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The Renaissance
Introduction
Unit # 4 – Lesson 1
Agenda
The Renaissance
 The Prince
 HOV
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September 26, 2013
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Page 73
◦ Bell Ringer: Is it better for a leader to be feared or loved?
Explain your reasoning by justifying your response with an
example.
◦ Objective: Analyze how wealth and status lead to the
growth of arts and literature
◦ Homework: Find a cultural reference from a song that you
currently listen to. Write down:
 Author, Title of Song, lyric, and what it is referencing
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Page 73 (below bell ringer)
◦ Attach Unit # 4 – Study Guide
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Page 74
◦ Attach Notes: Italian Renaissance
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Page 75
◦ Leave Blank, Title: Italian Renaissance
What we remember from last unit…
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Feudalism declining
◦ Migration into cities/towns
◦ Rise of city-states
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Trade and commerce increasing
◦ Cultural diffusion throughout Europe
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Christianity evolving
◦ Church and Crown vying for power
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Population devastated
◦ Black Death, famine, and warfare
On page 75, answer the following
question…
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Question: Which of these factors is
going to most greatly affect life during the
Renaissance? Justify using an example
previously discussed in class (think about:
people moving, sharing from other
cultures, religion, wars)
Renaissance
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Rebirth
◦ Revival of interest in arts and literature
◦ Emphasis on humanity
◦ People were CURIOUS!
On page 75, answer the following
question…
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Question: What are you most curious
about? …. Why do you learn? What is
the purpose?
Renaissance
Task: Create your
own C/E (like we
did during the
Unit # 3 Review)
Yes – you must
include the C/Es
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E 
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Increased trade with Asia
Growth of wealthy city-states
Rise of rich merchants
Revival of interest in arts and literature
Increased desire for scientific learning
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F
F
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C
T
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Creates wealthy city-states
Wealthy merchants arise
Merchants have money to spend
Artists are commissioned to create works of art
Invention of new technologies that help spread Renaissance ideas
Construction of universities within towns to educate more people
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On page 75, answer the following
question…
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Task: Create a diagram to illustrate the
causes/effects of the Renaissance
Task: Make a
prediction – What
impact is
humanism going
to have on
religion?
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Humanities
◦ Emphasis on good education studying
“classics” – rhetoric, grammar, poetry,
history, Latin (Rome) and Greek
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Focused on individual
accomplishments
◦ Potential of human mind is limitless
On page 75, answer the following
question…
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Question: Is humanism going to have an
impact on religion?
Humanist Writers
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Made possible by
technology
• Printing press made
books inexpensively
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Founding fathers
• Boccaccio and
Petrarch
Humanist Writers
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Secular Writers
• Wrote about non-church topics
• Castiglione – The Courtier: behavioral guide for how
gentlemen/women should act
• Think – are there any behavioral guides for
men/women now?
Humanist Writers
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They were also writing about
injustices…government…problems in
society…
Who else likes to talk about problems in
society?
On page 75, complete the following
task…
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Task: List 5 people that you know
(outside of reporters) who make
commentary on society.
Ms. Wrede…What does Tupac have
to do with the Renaissance?!
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Funny you should ask
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Makaveli
It’s actually not Makaveli…it’s Machiavelli
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And he was a writer…
In the 16th century
And no, he’s not doing
a gang symbol
People have been doing that for years…
This was a priest
This lady was the
Duchess of Traetto
This guy worked for
the government
You don’t know as much as you
thought you did…do you?!
The Real Machiavelli
Real name: Niccolò
Machiavelli
 Wrote “The Prince”
in 1513
 Spoke about
injustices in
government
 “It is better to be
feared than it is to
be loved”
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On the sheet being provided,
complete the following task…
Task: Translate the quote
 Assign it to Tupac or Machiavelli
 Determine whether you agree or
disagree with the statement.
 Explain why or why not.
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What does this have to do with the
Renaissance?
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There is a lot going on at this time
◦ Revival of antiquities
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Art
Philosophy
Rhetoric – that’s talking about things
Science
And more and more and more…
People who were proficient in several of
these disciplines were called…
Renaissance Men
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Term given to men during this period
who were considered experts in many
different disciplines
◦ Ex: Leonardo DaVinci was a painter, sculpture,
scientist, inventor, engineer
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Can you think of anyone today who
excels in a variety of disciplines?
On page 75, complete the following
task…
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Task: List 5 people that you know who
qualify as Renaissance men/women.
Shawn Carter…aka Jay-Z…aka HOV
Task: Make a list
of all of the
cultural references
you hear in the
song