Agenda 1-6-2014
Bell Work
(COPY ALL AND
ANSWER)
No Bell work
Set up notebook and change seats
YOU NEED
(always have out
BEFORE CLASS)
Notebook
Pen
Highlighter (if you have one)
Objectives
CO Students will learn that the growth of trade led to a new era
called the Renaissance
LO Use Language of the Discipline to complete interactions
about the Renaissance
Agenda
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5.
Change Seats
Set up Notebook
3 vocabulary words
Notes: Beginnings of the Renaissance
HW: 4 Square
HW:
Four Square
Bring Planner for tomorrow
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Renaissance
Language of the Discipline
Term: Renaissance
Definition:
Interaction: Picture (school and
painting)
Term: Marco Polo
Definition:
Interaction:
Cause
Mongols
Made Silk Road
Safer
Term: Medici Family
Definition:
Term:
Definition:
Interaction: Draw a picture (banking =
money = art)
Interaction:
Term:
Definition:
Term:
Definition:
Interaction:
Interaction:
Effect__________
- People Curious
- Want goods from
Asia
- Trade increases

A time in Europe after
the Middle Ages with new
interest in art, learning, &
achievements; means
“rebirth”
 Italian
trader, he traveled to China and wrote about
his trip. Marco Polo traveled using the Silk Road.
His journey made many curious about Asia and
trade increased.
Wealthy
banking family in Florence, Italy
Used their money to hire artists,
architects and build libraries
Turned Florence into a center of art,
learning and culture.
The Birth of the
Renaissance
Notes 1/6/14
Black Death killed 1/3
Europe’s population
Peasants revolted and
demanded more freedom
People moved to cities to
earn better wages
Status was determined by
wealth and not birthright
Medici family used
their money to
promote the arts
Banking earns people
even more $
Inflenced by art and writing from
ancient Rome and Greece
Italy controls trade between Europe
and the Holy Land/Asia. Italian
cities become rich and powerful
Crusades made people eager
to learn about the world
What is the Renaissance?
• A rebirth of classical learning (Greek and
Roman) and a belief in human potential
following the Middle Ages.
Roman Statue
of Hermes
Renaissance
Statue of David
Write a Cinquain Poem about the
Decline of the Middle Ages
Write a 5 W poem about the Development
of the Renaissance
Topic
2 words
3 words
4 words
5 words
Topic
Who?
What?
When?
Where?
Why?
Draw a picture to represent the
changes between the two time
periods.
Ex. Wilted tree in Winter (Middle
Ages) vs. Green Tree in Spring
(Renaissance)
Write an acrostic poem for the word rebirth
that describes the Renaissance
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