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THE RENAISSANCE:
THE BEGINNING NOTES
Have filled out and signed planners on desk for
me to check.
You will need your timeline and important
people sheet
Bellwork for 3/13
What are five words that come to mind when
you hear/think about the Renaissance?
Silk Road, Marco Polo, and the Renaissance
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In the 1200s, the Mongols reopened the Silk Road,
reviving trade between China and Europe.
Most famous traveler was Marco Polo of Venice, Italy. He
arrived in 1275 and stayed for 17 years.
He was a favored guest of Kublai Khan, employed as a
diplomat and was sent on missions throughout the Mongol
Empire.
When Polo finally came back to Europe, he told of his
travels in a book. Some didn’t believe it. On deathbed
asked to admit his lies. He said he had describe only half
of what he had seen.
Things to Ponder
Read question, think of answer, and write it down.
Write class’s answer.
How did the Silk Road and Marco Polo’s travels help
lead to the Renaissance in Europe?
The Renaissance Emerges
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In Italy, peasants and nobles flocked to the towns for
better living.
The nobles began marrying the merchant middle class and
formed a new urban aristocracy. Lived in town, using
wealth to build and beautify the city.
Learning started to grow interest outside of theology, like
in law, medicine, and science (subjects already being
studied in Moorish Spain)
1300s-these trends came together to begin the
Renaissance, a cultural revival or “rebirth”
Think, Pair, Share
Read question, think of answer, and when prompted,
share with your partner. Write class’s answer.
What does Marco Polo and the nobility mentioned in
the previous slide have in common? What does this
tell you about where the Renaissance started?
Florence, Italy, and the Renaissance
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Italy was several city-states who served as a trading
crossroads between Europe and rest of known world
The growth of trade promoted a free flow of ideas,
opening minds to new ways of thinking and doing
Urban nobility became patrons, supporting artists.
Florence was major trade route stop and banking center,
most powerful banking family being the Medici family.
Medicis supported much art and architecture and built
many Churches in Florence
Let’s Get Artistic and Creative
In your notes, draw a comic strip that explains how
Italy and trade helped start and spread the
Renaissance.
FINAL THOUGHT
Its FRIDAY!!!
What is one good thing that happened to you
this week?
THE RENAISSANCE:
LIFE CHANGES NOTES
Turn in last week’s bellwork and get a new one
Bellwork for 3/16
Based off of Friday’s notes, explain how the
Renaissance began?
Different Perspectives
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Middle Ages, focused on faith but Renaissance revived Greek &
Roman thought, believing humans & world deserved as much
thought as God.
Three new ways of thought: 1.) Humanism-cultural movement
based on the study of classical works. Believed learning led to
better earthly life rather than serving solely as preparation for
eternity.
2.) Secularism-view that religion need not be the center of human
affairs. Life opportunity for enjoyment vs. Middle Age painful
pilgrimage
3.) Individualism-individual more important than the larger
community. Middle Ages, focus on manors’ needs.
Compare and Contrast
Create a two column table, comparing and contrasting
the way of thought in the Middle Ages to the way
of thought during the Renaissance
Different Daily Life
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In the Middle Ages, educated people talked, wrote, and read in
Latin. They attended universities to become doctors, lawyers, and
priests.
During the Renaissance, more books were written in the
vernacular (everyday spoken language of the people). Led to an
increase in literacy.
In the Middle Ages, year based on the seasons and events of the
Church. Calendar used was the Julian calendar, established in
ancient Rome by Julius Caesar.
Early 1560s, Pope Gregory XIII worked to correct the Julian
calendar and 10 years later, developed the Gregorian calendar
that we use today.
Think, Pair, Share
Read the question, think of your answer, when
prompted share answer with your group. Write
classes’ answer
France and Spain adopted the new calendar almost
immediately, Britain didn’t adopted until 1752.
And Greece didn’t follow it until 1923. Why do
you think France and Spain used it so quickly while
Britain and Greece didn’t?
Different Art
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Art began to change focus from religious to secular.
At first, Renaissance art was religious but with a twist. The
Journey of the Magi, painting of wise men journey but it was
commissioned by the Medici’s so, includes portraits of the family
as if they were actually there.
Eventually art focused on Greek and Roman mythology themes,
individual portraits, self-portraits, landscapes and daily life.
Middle Ages artists focus on God, not the human figure or the
world. Renaissance art centered on realism and the living world.
Used live models to draw or sculpt the human form, showed wide
range of emotions.
Compare and Contrast
Below are two paintings of Mary and the infant Jesus. The
left is from the Middle Ages; the right from the
Renaissance.
What difference do
you notice between
the two paintings?
FINAL THOUGHT
Did the Renaissance completely shun religion?
Explain.
THE RENAISSANCE:
PRINTING AND THE CHURCH NOTES
Group C, hand out some graded work
You will need your timeline and important
people sheet
Bellwork for 3/17
How do you think the Church is going to respond
to differences happening in the Renaissance?
The Printing Revolution
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In 1200s, block printing traveled from China to Europe
through Muslim traders.
Block printing-text of a book page was carved into a
block of wood but was time-consuming and expensive.
Block used only a few times
Johann Gutenburg invented movable metal type, where
individual letters formed in metal could be used again and
again.
Things to Ponder
Read the question, think of your answer, and write your
answer down. Write the classes’ answer.
What do you think the effects of Gutenburg’s press would be
on everyday people?
Reading and Ideas
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1455 Gutenberg published the Bible and, because printed
Bibles were less expensive than handwritten ones, many
learned to read using these Bibles
Before this, fewer than half of all men maybe 1 out of ten
women could read.
Eventually more than just bibles were being printed. Got
travelers’ accounts, government decrees, broadsheets
(early newspapers)
Reading and literacy allowed people to experience selfexpression and forming their own opinions and ideas on
matters.
Think, Pair, Share
Read the question, think of your answer, when
prompted share answer with your group. Write
classes’ answer
So, if people can read, they start being able to think
for themselves, forming their own opinions. How is
self-expression going to affect the Church?
The Church Reacts
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Because of self-expression, people began to criticize the
Church.
The Church made efforts to censor (remove material or
prevent publication) what people read.
Church officials published a list of prohibited books to
guide censors whose job it was to approve or forbid works
from being published.
Once on the list, author’s future work would not be
published, so many authors self-censored their work.
Things to Ponder
Read the question, think of your answer, and write
your answer down. Be sure to write the classes’
answer.
Your textbook said that “Censorship was seen as a
way to reduce bad influences on people’s morality.”
That is very noble of the Church. Why else do you
think the Church would try to censor some works?
FINAL THOUGHT
So, reading leads to thinking and thinking can
lead to questioning and questioning can lead
to…
THE RENAISSANCE:
THE PEOPLE OF
You will need your important people sheet
Bellwork for 3/18
Name as many people you can that lived and
thrived during the Renaissance
Renaissance Man Research