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September 4 & 8, 2015
Please take out your Baller Sheet, 3-Ring Binder & Something with which to write
Quote of the Day
“Love all. Trust a few. Do wrong
to none.”-William
Shakespeare
HomeworkUnit 1/Section 2-Renaissance & Reformation
•Read p. 346-350•p. 350 #3,4•Book next class? No
Renaissance Important Figures
Today’s Focusing question
How can we see the influence of Renaissance works/ideas in
our world today?
William ShakespeareWilliam Shakespeare
William Shakespeare
• Born in Stratford-upon-Avon (1564)• Regarded as greatest playwright of all
time• Wrote poems too• Drew upon the classics for
inspiration/plots• Master of the English language
• Examined human flaws
Do you think of this?
This one?
This?
How about this one?
Hamlet’s Uncle kills his father for the throne. Hamlet does not know to fight his Uncle and to seek his rightful place on the throne until his father’s ghost appears to him in the night.
He remains culturally relevant….
Twelfth Night
Hamlet Othello
The Taming of the Shrew
Grab a Quote• Everyone needs a quote• What famous modern-day phrase
comes from this Shakespeare excerpt?
• Turn to your table partner and discuss your excerpts
• Class Share Out
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“Dead as a doornail”
• From King Henry VI, Part 2• 1592
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“(Fight) Fire with fire”
• From King John• 1595
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“Good Riddance”
• Troilus and Cressida• 1606
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“Band of Brothers”
• Henry V• 1598
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“Wild-Goose Chase”
• Romeo and Juliet• 1592
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“I have not slept one wink”
• Cymbeline• 1611
Warm Up #5Answer the following in your 3-Ring Binders:
Two Paragraphs/Proper Grammar
1.Shakespeare wrote 500 years ago. What works of art (books, movies, tv shows, architecture, etc) from YOUR GENERATION do you think will still matter to people’s lives 500 years from now?
2.Explain why the works you identified in #1 will still matter to people’s lives 500 years from now.
Grab a Quote #2• Everyone needs a quote• Think about what your quote is
saying• Can you provide an example?• Turn to your table partner and
discuss your quotes• Class Share Out
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Themes/Main Ideas• What themes do you see in the quotes?
• Do you think this is good or bad advice?
• Who do you think this advice is meant for?
• Do you recognize the author or book?
Niccoló Machiavelli• The Prince (1513)• Takes form of political guidebook• How to gain power & keep it• Not concerned with what is morally right…• …but with what was politically effective
• The end justifies the means
Modern Day Machiavelli?http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=SseGZNMujXs
Sir Thomas More• Utopia (1516)• The ideal society• Satire• What would your ideal society look like?
Miguel de Cervantes• Don Quixote (1605)• Mocks Medieval ideals of chivalry• What is something you would like to mock in
today’s society?
How do these writings spread?
• http://www.history.com/shows/mankind-the-story-of-all-of-us/videos/mankind-the-story-of-all-of-us-the-printing-pre
http://www.history.com/shows/mankind-the-story-of-all-of-us/videos/mankind-the-
story-of-all-of-us-the-printing-press?m=512651279ab48
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Johann Gutenberg• German craftsman• ~1440 developed the printing press• Combined existing technology from
Asia and Europe• Could now produce books quickly and
cheaply• Rapid spread of new ideas• Gutenberg Bible (1455)
Renaissance Important Figures
HomeworkUnit 1/Section 2-Renaissance & Reformation
•Read p. 346-350•p. 350 #3,4•Book next class? No
