A World History Project
Due: February 12th, 2016
Students will create a multipage research paper on a remarkable person from the
Renaissance or Reformation. The presentation should include approximately ONE
page for each section below:
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Basic biographical information (birthplace, year, childhood, schooling)
Picture of the person
Map of where they are from
Accomplishments or Contributions
Picture and description of their accomplishments
Quote (if available) and Interpretation of the Meaning of the Quote
Why they are studied today?
You can choose one of the suggested people below OR choose one of your own.
http://www.biography.com/
General
http://www.gananda.k12.ny.us/library/mshslibrary/renbio.htm
http://go.grolier.com:80/gol
http://www.multcolib.org/homework/biohc.html
http://www.ibiblio.org/wm/paint/auth/vinci/
da Vinci
http://www.mos.org/leonardo/
http://www.mos.org/sln/Leonardo/LeoHomePage.html
http://www.kausal.com/leonardo/index.html
http://www.elizabethi.org/us/
Queen Elizabeth I
http://www.royal.gov.uk/output/Page46.asp
http://www.royal.gov.uk/output/Page59.asp
Henry VIII
http://www.britannia.com/history/monarchs/mon41.html
http://www.brims.co.uk/tudors/
http://www.michelangelo.com/buon/bio-index2.html
Michelangelo
http://www.ibiblio.org/wm/paint/auth/michelangelo/
http://www.mega.it/eng/egui/pers/micbuon.htm
Martin Luther
http://www.historylearningsite.co.uk/Lu1.htm
http://petrarch.petersadlon.com/timeline.html
Petrarch
http://petrarch.petersadlon.com/bio.html
http://www.sonnets.org/petrarch.htm
Miguel de
Cervantes
http://www.kirjasto.sci.fi/cervante.htm
http://www.online-literature.com/cervantes/
http://www.shakespeare.org.uk/main/1
William
Shakespeare
http://www.online-literature.com/shakespeare/
http://www.bardweb.net/man.html
http://www.gutenberg.de/english/
Johann Gutenberg
http://www.mrdowling.com/704-gutenberg.html
http://www.worldalmanacforkids.com/explore/inventions/gutenburg_johann.html
Ignatius Loyola
http://www.luc.edu/jesuit/ignatius.bio.html
http://www.ignatiushistory.info/
http://www.groups.dcs.stand.ac.uk/~history/Mathematicians/Copernicus.html
Nicolaus
Copernicus
http://www.frombork.art.pl/Ang02.htm
http://www.pbs.org/wgbh/nova/galileo/
Galileo Galilei
http://galileo.rice.edu/
http://www-groups.dcs.st-and.ac.uk/~history/Mathematicians/Galileo.html
Joan of Arc
http://www.distinguishedwomen.com/biographies/joanarc.html
http://perso.wanadoo.fr/musee.jeannedarc/indexanglais.htm
DUE DATE: February 12th, 2016
FORMAT: Typed, 7 Pages in Length (7 sections), 12 Font, 1” Margins, Double-Spaced, Footnotes, Header (Name and Class
Period), Page Numbers, Cover Page
MLA Bibliography of Sources with appropriate internet citations (http://www.citethisforme.com/)
CCS.ELA-Literacy RH.11-12.8 and CCSS.ELA-Literacy RH.11.12.9
SUBMIT ALL PAPERS TO TURNITIN.COM BY THE ABOVE DUE DATE