Classroom Update (9/11)

World History (Block)

Topic: The Prince

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- How did the Northern Renaissance differ from the Italian Renaissance?

- What impact did the Northern artists and writers have on the Renaissance?

1. DJ- Why is Machiavelli's work still relevant today?
2. Article Review (Introduction and Work Time)
3. Assign: The Northern Renaissance (14.3) Vocab. and Guided Reading Questions

World History (Skinny)

Topic: The Birth of the Renaissance

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- Which shifts in society had the greatest impact on the Renaissance?

- How did humanism influence Renaissance ideas?

1. DJ- Why did the Renaissance begin in Italy?
2. Finish discussing Major Italian City0states During the Renaissance Google Doc
3. Assign: The Italian Renaissance (14.2) Vocab. and Guided Reading Questions

Classroom Update (9/10)

World History (Block)

Topic: Renaissance Art

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- Why did the Italian Renaissance produce some of the world’s most extraordinary writers and artists?

- How do the works of Renaissance artists and architects reflect Renaissance ideas?

1. DJ-  How were expectations for Renaissance men and Renaissance women similar?
2. Achieve article: It Must Be Leonardo
3. Renaissance Art Analysis (Google Doc)
4. Assign: The Northern Renaissance (14.3) Vocabulary and Guided Reading Questions

World History (Skinny)

Topic:  Birth of the Renaissance

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- Which shifts in society had the greatest impact on the Renaissance?

1. Complete Major Italian City-States During the Renaissance Document

Classroom Update (9/9)

World History (Block)

Topic: Leonardo da Vinci & The Italian Renaissance

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- Why did the Italian Renaissance produce some of the world’s most extraordinary writers and artists?

- How do the works of Renaissance artists and architects reflect Renaissance ideas?

1. DJ- Why did the Renaissance begin in Italy?
2. Engineering an Empire: Da Vinci's World Video and Notes
3. Finish The Italian Renaissance (14.2) Vocabulary and Guided Reading Questions

World History (Skinny)

Topic:  The Black Death

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- During the fourteenth century, how did the bubonic plague shake Europe socially, politically, and economically?

1. Achieve Article: The Black Death
2. Assign:
1. Birth of the Renaissance (14.1) Vocabulary and Guided Reading Questions

Classroom Update (9/6)

World History (Block)

Topic: Birth of the Renaissance

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- Which shifts in society had the greatest impact on the Renaissance?

- How did humanism influence Renaissance ideas?

1. DJ- What does “Renaissance” mean?
2. Major Italian City-States During the Renaissance Google Doc in Schoology
1. Group Work and Class Discussion
3. Assign:
1. The Italian Renaissance (14.2) Vocabulary and Guided Reading Questions

World History (Skinny)

Topic:  Thinking Like a Historian

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- How do historians categorize and study the past?

1. DJ- How does the past help us make sense of the present? Provide an example.
2. Finish Introduction to World History Activity
3. Unit 1 Outline

Classroom Update (9/5)

World History (Block)

Topic:  The Black Death

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- What are the policies and procedures of this course?

- During the fourteenth century, how did the bubonic plague shake Europe socially, politically, and economically?

1. DJ- How does the past help us make sense of the present? Provide an example.
2. Finish Introduction to World History Activity
3. Assign:
1. Achieve Article: The Black Death
2. Birth of the Renaissance (14.1) Vocabulary and Guided Reading Questions

World History (Skinny)

Topic:  Thinking Like a Historian

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- How do historians categorize and study the past?

1. Continue Introduction to World History Activity

Classroom Update (9/4)

World History (Block)

Topic:  Thinking Like a Historian

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- What are the policies and procedures of this course?

- How do historians categorize and study the past??

1. DJ- What are the benefits of taking a history class?
2. Introduction to World History Activity

World History (Skinny)

Topic:  Thinking Like a Historian

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- What are the policies and procedures of this course?

- How do historians categorize and study the past??

1. DJ- What are the benefits of taking a history class?
2. Begin Introduction to World History Activity

Classroom Update (9/3)