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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
lagan history - what was the renaissance?
OVERVIEW
TEACHNET - The Renaissance Webquest
Explore this webquest and discover the answers to the following questions:
> What changes took place in the style of painting?
> What changes took place in the design of their buildings?
> Who were the greatest artists and architects of the time?
> What changes took place in the style of painting?
> What changes took place in the design of their buildings?
> Who were the greatest artists and architects of the time?
Changes in Art
history matters 365 - Lights Out Activity
Identify the features of a Renaissance painting [VIEW ON PC ONLY]
learnodo newtonic - 10 greatest renaissance paintings
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 -
gallery - leonardo da vinci
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
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?
More Resources
historyteachers - Renaissance man ("blister in the sun" by the violent femmes)
VATican.va - virtual tour of the sistine chapel
Take a virtual tour of the national gallery in london
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?