WORLD CULTURES II LESSON PLAN - Unit 1 - Renaissance



WORLD CULTURES II - LESSON PLAN - Unit 5

Renaissance, Reformation, and Exploration

Textbook Chapters & Sections: 10 (3 & 4), 11, 12

Objective Test Section

KNOWLEDGE

| |A |B |C |D |

|1 |Giotto |100 Years' War |Petrarch |Sonnet |

|2 |Black Death |Boccaccio |Tamerlane |John Wycliffe |

|3 |Lollards |Geoffrey Chaucer |Jan Hus |Fillipo Brunelleschi |

|4 |Masaccio |Jean d’Arc |Donatello |Jan & Hubert vanEyck |

|5 |Cosimo de Medici |Fiorenza |Humanism |Johannes Gutenberg |

|6 |Prince Henry the Navigator |Ghiberti |Wars of the Roses |Rich. II/Henry VI/Ed. IV |

|7 |Louis IX (the Pious) |Lorenzo de Medici |Maximillian Hapsburg |Ferdinand & Isabella |

|8 |Leonardo da Vinci |Inquisition |Heresy |Ed. V/Rich. III/Henry VII |

|9 |Bartholemeu Dias |Cape of Good Hope |Botticelli |Christopher Columbus |

|10 |Alexander Borgia |Cesare & Lucretia |Treaty of Tordesillas |Savonarola |

|11 |Lodovico Sforza |Balance of Power |"Everyman" |Heironymus Bosch |

|12 |Albrecht Durer |John Cabot |Vasco de Gama |Michelangelo |

|13 |Pedro Cabral |Amerigo Vespucci |Josquin des Pres |Raphael de Santi |

|14 |Johann Tetzel |Jakob Fugger |Martin Waldseemuller |Desiderius Erasmus |

|15 |Bartolome de Las Casas |5th Lateran Council |Vasco Nunez de Balboa |Juan Ponce de Leon |

|16 |Niccolo Machiavelli |Corregio |Thomas More |Martin Luther |

|17 |Mannerism |Hernan Cortes |Conquistadors |Moctezuma |

|18 |Thomas Munzer |Anabaptists |Ferdinand Magellan |Diet of Worms |

|19 |Huldreich Zwingli |Giovanni Verrazano |Babur (Babar) |Baldassare Castiglione |

|20 |Melanchthon |Schmalkaldic League |Henry VIII |Francisco Pizzaro |

|21 |Rabelais |John Calvin |Huguenot |Thomas Cranmer |

|22 |Madrigal |Act of Supremacy |John of Leiden |Ignatius Loyola |

|23 |Jacques Cartier |Francisco Coronado |John Knox |Hernando DeSoto |

|24 |Pope Paul III |Council of Trent |Gustav Mercator |Nostradamus |

|25 |St. Frances Xavier |Baroque |"Bloody" Mary |Peace of Augsburg |

|26 |Charles V (I) |Philip II |Elizabeth I |Puritan |

|27 |Andrea Amati |Nobunaga |St. Bartholomew’s Day |Francis Drake |

|28 |El Greco |Montaigne |Walter Raleigh |Monteverdi |

|29 |Armada |Henry III (Fr.) |Henry of Guise |Henry IV of Navarre |

COMPREHENSION

1 What specific factors caused the Renaissance to begin in Italy as opposed to anywhere else?

2 What improvements in artistic techniques occurred during the Renaissance?

3 How did improvements in metalwork change the lives of Europeans in several ways?

4 Why did Popes agree to the use of Inquisitions?

5 How did women's lives improve during the Renaissance?

6 What is a "Renaissance Man"?

7 What factors encouraged the explosion in exploration? What developments made exploration possible?

8 What aspects of life during this era contributed to the rise of banks?

9 What was Balance of Trade, how was it achieved, and why was it so hard to maintain?

10 What three things did Magellan prove by his trip around the world?

11 What principles did Anabaptists eventually bring to America?

12 In what ways have the Jesuits changed since their inception?

13 Why did Philip make the disastrous decision to invade England?

14 If the Edict of Nantes was predictable in its formulation, was it also predictable in its resolution?

15 How did exploration in the world change life for the common person in Europe?

16 Why did so many monarchs feel the need to establish complete control over their subjects?

APPLICATION

1 How did the Renaissance spread from Italy to Northern Europe?

2 Why were wealth & talent more important than family heritage? Why did wealthy people spend money to encourage artists?

3 How did the Inquisition help destroy Spanish culture?

4 Why is it now “politically correct” to put down Christopher Columbus?

5 Does the end ever justify the means?

6 Did Lutheranism follow the principles & desires of Martin Luther?

7 Were the manners of Renaissance folk that much different than ours?

8 Examine Castiglione's book The Courtier to determine what was once considered good manners.

9 Are there any contemporary examples of Simony? Is anything else comparable?

10 How was exploration by some nations a threat to others?

11 How did England eventually become the dominant world power?

12 Are Puerto Rico & the Philippines today in a similar position to America in the 1600's?

13 Compare the Renaissance in Rome, Florence, Milan, and Venice. What items were produced in each place, and how were the cities and their accomplishments different?

Subjective Test Section

ANALYSIS

1 How many ways can you think of in which man's thinking changed in the Renaissance, and how did each of those changes help create a different lifestyle?

2 Debate whether Renaissance governments had become civilized.

3 Compare the arguments that claim the Wars of the Roses were won by strength, attrition, or intellect.

4 What are the practices and pitfalls of the "marriage for power" systems like that employed by Maximilian Hapsburg?

5 What factors made the Renaissance different in Northern Europe than it was in Italy?

6 Draw a flow chart showing how the development of the printing press had widespread impact.

7 Why does it not solve our problems to kill those who cause them?

8 Why could the philosophical thought of the Renaissance not have occurred earlier? Are there conditions under which it might have occurred earlier?

9 Why is it necessary for man to imagine perfection?

10 Diagram the effects of cultural diffusion evident in this unit.

11 What emphases in Renaissance education are still active today?

12 Why do we have such a sense of awe over the paintings of the Renaissance?

13 Were Renaissance artists truly innovative or did they merely create artworks by formula?

14 Break down the specific characteristics that made Renaissance artwork different from its predecessors, and show examples to prove your point.

15 Make a comparative timeline of the monarchs of England & France during the Hundred Years' War, and show how each perpetuated the conflict.

16 Make an interlocking flowchart to show the various men who competed for power during the Wars of the Roses. Show each man's claim to power, his activities while in power, and the causes of his demise.

17 How did the geography of Europe affect the spread of Renaissance ideas?

18 Why didn't the Inquisitions accomplish their purpose?

19 Why were there no great Protestant leaders in Italy?

20 List reasons why religion created so much violence, distrust, and hatred.

21 In what ways are Wycliffe, Luther, and Calvin similar and different? How do you think each might have felt if he had known about the actions of his followers after his death?

22 Are Black Muslims, Televangelists, and Social Priests part of a modern Reformation?

23 Can you show that the collapse of Communism due to the same principles that caused the reformation of the European Catholic Church?

24 Described the role of England in the development of Protestantism.

25 What effects of their religious and political background did Puritans and Anabaptists demonstrate when they got to America?

26 To a Protestant, what would be the positive and negative decisions made by the Council of Trent?

27 How might different social groups (Clergy, Nobles, Government, Commoners) have reacted to Luther's 95 Theses? Why did he post them where he did?

28 How were the changes of Henry IV of France like those of the Emperor Darius of ancient Persia?

29 What problems did Charles V (I) find insoluble? Why would someone with as much power as he had surrender it freely?

30 Did Protestantism help to bring down the absolute monarchs?

31 Did the Inquisition help solidify the Spanish monarchy, or bring down its power?

32 How did each exploring nation treat the American Natives, and how did that affect their long-term success?

33 Why did England need colonies more than other nations?

34 How did the life of colonists in America develop the values we hold today?

35 Make a chart showing how Portugal, Spain, Holland, and France each gained and lost their dominance in exploration and colonies.

36 After the discovery of America, how did Europe's AHA's change?

37 Draw a map showing the routes taken by important explorers. What do they tell you about currents, weather, and patterns?

38 Compare and contrast lifestyles in the Jamestown and Plymouth colonies.

39 Are there any "Renaissance people" today?

EVALUATION

1 What is the relative merit of the concept that suppression is a poor way to keep one's people under control?

2 Would we have been better off if there had been no Reformation, and we had continued to have only one religion in the world?

3 Was Thomas More principled and courageous, or stubborn and foolish?

4 Could an Inquisition occur in Italy or Spain today? In what countries might it be most likely?

5 Compare and contrast the final statements given by Sir Thomas More and Thomas Cranmer. Which man do you admire most?

6 Do Inquisitions create the same type of feelings as those caused by the actions of Adolph Hitler and Josef Stalin?

7 How could Thomas de Torquemada look at himself in the mirror? What must he have thought about his own actions?

8 Which are better and more logical, the arguments favoring predestination, or those against it?

9 Read The Grand Inquisitor by Fyodor Dostoevsky. What is his stand on Inquisitions? How does his story reflect the Russia of his time?

10 Write an editorial for a newspaper, describing the negative and damaging aspects of Renaissance ideology.

11 Defend or Refute the statement "Without the Renaissance, the Reformation could not have occurred".

12 Compare & contrast Renaissance art styles with Greek & Roman Classical styles. Did Renaissance artists succeed in recreating classical ideals in art, literature, philosophy, and religion?

13 Does the rabid interest in biography during this time give us any insight into the mentality and originality of the people?

14 Is a "sense of adventure" one of Man's inherent qualities?

15 Do Neil Armstrong and Christa McAuliffe have characteristics in common with Christopher Columbus and his contemporaries?

16 How should we view Columbus' treatment of Native Americans?

17 Compare and contrast the viewpoints of Bartolome de Las Casas and Juan de Sepulveda on the treatment of native peoples. What would be the positive and negative effects of adopting either man’s policy wholesale?

18 Evaluate the significance and extent of the impact of "Discoverers" like Columbus, Vasco da Gama, and Magellan, with that of the "Explorers" like LaSalle, de Soto, and Coronado.

19 In what ways do the artistic styles of the period reflect the lifestyle of the common people?

20 Exactly what DOES it say about a species that searches the world over, and brings back coffee, tobacco, and other stimulant-containing products (yes, even chocolate) more often than other, more useful items?

SYNTHESIS

1 Pretending that you are a Pope, write a plan for Reforming the Church, maintaining its integrity while making the reforms necessary to keep the majority of people in the Catholic Church.

2 Write a story that describes what life would be like today if the Catholic Church were the ONLY religion.

3 If you were convening a modern Council of Trent, which religions would you invite to participate, and what issues would you put on the agenda?

4 How many post-Reformation examples can you think of which prove the thesis: "You can kill a man, but you can't kill his ideas."

5 As an imaginary Pope, write an order to begin an Inquisition, explaining why it is necessary and acceptable. Did the real Popes defend their actions?

6 As a Huguenot, write a letter discussing your feelings about the St. Bartholomew's Day Massacre. How will your life in France change now?

7 How would our culture be different today if Englishmen had treated Native Americans the way the French or Spanish did?

8 Create an exercise in which students can map an area with much the same restrictions faced by Prince Henry's students or explorers.

9 How might our culture be different today if there had been no gold in the Americas? What if there was lots of gold, but no agricultural productivity? What if there were neither?

10 In how many ways would world history be different if there were no American continents at all?

11 Write a guidebook describing the characteristics of a Renaissance Person today.

12 Design your own high school curriculum that would create modern Renaissance People.

13 How would you recognize if a modern Renaissance was occurring?

14 Combine your knowledge of Renaissance artistic technology with your own Spatial Intelligence to create your own Renaissance painting.

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