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Students explore Italian politics and warfare of the High Renaissance. They explain the effects of the Protestant Reformation and the Counter Reformation.

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the reformation, the renaissance

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reformation, renaissance, english language arts
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Grade
6th - 12th
Subjects
English Language Arts
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2 days
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