Week of February 19-23

Monday- No School(Ice Day)

Tuesday- Discuss current world issues with gun control and gun laws. 

Wednesday- 

Renaissance and Reformation

1300-1600

  • Started in Italy and spread through Europe
  • Renaissance means "rebirth"
  • Revival of art science, education that didn't take place during Middle Ages
  • Wanted to bring back ancient Greek and Roman Culture

Italy was the Birthplace

  • People quesioned the norms of the later middle ages
    • Why didn't our leaders or the Church stop wars from happening or the plague form killing so many people?
    • Why did the church tell people to endure suffering on Earth and await the rewards of heaven?
  • Writers and artists expressing new ideas and syles that went against the status quo
  • Italy's advantages
    • Why did the Renaissance start in Italy?
      • Thriving cities
        • Florence, Milan, Rome
    • Wealthy merchant class
      • Idea that power should come form hard work and not inheritance
      • The Medici family became the most powerful bank in Italy and Europe
    • Italy had the heritage of ancient Greece and Rome
  • Renaissance Man
    • Characteristics
      • Charming, witty, and well educated in the classics
      • Talented in dancing, singing, playing music, writing poetry
      • Skilled horseback rider, wrestler, and swordsman
  • Renaissance Women
    • Characteristics
      • Upper- Class
      • Knows the classics
      • Charming
      • Not seeking fame
      • Inspiration for art but not artists
      • Well educated
      • Stayed out of politics

Individual project on Robert Recorde

 

Thursday- Go over the group project requirements

Song about Henry VIII and his wives

 Friday- Work day for presentations.

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