestant Reformation
Comprehensive learning module on Renaissance and Reformation explores its evolution, culture, contirbutions and conflict. Complete set of multi-media course resources.
Steven Kreis, PhD
The History Guide: The Catholic Reformation
Explore the Catholic Reformation that occurred in response to the Protestant Reformation. Learn how the Jesuit society rose out of the Catholic Church to help change the image of the church and bring people back. The Jesuits focused on...
British Library
British Library: Illuminating the Renaissance: Flemish Manuscripts
A selection of high-quality images from the Flemish manuscripts in the British Library along with a timeline of contemporary European events.
Art Institute of Chicago
Art Institute of Chicago: Art Access: Renaissance and Baroque Art
Art of the Baroque period of the 17th century embodied a dynamic energy that mirrored the restless spirit of its age. In painting, dramatic images of faith driven by the Catholic Church's Counter-Reformation contrast with lively...
Khan Academy
Khan Academy: World History: 1450 1750 Renaissance and Reformation
Links to embedded videos and other information about World History: 1450 - 1750 Renaissance and Reformation including the The Protestant Reformation, Scientific Revolution and Enlightenment, Spanish and Portuguese Empires, Mughal rule in...
Ducksters
Ducksters: Quiz: Daily Life in the Renaissance
History Questions: Daily Life in the Renaissance Quiz, Test, and WebQuest
Other
Houghton Mifflin Harcourt: European Renaissance and Reformation, 1300 1600 [Pdf]
Chapter 17 of a textbook on world history (36 pages). Includes a Renaissance timeline and map. Looks at the conditions that led to the Italian Renaissance, major artists, writers, the Northern Renaissance, the Elizabethan Age, the...
The Newberry Library
Newberry: Shakespeare's the Tempest and Utopias of the European Renaissance
Newberry Library learning module uses primary source material of Shakespeare in a lesson on how Renaissance writers and artists portrayed European exploration of America. Students read excerpts from works of Renaissance literature to...
Steven Kreis, PhD
The History Guide: Renaissance Portraits
A look at four representative figures of the Renaissance period. Includes biographies about Leonardo da Vinci, Niccolo Machiavelli, Sir Thomas More, and Desiderius Erasmus. Their biographies discuss their contributions to the Renaissance...
Steven Kreis, PhD
The History Guide: The New Intellectual Order: Man, Nature and Society
A survey of the different philosophers of the Renaissance period. Includes a general look at Bruno, Montaigne, Descartes, Hobbes, and Locke with links to their biographies. The lecture tries to give the readers an insight into the...
Then Again
Then Again: Web Chron: The Age of Reform 1300 1600.
This website provides a chronological timeline of theo-social experiments, renaissance, reformation and wars on religion from 1300-1600.
Khan Academy
Khan Academy: Correggio, Assumption of the Virgin
In the sacred architecture of the Roman and Byzantine empires, domes were viewed as symbols of heaven. Correggio merged this symbolism with the Renaissance's fascination for three-dimensional illusion. He transformed the dome of the...
Steven Kreis, PhD
The History Guide: The Impact of Luther and the Radical Reformation
Review history with this site to see how Luther attracted a following to form Lutheranism. Learn how Luther's teaching came at the right time and made people leave the Roman Church. Understand that Luther preached peace and didn't...
Ducksters
Ducksters: Renaissance for Kids: Northern Renaissance
Read about how the Renaissance played out in European countries outside of Italy. Users can follow links to further information on the Elizabethan Era, William Shakespeare, the Reformation, and other connected topics.
Wikimedia
Wikipedia: Renaissance
Provides a detailed look at the Renaissance movement. Content includes a focus on important Renaissance political leaders, religious figures, authors, artists, scientists, philosophers, and composers.
ibiblio
Ibiblio: Web Museum: La Renaissance
This site from ibiblio.com explains the Renaissance, not only as a time period, but as how it changed thought, writing, and art throughout Europe. See links to Renaissance in Italy, Germany and Netherlands.