1. Agenda January 6 Journal Preview Questions Watch PBS’s Medici: Godfathers of the Renaissance Concluding Questions HW: Read Chapter 17 section 2 pages 480- 485. –Using the note taking strategy suggested on page 480 take notes on what you read. –Answer questions 3,4,7,and 8 on page 485. Begin filling out Comparison Chart and working on your Family Tree

2. Preview Questions What do you already know about the Medici family and the Renaissance? Where is Florence or Firenze, as it is known in Europe? The Renaissance starts in the quatrocento; what century is that? What years does that include? What does the title The Medici: Godfathers of the Renaissance suggest about the series and the family? How does a family become rich and powerful?

3. Focusing Questions As you watch, see how the Medici rose from poverty and insignificance. Also notice this: Why were art and architecture so important to the rise of the Medici? In what ways are accepted beliefs challenged?

4. Watching the Movie Please fill our the viewing guide as we watch

5. Answering the Focusing Questions As you watch, see how the Medici rose from poverty and insignificance. Also notice this: Why were art and architecture so important to the rise of the Medici? In what ways are accepted beliefs challenged? What do you have questions about? What do you like about the way the film presents the information? What is going to happen to Cosimo?

6. Watching Part 2 Answer page 2 questions

7. Closure Questions What was unique about Cosimo, Brunelleschi, and Florence? How did Cosimo, Brunelleschi, and Florence contribute to the birth of the Renaissance? What problems do you foresee for the Medici family? Why? In what ways were the ancients and the great writers from the East and Orient different from the Christian thinkers of the Middle Ages? In what ways does our society discourage or punish people for thinking, believing, and acting differently from the majority?