Bell Ringer: November 5(6), 2018

TOPIC:

N/A

DO NOW:

Text @mccleskey1 to 81010 to join the Remind101. We’ll go over grades and head to the auditorium at 9:30 for pictures.

Announcements:

1. Today is picture day!

2. Thanksgiving Break in TWO weeks!

3. Housekeeping, grades, Remind

Materials:

1. Cell phone

Bell Ringer: November 5(6), 2018

TOPIC:

THE RENAISSANCE

ESSENTIAL QUESTION:

EXPLAIN THE POLITICAL, INTELLECTUAL, ECONOMIC, ARTISTIC, AND RELIGIOUS IMPACT OF THE RENAISSANCE

Announcements:

1. Thanksgiving Break in TWO weeks!

Materials:

1. Cornell Notes

2. Binder

1500 CE

Europe

Word Wall Vocabulary:

• Heliocentric: model of the universe with the sun at the center

• Perspective: viewpoint, a style of Renaissance art

• Realism: realistic depictions (visuals) in art

• Renaissance: means Rebirth; classical Greek and Roman art and literature becomes popular

• Secular: NON-religious

• Vernacular: every day speech

Turn and Talk

What is this? Do you think it’s art? Why or why not?

ANS: Answers vary

On the next slide, we’re going to see some images. Decide which image, if any, is art.

11/6/2018

The Renaissance

• The word Renaissance means “rebirth”

• The Renaissance is a “rebirth” of classical Greek and Roman ideas

• It began in Italy in the 1500s

Turn and TalkWhat is gentrification? What is happening in the picture?

ANS: Gentrification has a lot of definitions, but usually it means replacing older buildings with newer ones. This means richer people will move in.

Turn and TalkThink of neighborhoods like Bishop Arts and West Dallas, which have experienced gentrification in the last few years. How might gentrification and the Renaissance be related?

ANS: Gentrification (while harmful in some ways) is a rebirth of neighborhoods

The Renaissance: Intellectual Changes

• Intellectual: Humanists, Literature, Science, and Technology • Studied subjects important in

classical Greece and Rome (history, literature, philosophy)

• Wrote in the vernacular• Nicolas Copernicus created the

heliocentric model of the universe with the sun at the center

• Galileo Galilei used a telescope to prove Copernicus’s theory

The Renaissance: Artistic Changes

• Artwork and Architecture:

• Realistic/lifelike

• Use of perspective

• Nature

• Classical Greek and Roman influence/scenes

• Individualism (reflects individual thinking of the Renaissance)

The Impact of the Renaissance

Category Change

Artistic Realism, perspective, individual portraits

Intellectual Focus on human achievements, secularism (non-

religious) develops, invention of the printing press

helps to spread ideas

Economic Because of trade, wealthy merchant class develops

Political Exploration of New World leads to establishment of

new markets/colonies

Religion Loss of faith in church leads to loss of church’s power

Guided Practice: Summary

• In the bottom portion of your c-notes, complete a summary over THE RENAISSANCE

Remember- the question that you are trying to answer in your summary is the same question that we wrote at the beginning of class: EXPLAIN THE POLITICAL, INTELLECTUAL, ECONOMIC, ARTISTIC, AND RELIGIOUS IMPACT OF THE RENAISSANCE

• Here are some sentence stems to help you out:

The Renaissance was…(describe it)

Some of the effects of the Renaissance were…(give at least two effects and identify them as political, intellectual, economic, artistic, or religious)

FUN FACT:

• The Ninja Turtles were named after Renaissance artists

• Michelangelo became (who painted the Sistine Chapel) became famous after he tried to copy a Greek statue and pass it off as an original

Guided Practice: A Renaissance Museum

• Visit each of the stations and view the examples of Renaissance artwork and architecture

• When you’re finished, go back to your seat and answer the paragraph prompt in your notes:• Which Renaissance artwork is the most interesting to you and

why?

Independent Practice: Renaissance

OPTION 1:

• Perspective drawing was a characteristic of the Italian Renaissance. If you choose to draw a perspective drawing, make sure to maintain the subject matter of the Renaissance: Madonna (Mary) and baby Jesus, nature, classical Greek scenes, etc. Absolutely no stick figures allowed!

OPTION 2:

• A Renaissance Man was a man who knew how to read, write, paint, draw, ride a horse, swordfight, play a musical instrument, etc. He had many talents. Using today’s vernacular, write a ten sentence letter explaining what it takes to be a modern day Renaissance man. What talents do you have to have?

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SHEET

DUE AT THE END OF CLASS: COMPLETED DRAWING OR LETTER

DOL: Self-Rating Scale

A B C D E

E “I understood everything we

talked about in class today!”