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7th Grade S.S.
  • Welcome!
    • About Me
    • Ohio Revised Standards in Social Studies - 7th grade
    • Common Core Connections - Literacy and Writing Standards for Social Studies
  • Ancient World Unit 1 & 2
    • Ancient Greece Unit 1 >
      • Geography
      • Government
      • Athens and Sparta
      • Legacy of Culture and Religion
      • Persian Wars
      • Peloponnesian War
    • Ancient Rome Unit 2 >
      • Geography and Beginning
      • Republic
      • Roman Expansion - Punic Wars
      • Daily Life in Ancient Rome
      • End of the Republic
      • Emperors of the Roman Empire
      • Early Religion & the Rise of Christianity
      • Fall of the Western Roman Empire
  • The Middle Ages in Europe Unit 3
    • The Byzantine Empire >
      • Beginning of the Byzantine Empire
      • Golden Age of the Byzantines
      • The Great Schism
      • Decline of the Byzantine Empire
    • Early Middle Ages in Western Europe & Feudalism
    • Feudalism and the Manor System
    • The Power of the Catholic Church & The Crusades
    • Decline of Feudalism - Growth of Cities and Towns & Emergence of Nations
    • The Black Death
    • Interactive Map-Sites of Encounter
  • The Middle Ages in Eastern and African Civilizations Unit 4
    • Growth and Development of Islam >
      • Geography of the Middle East and Arabian Peninsula
      • The Golden Age of Islam
      • Golden Age of Islam Project
    • African Trading Empires >
      • Geography and the Bantu Migrations
      • West African Kingdoms
    • Wait for it... The MONGOLS!
  • Modern HIstory Unit 5
    • The Renaissance and Reformation >
      • The Beginning of the Renaissance
      • Impact of the Renaissance
      • The Protestant Reformation
    • Age of Discovery and Exploration >
      • The Beginning of Exploration
      • European Explorers Project
  • ESL
    • Assignments
    • Geography (Géographie)
    • Vocabulary Help
  • Geography Practice
HIS 6.  The Renaissance in Europe introduced revolutionary ideas, leading to cultural, scientific and social changes.
Learning Target:
  • I can analyze how the influence of new revolutionary ideas during the Renaissance led to cultural, scientific and social changes. 
  • I can identify changes in ideas, science and society as a result of the Renaissance.  
Assessment:  Quiz



Impacts of the Renaissance on Europe

Complete all 5 Stations Activities and turn in your Stations Activity.
When you finish begin the activities below in order. 

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Use your Stations Activity to help if you need it.  

If you get any of these wrong it is a good indication that you did not understand the activities you did for the Impacts of the Renaissance Stations Activities.  It would be a good idea to review the activities or reread the introductions for each.  

You need to take this until you get 5/5.  Once you do - 
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Playposit - Renaissance

View this Crash Course lesson on the Renaissance.  

It explores why the Renaissance occurred where it did and also asks the question of who it is really important to and if it really even occurred!  

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Renaissance Activities and Games

Renaissance Thinkers Behind the Magic
Scroll through this online activity to get to know some of the REAL Renaissance scientists and thinkers who inspired the world of Harry Potter!  Can you make the connections?  

Renaissance Matching
How well do you know your Renaissance art?  

Renaissance Trivia
Renaissance trivia Jeopardy style! 

Scientific Revolution Hangman
Scientific Revolution Trivia!

Renaissance Empires Game
Renaissance, Enlightenment and Scientific Revolution Jeopardy style trivia game!

Renaissance Spice Trade
Make decisions as a Renaissance spice trader in order to make a profit and successfully pay back the investor who sponsored your trip!  

Concentration Game
Match up famous Renaissance figures with their achievements.  

Renaissance Trivia
Take the trivia quiz about the Renaissance.  

Renaissance Advertisement Project

For this project you will be researching inventions and technologies of the Renaissance time period (As we have discussed, some of these may be things from previous cultures that have been improved upon).  You will then pretend you are advertising and selling that "product" to people in Renaissance Europe.  


The inventions or technologies that you research could be important for scientific reasons, useful to everyday life or even medical!  


The Process/Task

After some research you will:

1. Choose 3 inventions/technologies that you are most interested in (from the Renaissance period in Europe).  
       -You CANNOT do the telescope or glasses.
       -Books that discuss new scientific or medical theories or procedures may also be use
2. Research them further (who invented it, what was it used for, did it come from another civilization, how was it important and how did it impact the world on a larger scale)


3. Write a summary of each invention/technology AND create an advertisement for the 3 inventions or technologies you pick.  Follow the rubric to receive the most points possible!

The Scoring Rubric

Essential Understanding
-Write a summary about your product.  This summary should…
-shows an understanding of what the invention/technology does or how it works, who created or invented it, and what influenced its creation
-shows a clear understanding of how the invention/technology will improve life or change life for people in Europe during the Renaissance time period

Summary for Product #1 - ________/6 pts

Summary for Product #2 - ________/6 pts

Summary for Product #3 - ________/6 pts


Elements of Advertisements
-Includes images and graphics.
-Include a catchy slogan, logo, testimonial, etc.
-No spelling or grammatical errors.
-Shows effort & organization/time was taken to create it/Persuasive

Ad #1 - ________4/ pts

Ad #2 - ________4/pts

Ad #3 - ________4/pts


TOTAL SCORE - __________30 pts


Helpful Websites for Research! 
List of Inventions/Discoveries
Inventions
Medicine
Medicine
Scientific Discoveries
Games/Entertainment
This website is organized by different Renaissance scientists.  Look at the info about them to see their inventions and discoveries.  
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