A.P.W.H. - Name__________________________________ _____
Date________________
Unit 3 Project
RENAISSANCE HISTORY MAKERS
PART 1 – TRADING CARD: (50 Total per card / 100 Total Points): Create a trading card for
each famous person assigned to you. The information for your card will come from both the textbook
and other research (other published books, magazine articles, and internet sources). Your completed
card must be typed and laminated)
Each trading card must include all of the following information (as a minimum):
FRONT: VISUAL DEPICTION (10 Points per card)
An accurate picture or drawing of the individual.
Full Name and Nickname (ie: Richard I of England was also known as the Lionheart)
Known Lifespan (ie: Born -11 Feb 1235 Death -27 July 1299)
Place of Birth and Death
BACK: BIOGRAPHICAL NARRATIVE (25 Points per card)
Write a brief biographical narrative covering all of the following (as a minimum):
o Full name/Nickname, Place and Date of Birth and Death
o Overview of Early Life/Family Life (Parents, Social Status, Marriage, Children, etc.)
o Overview of any Formal Education / Training / Apprenticeship
o Overview of any Professional Relationships (Teachers, Partners, Patrons, etc. . . . )
o Overview of Greatest Accomplishments/Achievements and/or Failures
o Extra Credit: Famous Quote attributed to your famous person & why it is important
FRONT
NAME/NICKNAME
LIFESPAN
BACK
BIOGRAPHY
- Name/Nickname
- Place/Date of Birth
- Place/Date of Death
- Early/Family Life
- Education/Training
- Relationships
- Accomplishments
- Famous Quote(s)
PART 2: COMPARE & CONTRAST ESSAY (100 Total points) – Write a standard AP Compare
and Contrast Essay on your two famous Renaissance History Makers based on the prompt provided.
During the European Renaissance (between the 14th-17th Centuries), there were numerous Renaissance
men and women who had an impact on changing the known world. Based on your research, compare
and contrast your two Renaissance people, their accomplishments and the impact they had on the
world. What similarities and differences exist between them? How did their accomplishments change
the world at the time and what long term impact did they have on the future?
A.P.W.H. - Name__________________________________ _____
Date________________
PART 3: BIBLIOGRAPHY (15 points per card) – The project must include a properly formatted
bibliography using either MLA or APA format and including at least two sources from each of the
following categories.
1. PUBLISHED BOOK SOURCES (Books specifically about your person by historians)
2. INTERNET/WEB SOURCES (Verifiable educational/historical sites on your person)
3. OTHER ACCEPTABLE SOURCES (Primary documents; Magazine articles; Textbooks;
Encyclopedias; Dictionaries)
Unit 3 Project
RENAISSANCE HISTORY MAKERS
TRADING CARD RUBRIC
5-6
Text and graphics are
neat and clear and easy
to locate. All parts
completed thoroughly
and according to guide.
3-4
Text and graphics
are clear. Meets
basic requirements.
(Laminated)
2
Most text and
graphics are neat and
clear. May be difficult
to locate information.
(Not Laminated)
1
Text and graphics
are not neat and
information is
difficult to locate.
(Not Laminated)
Format
Included all five
minimum elements of
Biography & Visual
Depiction. (Included
Personal Quotes)
Included 3-4 of all
five required
elements of
Biography & Visual
Depiction
Included only 2 of
the five required
elements of
Biography & Visual
Depiction
Included only 1 of
the five required
elements of
Biography &
Visual Depiction
Evidence
Employed sufficient
and well-chosen
evidence to
demonstrate research
and understanding
about famous person.
Employed basic
evidence to show
knowledge about
famous person.
Lacked some key /
essential facts
Provides some basic
evidence to show
knowledge and
understanding about
famous person. Lacks
Significant facts
essential to biography
Provides little or
no evidence to
demonstrate how
and why famous
person was
historically
important.
Creativity
Design is creative,
colorful and well
executed. Choice of
sequence and position
enhanced presentation
Most of the design
is presented in a
creative manner.
Presentation lacks
professional
appearance
Parts of the design
are creative are clear.
However, some
elements were
difficult to locate and
/ or understand.
Design is not
original, neat or
clear. Sequence and
positioning is
poorly executed.
Conventions
Uses appropriate
grammar and spells
correctly throughout.
Uses appropriate
grammar and
spelling most of the
time.
Made grammatical
and spelling errors
that distract but do
not compromise the
meaning.
Made several
grammatical and
spelling errors that
compromise the
meaning.
Construction/
Process
A.P.W.H. - Name__________________________________ _____
Date________________
RENAISSANCE HISTORY MAKERS
FAMOUS ARTISTS
1.
2.
3.
4.
5.
Leonardo de Vinci and Michelangelo di Lodovico Buonarroti
Ralphael Sanzio da Urbino and Donatello di Niccolo di Betti Bardi
Sandro Botticelli and Andre del Verrocchio
Sofonisba Anguissola and Artemisia Gentileschi
Jan Van Eyck and Albrecht Durer
FAMOUS WRITERS
6.
7.
8.
9.
Dante Alighieri and Francesco Petrarch
Miguel de Cervantes and Daniel Defoe
Geoffrey Chaucer and William Shakespeare
Christine de Pizan and Vittoria Colonna
FAMOUS EXPLORERS
10.
11.
12.
13.
14.
Bartholomeu Dias and Vasco de Gama
Amerigo Vespucci and Christopher Columbus
Ferdinand Magellan and Sir Francis Drake
Hernando Cortez and Francisco Pizzaro
Jacques Marquette and Samuel de Champlain
FAMOUS ARCHITECTS
15. Andrea Palladio and Michelangelo Buonarroti
16. Arnolfo di Cambio and Galeazzo Alessi
17. Leon Battista Alberti and Filippo Brunelleschi
FAMOUS CARTOGRAPHERS
18. Hartmann Schedel and Sebastian Munster
19. Gerardus Mercator and Franz Hogenberg
FAMOUS SCIENTISTS
20. Nicholas Copernicus and Galileo Galilei
21. Rena Descartes and Sir Francis Bacon
22. Gabriel Fahrenheit and Anders Celsius
FAMOUS INVENTORS
23. Leonardo de Vinci and Johann Gutenberg
FAMOUS HUMANISTS
24. Niccolo Machiavelli and Baldassare Castiglione
25. Desideirus Erasmus and Sir Thomas Moor
FAMOUS RELIGIOUS REFORMERS
26. Thomas Aquinas and Ignatius of Loyola
27. John Wycliffe and John Hus
28. John Calvin and John Knox