Social Studies 8 Chapter 2

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Social Studies 8Chapter 2

• General outcome
• Through an examination of Renaissance Europe,
  students will demonstrate an understanding and
  appreciation of how the exchange of ideas and
  knowledge contributed to shaping the worldview of
  the Western world.

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Chapter 2 outcomes (things you need to know)

• How did the Renaissance spark the growth and
  exchange of ideas and knowledge across Europe
  (i.e., astronomy, mathematics, science, politics,
  religion, arts)?
• In what ways did thinkers and philosophers
  influence society in the development of a
  humanist worldview during the Renaissance?

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Personal glossary

• Take the next 10-15 minutes to complete the
  vocabulary for chapter 2.

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Chapter Task/Assignment

• Grab a copy of the Chapter 2 Assignment and
  discuss the criteria

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Introduction to chapter 2

• Read the chapter title (page 48)
• Knowing what you already know, guess what ideas
  would have had the most impact on people, and how
  and where these ideas might have spread.
• Read the chapter introduction
• What types of people were involved in spreading
  the ideas of the Italian Renaissance? Define each
  type
• Discuss What types of people are likely to
  influence the ideas of the modern-day western
  world, especially in Canada?

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Slowly spreading Renaissance (pg.50-51)

• Geographic reasons why the Renaissance was slow
  to spread to the rest of Europe?
• Create a picture diagram that summarizes why
  ideas were slow to spread

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Quickly spreading Renaissance (pg. 52)

• Create a cause and effect diagram that summarizes
  the factors that made it possible for Renaissance
  ideas to spread quickly
• If you need help creating a cause and effect
  diagram look at the skills center in your
  textbook (pg. 369)
• Cause the big event
• Effect How the event helped the Renaissance
  spread quickly

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Influence

• Please read pages 53-54

Reflect and respond 1-3
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Humanism

• Possible meanings?
• Think of other words ending in ism
• Read pages 55-56, respond to question 1-2

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Jigsaw activity

• Get into groups of 6-7
• Grab a copy of the Jigsaw template.
• Decide amongst your group members who will be
  responsible for learning about each set of people
• As a group design the format that your group
  members will use to write their biographies (ie.
  What is important information to share?)

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Expert groups

• Get into your expert groups
• Scholars and Philosophers (pg. 57-59)
• Artists (pg. 62-68)
• Scientists and Mathematicians (pg. 69-71)
• Writers (pg. 72-73)
• First read the relevant pages in the textbook
  taking notes and organizing information.
• Choose one person that you are going to do a
  bibliography on and use information from the
  textbook and the internet
• Work with the other experts in your group to
  complete the Reflect Respond questions in your
  section

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Web evaluation

• Before we gather information on the internet..
• Grab a taking an Internet Field Trip handout

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Home groups-Renaissance Man

• Each expert (or pair of experts) should make a
  presentation to the home group about the people
  they were studying
• As a group read pages 74-75 and answer Reflect
  Respond 1-3 page 75.
• If you finish early, do you think its a good
  idea to read the pages that you didnt read?

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Scholars and Philosophers Infulence

• Scholars travelled from one university to another
  to study and teach
• Northern Europeans wanted to learn more about
  humanism, so they left for Italian universities
  and brought humanist ideas and attitudes back
  home with them
• Petrarch
• Erasmus
• Guillaume Bude
• Michel de Montaigne

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Artists Influence

• Art for many people is the key change during the
  Renaissance
• New artistic styles were developed, techniques,
  and materials to coincide with changing
  worldviews
• Art during the renaissance reflected the new
  thinking of humanism
• Artists became more interested in the world
  around them
• Artists changed their painting styles
  dramatically, portraying humanist subject matter
  or religious works in humanist style

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Artists Influence continued

• Figures in religious renaissance art became more
  lifelike than ever before, with realistic human
  proportions and facial expressions
• Human dissection lead to more knowledge about the
  human body
• The world as it actually looked became a common
  background in paintings
• More portraits were being painted
• Art became marketable

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Scientists and mathematicians Influence

• A lot of factors made it difficult for science
  and mathematics' to gain support
• Religion put the focus on afterlife scientific
  questioning was discouraged
• Europe very superstitious believed in astrology
  and witchcraft
• No money after arts were being sponsored
• No university really encouraged it
• Soon scientists began asking questions and
  looking for the natural causes of events rather
  than accepting what had been determined.

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Nicolaus copernicus

• Used math and careful observations to develop a
  different theory of the universe
• Copernicus proved that earth was not the center
  of the universe, rather the sun was
• Views were considered heresy by church
• 100 years later his theory was accepted

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Leonardo da Vinci

• Began dissecting human cadavers once the Pope
  allowed it, to help physicians and artists
• He recorded numerous plans for inventions
• Considered a Renaissance man

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Francois Viete

• His work was built by Islamic scholars
• Solutions for doubling a cube, trisecting a
  triangle, useful for engineering and architecture

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Writers influence

• Although Latin was the dominant language, some
  writers began to compose their works in their own
  vernacular languages.
• Geoffrey Chaucer
• Sir Thomas Moore
• Francois Rabelais
• William Shakespeare
• Grab a copy of the poetry handout and read the
  poems, when finished complete the handout

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Movie time.

• The Renaissance- Art, Music and Literature (22
  minutes)
• The Renaissance- Science and Invention (22
  minutes)

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Renaissance Society

• Review the model showing that Worldview Affects
  the way a Society operates (pg.9)
• Review the term Quality of Life
• Read page 76-82 and respond to Question 2a pg.
  80.

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Movie time.

• The Renaissance-Everyday Life in the Renaissance
  (25 minutes)

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Chapter Review

• Please read page 86 and answer question 1 of the
  Review and Synthesize page 87.