Unit 1
The Renaissance and Age of Discovery
Documents selected for instruction may include but are not limited to:
Textbook and Primary Sources
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Kagan, The Western Heritage. Ch: 10
Niccolo Machiavelli “The Prince”;
Baldesar Castiglione “The Book of the Courtier”
Heinrich Kramer “The Hammer of Witches”
Secondary Sources
DocPkt – 1 Italian Renaissance 1
Visual Sources
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The School of Athens: Art and Classical Culture Raphael
Giovanni Arnolfini and His Bride: Symbolism and The
Northern Renaissance – Jan van Eyck
Wealth, Culture, and Diplomacy – Hans Holbein
The Assets and Liabilities of Empire – Frans Fracken II
The Conquest of Mexico as Seen by the Aztecs
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The politics, culture, and art of the Italian Renaissance
Political struggle and foreign intervention in Italy
The powerful new monarchies of northern Europe
The thought and culture of the northern Renaissance
The Portuguese chart the course
Spanish voyages of Christopher Columbus
The Church in Spanish America
The economy of exploitation
Unit Focus
Name: ______________________ Hour: ____ AP European History – Mr. W.B. Brooks
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Assignment Title
Kagan Chapter(s) – Readings & Multiple Choice Questions
Vocabulary & Review Questions
Italian Renaissance
DBQ – “Did Women Have a Renaissance?”
(Use PowerPoint – “How To Do a DBQ” as a resource)
Dinner Party Project
Machiavelli Analysis
Debate Project
Take Home DBQ – Working on “Thesis & Topic Sentences”
Unit Reading Journal (Completed By 3rd Day of Unit)
Reading Groups (Done In Class On Day Before Unit Exam)
Reading Quiz (Only Over Textbook Chapters)
Unit Summative / Exam (MC, FRQ, DBQ – Possible Formats)
Due
Date
Points
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First Semester, Unit II: The Renaissance Calendar
Reading: Text, document handouts, mini-debate Articles
Day Date
Topic of the Day
Reading/Homework
PPT on the Renaissance, Begin Dinner Party
Project
Analysis of the ideas of Machiavelli (“The Prince”
and “The Circle of Governments”) & Renaissance
Politics
Analysis of renaissance writers in jigsaw groups &
PPT on the late medieval/renaissance church
Unit Quiz
Video: “Art of the Western World—The Early
Renaissance”
Debate prep & work on projects
Debate & Work on Projects
Writing an FRQ—Renaissance “Brain Drain”
Review for Test
Renaissance Test;
Dinner Party Projects Due
Machiavelli Excerpts
Chapter 10
Chapter 10
Read one of the articles for the upcoming debate
Write FRQ outline
Study for Test
FRQ Outline due tomorrow
First Semester, Unit I: The Renaissance
Enduring Understandings
1. Many factors led to the changes that together comprise the spirit of the Renaissance.
2. Although similarities do exist, the Renaissance is significantly different than the late medieval
period.
3. The influence of the classics and growing trade broadened the views of Renaissance citizens.
4. Political structures varied in form from region to region, in Renaissance Europe.
5. Differences existed between medieval and Renaissance art.
6. Northern Europe and Italy experienced the Renaissance in slightly different ways.
Essential Questions
1. What was the “new conception of mankind” which emerged during the Renaissance, and how does it
compare to contemporary views of mankind?
2. How did humanism affect both Renaissance thinking & contemporary attitudes?
3. How & why did Renaissance art change?
4. How did the Renaissance differ from the late medieval period?
5. Identify some of the technological advances that changed European society by the mid-15th century?
6. What was the spirit of the Renaissance & how did it reflect regional differences? For example, what
were the major differences between the northern and the Italian renaissances?
7. Explain the main ideas of Machiavelli. Are Machiavelli’s political ideas applicable in modern society?
Renaissance & Age of Discovery
Chapter 10
Assignment #3
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Document packet: "The Italian Renaissance."
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Why did the Renaissance first begin in Italy?
Why was Florence at the heart of the Italian Renaissance?
What role did the Medici family play in Renaissance Florence?
Regarding humanism:
- What are the characteristics of humanism? How was it different
from medieval scholasticism? from nominalism?
- Why is Petrarch considered to be the "Father of Humanism"?
- Why was Cicero a favorite classical figure of Renaissance
humanists?
- What was the goal of a "liberal arts" education? What were core
subjects taught?
- What is meant by the term "civic humanism"?
How did the Italian Renaissance differ from the Renaissance of the 12 c?
According to Castiglione, what are the basic attributes of the Renaissance courtier? How
did the values of this courtier influence the development of a modern aristocratic class in
Western Europe?
List the qualities of a "Renaissance Man", the l'uomo universale.
List the basic beliefs of the Neo-Platonists. How did their beliefs differ from the civic
humanists?
How were humanists responsible for secularizing and professionalizing the writing of
history {historiography}?
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Assignment #4
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DBQ: "Did Women Have a Renaissance?"
PowerPoint: "How to Do an DBQ."
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How did the Renaissance alter the status of women?
Was there a "Renaissance Woman?"
What role was the woman expected to play in Renaissance society as a whole? within each
major socio-economic level?