1. Social Studies 8 Chapter 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.
Social Studies 8 Chapter 2

2. 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?

3. Personal glossary
Take the next minutes to complete the vocabulary for chapter 2.

4. Chapter Task/Assignment
Grab a copy of the Chapter 2 Assignment and discuss the criteria

5. 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?

6. 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

7. 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

8. Influence
Please read pages 53-54
Reflect and respond #1-3

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

10. 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?)

11. Expert groups Get into your expert groups
Scholars and Philosophers (pg )
Artists (pg )
Scientists and Mathematicians (pg )
Writers (pg )
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

12. Web evaluation Before we gather information on the internet…..
Grab a “taking an Internet Field Trip” handout

13. 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 and answer Reflect & Respond #1-3 page 75.
If you finish early, do you think it’s a good idea to read the pages that you didn’t read?

14. 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

15. Artist’s 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

16. Artist’s 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

17. 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.

18. 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

19. 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”

20. Francois Viete His work was built by Islamic scholars
Solutions for doubling a cube, trisecting a triangle, useful for engineering and architecture

21. 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

22. Movie time…. The Renaissance- Art, Music and Literature (22 minutes)
The Renaissance- Science and Invention (22 minutes)

23. Renaissance Society
Review the model showing that Worldview Affects the way a Society operates (pg.9)
Review the term: Quality of Life
Read page and respond to Question #2a pg. 80.

24. Movie time….
The Renaissance-Everyday Life in the Renaissance (25 minutes)

25. Chapter Review
Please read page 86 and answer question #1 of the Review and Synthesize page 87.