Isabella, Elizabeth & good ole' Shakespeare!

Today's Leading Figures!

Queen Isabella I

Queen Elizabeth I

Shakespeare

Remember: 2 Frames Each! Personality/Training & Talents/Achievements!

Copernicus, Vesalius, & Machiavelli

Objective: The HHG Tributes  of 2018 will be able to identify famous Renaissance figures and their work.

Today's focus: Nicolaus Copernicus, Andreas Vesalius, and Niccolo Machiavelli

A link to today's classwork can be found here!

Do now. Answer the review questions about the Renaissance (make sure you track every question and answer using the comments feature).

Project work time!
You will be adding two more famous Renaissance figures to your presentation today: Nicolaus Copernicus and Andreas Vesalius.  Read and track, then do some research of your own.

Your presentation should take a similar format to yesterday:

Frame 6: Copernicus (From, Personality, Training)

Frame 7: Copernicus (Talents and Achievements)-- Make sure to include his Heliocentric theory!
Simple English Wikipedia - Nicolaus Copernicus

Frame 8: Vesalius (From, Personality, Training)
Frame 9: Vesalius (Talents and Achievements)
Simple English Wikipedia - Andreas Vesalius

Frame 10: Machiavelli  (From, Personality, Training)
Frame 11: Machiavelli  (Talents and Achievements)
Simple English Wikipedia - Niccolo Machiavelli

Make sure you don't just list their accomplishment -- describe them!




A note about geography: If you have not mastered any one quiz at this point, I recommend you assign yourself an academic detention so you can study. I am signing Field Trip passports for passing grades tomorrow. Passing all of your geography quizzes will dramatically raise your grade!

Begin studying for your Leading Figures of the Renaissance Quiz! Review class notes and optional homework articles. You may even want to go online to review the presentations.

Michelangelo & Leonardo-- The not so turtle originals

Objective: The HHG Tributes of 2018 will be able to identify famous Renaissance figures and their work.

Today's focus: Leonardo da Vinci and Michelangelo

Do Now: What are some of the achievements from the Renaissance period and why are they awesome/important to who we are today?

Renaissance Figures Project.
Over the next 2 days, you will be researching leading Renaissance figures to learn about their lives and their work. Follow the steps below to complete your project. It is due on Wednesday (you will be researching additional people tomorrow, so plan to be finished with these slides at the end of today-- posts will be checked).



Slide 1: Title slide - Leading Figures of the Renaissance

Slide 2: Leonardo da Vinci (From, Personality and Training)
Slide 3: Leonardo da Vinci (Talents and Achievements)

Slide 4: Michelangelo (From, Personality and Training)
Slide 5: Michelangelo (Talents and Achievements)

Resources:
**You may use any website you would like. Here are a few to get started:
Simple English Wikipedia - Leonardo da Vinci
Wikipedia - Leonardo da Vinci

Simple English Wikipedia - Michelangelo
Wikipedia - Michelangelo

Sample Presentation by another History Teacher at KIPP Bay Area:



Optional Homework for Extra Credit. Read and annotate this passage on Leonardo da Vinci and Michelangelo. You may want to mark ideas and facts to add to your presentation. Paper copy only.

Stay Sharp:
Quizlet Review.
Geography Review. Geography of Asia quiz on Monday 5/27.

**If you have not yet mastered European Geography (or any other continent), you have an academic detention and may retake the quiz 24 hours later. 

You should practice online. Then, use a paper print out to practice on paper. Do this over and over until you can fill out the entire worksheet from memory. There are 47 countries. Bodies of water are extra credit.

Advances during the Renaissance

Renaissance Dudes: What? You never wondered
who the TMNT were named after?? ;)

Objective: The HHG Tributes of 2018 will be able to describe advances made in different fields during the Renaissance.

A link to today's handout can be found here.

Do Now. Spiral review.

Class notes. We saw a number of these advancements in the video last week, but influences of the Renaissance still affect the way we live today-- so let's give them the time they deserve!

Partner Work. Read, track, highlight and summarize.  Advancements during the Renaissance. Then, answer the questions following expectations-- complete, detailed, 7th grade-level sentences. No TMNT.


Optional Homework for Extra Credit: Pretend you are a newspaper reporter during the Renaissance. Write an article describing the advances that you are seeing in architecture, painting, literature, and/or science. You may decide to write a general article about all of them, or it can be a specific article reviewing just one field. Use this handout to help you write a phenomenal article!

Remember: This is a newspaper article!  You should use academic language and complete sentences.  You should be writing the whole time given for the Do Now.  Look at your homework if you’d like.

And don't forget to post it in the comment's section of today's lesson. That's where I'll be checking!

CST: MATH ARENA Day 1 & 2

Optional homework for Extra Credit: Florence and the Medici

Study for European Geography!!
Quiz is Monday!

Study for Africa and S. America and retake during lunch, study hall, or after school!
**Any student who still has not passed ANY 1 geography quiz by lunch on Monday 5/16 will be given an Academic Detention in order to focus on studying and passing the quiz!

Students who need to retake Central & S America: +17 to pass

Nooner, E.
Aka, D.
Smith, K.
Cohen, R.
Roberts, T.
Alexander, A.
Harris , J.
Stamps, A.
Traylor, E.
Breaux, T.
Butler, R.
Taylor, C.
Castaneda, A.
Clemens, Z.
Jackson, M.
Sandoval, G.
Butler, A.
Davis, M.
Green, K.
Jones, A.
Randle, C.
Riley II, A.
Benjamin, D.
Flowers, S.
Williams, B.
Brackett, D.
Evans, A.
Lewis, X.
Omar, J.
Tucker, J.
La Rue, S.
Albert, N.
Ellis, M.

Students who need to retake Africa: +40 to pass

Hagan, B.
Gonzalez J.
Aka, D.
Hagan, A.
Smith, K.
Moore, K.
Nooner, E.
Bellinger, J.
Esparza, N.
Williams, E.
Aka, D
Arnold, A.
Benjamin, D.
Brackett, D.
Butler, A.
Davis, M.
Ellis, M.
Evans, A.
Jones, A.
La Rue, S.
Lewis, X.
Tucker, J.
Williams, B.
Flowers, S.
Loftis, B.
Randle, C.
Fontenot, Z.
Albert, N.
Washington, J.
Omar, J.
Avila, F.
Riley II, A.
Baldwin, B.
Washington, J.
Wortham, A.
Green, K.
Watts, S.
Camacho, C.
Tyus, A
Alexander, A.
Allen, J.
Baker, M.
Banner, K.
Bolden, B.
Castaneda, A.
Harris , J.
Lewis, T.
Lofton, V.
Stamps, A.
Young, J.
Burley II, J.
Jones, C.
Traylor, E.
Jackson, M.
Ross, J.
Breaux, T.
Oliver-Smith, J.
Rabb, J.
Taylor, C.
Harvey, S.
Haslem, T.
Sandoval, G.
Harice, I.
Carson, J.
Clemens, Z.

The Renaissance Begins

Aim: The Junior Historians of 2018 will be able to list three characteristics or developments that lead to the start of the Renaissance in Florence.

A link to today's handout can be found here!

Do now. Fill in the blanks to review what we've learned about the Renaissance.

Optional Homework. Class Review. Explain what you learned to your teammates.

The Renaissance Begins. Track this video as we watch it together. Take notes on your handout.

Class notes. Why Florence? What developments and changes took place that lead to the Renaissance? Why did it start in Florence?


 

Finished early?  Map Practice. The European geography quiz is Monday. There are almost double the number of countries than what we've had before, so make sure you are learning a few each night.


Optional homewrok for extra credit. Read, track and answer the questions about this article. Then, copy and paste your answers into 

this google form.

Here's a list, to make sure you identify them all (Bodies of water are easy extra credit!):

Albania
Andorra
Armenia
Austria
Azerbaijan
Belarus
Belgium
Bosnia & Herzegovina
Bulgaria
Croatia
Cyprus
Czech Republic
Denmark
Estonia
Finland
France
Georgia
Germany
Greece
Hungary
Iceland
Ireland
Italy
Kosovo
Latvia
Liechtenstein
Lithuania
Luxembourg
Macedonia
Malta
Moldova
Monaco
Montenegro
The Netherlands
Norway
Poland
Portugal
Romania
Russia
San Marino
Serbia
Slovakia
Slovenia
Spain
Sweden
Switzerland
Turkey
Ukraine
United Kingdom
Vatican City (Holy See)
Extra Credit Bodies of water:
Atlantic Ocean
Mediterranean Sea
Black Sea

Intro to the Renaissance

Objective: The HHG Tributes of 2018 will be able to compare Europe during the Renaissance to a middle school student.
A link to today's handout can be found here!

Do now. Spiral review: What was Europe like during the Middle Ages?

The Renaissance:  Europe Grows Up. Meet Ray. Ray Naissance. He is a middle school boy going through puberty. Take a look with your partner at a timeline of events in his life and compare them to what was happening in Europe during the Renaissance. Use these European events.

Where in the World? The Renaissance takes place in Western Europe. You are learning the geography and countries of Western Europe today, but it was a little bit different back then. Use the map below to label your copy of Europe during the Renaissance Map.





Finished early? Study for map retakes! Next geography quiz will be Monday, you will need to know today's Europe!!

Optional Homework for extra credit. Read and annotate this article on the Renaissance in Europe, then answer the questions. Make sure you put the number of the question in the margin by where you found the answer. Always refer back to the text!