Announcements/Reminders
Questions 1,2,3 collected by Monday. You will get feedback and can
revise.
Syllabus signature by Monday.
Have a binder you are happy with by Tuesday – see me if you need one.
Tonight’s reading: p. 436-443. This is about the rise in the power of
monarchs (kings)
Other class business…
Groups of 4 – your support network!
Bathroom passes
Re-Birth?
Continue writing on Assignment #1
The Black Plague: Social Crisis brings
ECONOMIC change
Locus of the Renaissance
Practice Short Answer Question
In this class you will have 3 (!) kinds of essays:
Long Essay
Document Based Question
Short Essay – 1 paragraph. Based usually on documents.
This unit we will begin to practice Short Essays and begin to look at
documents.
A document can be a short paragraph from a speech, letter, conversation,
book etc. It can also be visual, like a painting.
ASSIGNMENT #2 WILL INTRODUCE YOU TO THE RENAISSANCE, REVIEW
YOUR HW AND GET YOU ACQUAINTED WITH SHORT ESSAY.
Assignment #2: Short Answer Warm-Up: Renaissance Art
From your HW…
Humanism
Related:
individualism – focus on the importance and uniqueness of the
individual.
Secularism – focus on life on earth/the here and now.
Petrarch…other humanists?
Christine de Pisan
New themes in art?
“Patronage” and monarchs as patrons?
This class – class vs. home
There is a lot to know in AP European History. We will clarify main ideas
in class, use important and key examples. However, a key piece of
learning and doing AP Euro is your work at home. There will be things
in the textbook that we will not discuss in depth in class. It is
important to be specific, use your HW questions and key terms.
ANALYZE YOUR RENAISSANCE
PAINTING
Overview – what is this a picture of?
Parts – What things do you see in the painting (this is a list)
Title: What is the title? Who painted it? When? (If you know)
Interrelationships: What is going on? How do the things in the painting
interact?
Conclusion: What are some general things we learn from this painting?
How do you connect it with the artistic trends of the time period? How do
you connect it with the social and intellectual trends?