Exploring people, culture and ideas
Learning Outcome 3.7: Appreciate change in the fields of the arts and science, with particular reference to the significance of the Renaissance.
INTRODUCTION
youtube - the renaissance: an introduction
printable wordsearch - why italy?
OVERVIEW
lagan history - what was the renaissance?
National Gallery of ireland - exploring the renaissance
Changes in painting
learnodo newtonic - 10 greatest renaissance paintings
worksheet - changes in painting
Leonardo da Vinci
Biography.com - Leonardo da Vinci
history extra - 8 milestones in Leonardo da Vinci’s rise to success
Miss Stout's History Class - Leonardo da Vinci
britannica -
Why Is the Mona Lisa So Famous?
the irish times - Rolling up the river – Frank McNally on an unlikely partnership between Leonardo da Vinci and Niccolò Machiavelli
Albrecht Durer
history matters 365 - Albrecht Durer Interactive Image
Miss Stout's History Class - Albrecht Durer
Rembrandt
bbc radio 4 - great lives - Rembrandt
changes in SCULPTURE and architecture
worksheet - factcheck: changes in sculpture and architecture
Michelangelo
Miss Stout's History Class - Michelangelo
TECHNOLOGY AND INNOVATION
The Printing Press
studies weekly - the printing press
cloud biography - johannes Gutenberg biography
copernicus
biography.com - copernicus
GALILEO
biography.com - Galileo - physicist
mr bett's class - Trial of Galileo ("More Than Words" Parody)
Miss Stout's History Class - Galileo
bbc radio 4 - great lives - galileo
johannes kepler
bbc radio 4: in our time - johannes kepler
isaac newton
biography.com - isaac newton
britannica - understanding newton's laws of motion
William Shakespeare
biography.com - william shakespeare
bbc radio 4 - great lives - william shakespeare
William Shakespeare Interactive Image
thought_co. - List of Phrases Shakespeare Invented
Miss Stout's History Class - William Shakespeare
History Matters 365
Printable Wordsearch - William Shakespeare
PATTERNS OF CHANGE: HEALTH AND Medicine
worcesterjonny - who was andreas vesalius?
worksheet - walkabout bingo: medicine and science
significance of the renaissance
worksheet - 5 reasons why
More Resources
historyteachers - Renaissance man ("blister in the sun" by the violent femmes)
Toggle 'Watch on YouTube'
Take a virtual tour of the national gallery in london
worksheet - who's who: the renaissance
worksheet - visual sources: changes in the arts and science
RETRIEVAL CHALLENGE GRID
FOCUS TASK
Imagine you are interviewing Michelangelo for The Renaissance Times newspaper. What questions would you ask? What answers would he give?