CKHG Unit 4: The Renaissance
NOTE: The resources for this unit are in the first part of From the Renaissance to England’s Golden Age.
Focus:
This unit introduces students to the Renaissance, which began in Italian city-states and then spread across much of Europe, propelled by Gutenberg’s printing press.
Students learn how artists were supported by patrons, such as the wealthy Medici family, or Pope Julius II for whom Raphael painted frescoes and Michelangelo the ceiling of the Sistine Chapel. Students are introduced to the lives and works of Leonardo da Vinci and Michelangelo, to Castiglione’s writings on courtly behavior, to Machiavelli’s ideas about politics, and to Shakespeare and Cervantes as exemplars of the Renaissance spirit in literature. Students also learn how the Renaissance spread to northern Europe.
Number of Lessons: 9
Instruction Time:
45 minutes (Each lesson may be divided into shorter segments.)
Additional Search Terms:
social studies • geography • map skills • nonfiction • informational text • Erasmus • Botticelli • Brunelleschi • Dürer • El Greco • Elizabeth I
