Transcript Renaissance

How to take lecture notes
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Taking good notes is useful to
processing information.
But it is a skill that has to be
mastered.
These slides will help you.
Getting started.
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Draw a line 1/3 of the way down
the length of your page.
At the tope of the page, put the
date of the lecture (today’s).
At the top of the left column, put
“Main topic.”
At the top of the right column, put
the heading “Key points.”
Main idea/BIG IDEA
Key points
Main idea Or BIG IDEA
Note-taking
Key points
Start on fresh page.
Draw line 1/3.
Write key points on right side.
Listen, process, filter, write
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It’s tempting to write down
everything you see – don’t.
You can’t write down everything you
hear – so don’t try.
Look at the slides and listen (visual
and aural skills) and decide.
Big idea – usually in the slide
heading.
Next slide is on the Renaissance.
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Big idea = “Renaissance”
Nothing to write on the right side
yet.
Classical Period
 500
BCE- 500CE
Height of Greek culture
and Roman Empire.
 Contributed to our
present understandings of
political science, math,
science, philosophy,
literature and art
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You notes should have:
Big idea
Classic period
Key points
500BCE to 500CE
Greek empire
Arts, culture, math,
philosophy etc.
Still used as basis today.
Medieval/Middle Ages
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Fall of Roman
Empire- 500 CE1300s
 Social and
Political Life
 Decline in
literacy, schools
and trade
 Agricultural
Economy
 The
Black Death, a plague that
killed one third of Europe's
people = turning towards God
and the Church
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Getting to Heaven rather than life
on Earth
 End
of Hundred Years’ War
(France & England)
Other factors
Growth in world trade
Importance of colonial expansion
(imports of raw materials)
Creation of an intellectual class –
discoveries in science
Rising power of the church
Church takes on a central
role in in daily life.
Church promotes biblical
learning.
Earliest scholars are monks.
Church helps lead to
establishment of
universities.
Churches become ever more
elaborate and decorated.
Church is a patron of the
arts.
Church architecture expresses a devotion to God
Sculpture & art
Art – changed, new emphasis
The Renaissance 1300s-1650
The French word renaissance, meaning rebirth, is used
to describe a period of Western European history.
A time period in which remarkable artists and thinkers
emerged. It marked the transition from medieval
times to the modern world.
Italy had City-States
What’s a city-state?
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Small, independent area centered
on a city, such as Florence, Venice,
Milan, Verona. etc.
Retained aspects of Roman
administration – well run.
Promoted trade.
Focal point of merchants.
Up sides to the Renaissance!
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Financial, artistic, social, scientific and
political growth in Europe.
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Changes from the Medieval way of
thought.
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Promotion of trade and creative thinking
Trade played a key role
Religion v Human Experience
Sprit of Adventure
The “Renaissance Man”
Education and the Humanist
Epicenter of the Renaissance – Florence,
Italy
What Happened?
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Financial Growth = creation of art
and architecture.
Significant advancements in:
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Mathematics
Machinery
Medicine
Astronomy
Physics.
Values
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Celebration of the individual- artists and
writers finally getting fame, own lives
were interesting- Humanism
Enjoyment of worldly pleasures- dressing
fancy, using perfume on clothes and hair,
food, music and art
Love of classical learning- studying
ancient traditions of Greece and Rome,
educating themselves on art and
architecture.
Famous people from this time period
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Niccolo Machiavelli –
Wrote The Prince.
Michelangelo painted
Sistine Chapel (130 ft.
long and 44 ft. wide).
300 figures including
the “David”
Leonardo da Vincipainted “Mona Lisa”
The view from You Tube
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https://www.youtube.com/watch?v
=Vufba_ZcoR0&list=PLBDA2E52FB1
EF80C9&index=22
Renaissance Quiz
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Name three ways the Greeks
influenced people in the
Renaissance?
How did Humanists affect education
today?
Name two values of people in the
Renaissance.
Would you want to live in the
Renaissance? Why or Why not?