Renaissance -- Grade 8 -- Internet Resources
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MCPS Homework Resources
http://www.mcps.k12.md.us/students/homework.cfm

Renaissance note template
http://www.mcps.k12.md.us/schools/forestoakms/site%20pages/Academics/social%20studies/renaissance.xls

Bits o' History - Renaissance Links
http://www.schoolmarm.org/historybits/renaissance/

Life in Elizabethan England: A Compendium of Common Knowledge 1558-1603
http://renaissance.dm.net/compendium/home.html

Annenberg/CBP - Learner.org Renaissance
http://www.learner.org/exhibits/renaissance/

Medieval and Renaissance Food Homepage
http://www.pbm.com/~lindahl/food.html

15th-Century Renaissance Art
http://witcombe.sbc.edu/ARTHLinks2.html

National Gallery of Art --Tour: The Early Renaissance in Florence
http://www.nga.gov/collection/gallery/gg4/gg4-main1.html
 

Use the resources above to answer the questions below.

Industrialism Choose one of the following people,  places or events  to help answer this question: How did the expanding markets and trade of the Renaissance influence European culture?   Guilds The Merchant Class City States of Italy     Florence     Genoa     Venice Styles and Fashions New Foods/Luxury items The Medici Family

Humanism Choose one of the following people,  places or events  to help answer this question: How did new beliefs in humanism promote achievements in the arts and sciences? Artists Leonardo da Vinci Michelangelo Donatello Raphael Writers Sir Thomas More Erasmus Martin Luther Scientists/Inventors Galileo Johannes Gutenberg

Nationalism Choose one of the following people,  places or events  to help answer this question: How did the contributions of political leaders  Renaissance strengthen their nations? Henry VIII Elizabeth I Ferdinand and Isabella Isabella d' Este Francis I

Communication Choose one of the following people,  places or events  to help answer this question: How did the increase in communication among people help spread the ideas of the Renaissance? The Printing Press Northern v Italian Renaissance The Prince William Shakespeare Miguel de Cervantes

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