A WORLD HISTORY WEBQUEST

Ancient Civilization Recreate the Past!

WORLD HISTORY SEMESTER PROJECT

Mr. S. WNOROWSKI

ASSIGNED: 12.01 – DUE: 12.15

ENGAGEYour First Fun Activity is to Explore!

• Choose your favorite piece of art from the Renaissance, from museum links. You will give a brief oral presentation in class about why the art speaks to you. 

• Islamic Art at the Metropolitan Museum of Art

• Asian Art at the Brooklyn Museum

• Roman and Greek Art at the Metropolitan Museum of Art

• Italian Renaissance Art

INTRODUCTION• Through this Web Quest, students will build upon their prior

knowledge of the Renaissance period in European history from approximately 1400-1600. They will develop an understanding of the impact which various ancient civilizations had on the inception of the Renaissance through extensive research, primary source analysis, and the building of their own city-state from the 15th century.

• This project will take approximately 2 weeks of research, product creation and presentation. Students will be provided 45 minutes at the end of each class to work in their groups, along with weekly group reports of progress.

TASK• Your job as a historian is to travel back in time through your research to establish

connections between the ancient world and the one that existed in Europe during the Renaissance.

• To uncover evidence of ancient Islamic, Roman, Greek, and Asian influences on 15th century Italy (the birthplace of the Renaissance) in depth, you will be broken into groups of four and each person will be assigned one particular civilization to focus upon.

• Within your group, you will be able to identify how your civilization impacted the changes in Europe during its rebirth by conducting research.

• You will be analyzing primary and secondary source documents, and creating your own presentation describing how a European city-state from the 15th century incorporated visible elements from your ancient civilization.

• Daily reports from groups will be required to ensure timely progress.

PROCESS.1 - Research• Each group will be responsible for going through primary and

secondary source links under their corresponding civilization.

• Individually, you will compose a 1-2 page analysis of your findings.

• What specific ties exist between your civilization and the later period of the Renaissance?

• Cite specific evidence from the documents.

• Daily Group reports required.

PROCESS.1B– Renaissance Europe• Essential Renaissance Architecture

• History of Italian Influence in the Renaissance

• EACH GROUP WILL DO THIS TOGETHER

PROCESS.1C – Roman InfluenceAncient Roman influence on the Renaissance

WEBSITES

• Ancient Roman Art at the M.E.T Museum

• Ancient Influence on Renaissance Art

• Roman Influence on the Renaissance

• Cities in Ancient Rome 

• Roman Primary Source: The Grandeur of Rome

VIDEO:

• Video: The Classical Influence on Renaissance Architecture

• Video: History of the Renaissance

PROCESS.1D- Ancient Asia's InfluenceAncient Asian influence on the Renaissance

WEBSITES• Ancient Asian History• Ancient Asian Art • Asian Influence on the Renaissance• Asian Art History• Asian Primary Source: Marco Polo Experience in China

VIDEO:

• Video: The History of China

PROCESS.1E – Islam's InfluenceAncient Islamic influence on the Renaissance

WEBSITES:

• Islamic Influence on the Renaissance

• Islamic Architecture in Italy

• Islamic Art At the M.E.T Museum

• Byzantine Islamic Art

• Islamic History in the Renaissance

• Islamic Primary Source: Hammurabi's Code

VIDEO:

• Video: Islamic Contribution to Europe and Influence to European Renaissance 

PROCESS.1F – Greeks InfluenceAncient Greek influence on the Renaissance

WEBSITES

• Greek Renaissance Art

• Greek History in the Renaissance

• Greek Influence on the Renaissance

• Architecture in Ancient Greece

• Greek Primary Source: Description of Greece

VIDEO

• Ancient Greece's Influence on the Renaissance

PROCESS_Analysis• At the end of the project each group will produce an oral

summary through power-point or video.

• The presentation will be about the various ancient civilizations influenced the development of a Renaissance City State.

• Groups must Explain the Ancient elements in their City State through discussions of Art, Architecture, government and culture.

CONCLUSION• Congratulations time travelers!! You have successfully completed your mission to recreate the past within the present. By reading the links, watching the video clips, analyzing primary and secondary sources, and constructing your 3 dimensional models, you have demonstrated your creativity. Great Job!!

• At this point, you should be able to successfully answer this higher order thinking question: To what extent did the ancient Roman, Greek, Islamic, and Asian

civilizations impact the changes in Europe from the 15th to 17th centuries?

EVALUATIONFOLLOW RUBRIC as GUIDES

• Daily Research Grade Sheet (Min. 3 Assignments)

• Presentation (75 Points) Power Point Production Process: Teamwork Process: Individual Work

Essay (25 Points) Addressed the Prompt Followed A.C.E.S.