Weekly blog for World History for week of Oct 8 - Oct 12

Monday: October 8th, 2012


SSWH9 The student will analyze change and continuity in the Renaissance and Reformation.

1. a. Explain the social, economic, and political changes that contributed to the rise of Florence and the ideas of Machiavelli.

Warm-Up:

• What is the Renaissance? What is Reformation? Class discussion on how the Renaissance and Reformation impacted the world today.

Work Session:

• Students will create outline using Chapter 17 section 1 in their textbook. Students will develop an understanding of the social and economic changes in Europe.

Closing:

• Primary Document analysis. Page 467 in textbook. Students will read Machiavelli. Teacher will call on volunteers and non-volunteers to explain the document.





Tuesday: October 9th, 2012

SSWH9 The student will analyze change and continuity in the Renaissance and Reformation.

b. Identify artistic and scientific achievements of Leonardo da Vinci, the “Renaissance man,” and Michelangelo.

g. Explain the importance of Gutenberg and the invention of the printing press.

Warm-Up:

• Analyzing Art: Teacher will portray the painting Mona Lisa by Leonardo da Vinci. Ask students to analyze the picture. Focusing on Facial expressions, background, used of color, amount of detail, and Use of light and shadow. Teacher will then show a picture of Michelangelo painting of the Sistine Chapel.

Work Session:

• Teacher will present short presentation on the Renaissance man- Leonardo da Vinci and Michelangelo.

• Students will be provided with handouts of readings on the inventions of Leonardo da Vinci. In pairs students will be asked to give descriptions and illustrations of his inventions. Pairs will then compare Leonardo’s invention with its modern version. This will include Gutenberg and the invention of the printing press. Students will share their findings with the class. Teacher should bring modern objects to classroom (only practical inventions).



Closing:

• 1 minute response. Teacher will ask prompt questions. Teacher will give students 1 minute to respond to each question in their notebooks. Prompt questions include: What are some characteristic of the “Renaissance Man”? How did Italy’s cities help to make it the birthplace of the Renaissance? Teacher will call on volunteers and non-volunteers to share.

Wednesday: October 10th, 2012

SSWH9 The student will analyze change and continuity in the Renaissance and Reformation.

c.Explain the main characteristics of humanism; include the ideas of Petrarch, Dante, and Erasmus.

Warm-Up:

• Students will write a 12 word sentences summarizing the impact Leonardo da Vinci, Michelangelo, or Machiavelli’s had on the rise of the Renaissance.



Work Session:

• Students/Teacher will popcorn read from textbook page 472. And pages 480-485. Teacher will interpret and explain information in each section.

• Students will then complete chapter 17 sections 2 in their student workbooks.



Closing:

• Social History: Students will analyze City life in Renaissance Europe. Studying the images and captions as well as the information in the Data file. They will be given prompt questions that connect to what they have learned through this unit. This will help evaluate what they have learned. Teacher will call on volunteers and non-volunteers to see their connections from the previous lessons to the images, and captions on page 487.



Thursday: October 11th, 2012

SSWH9 The student will analyze change and continuity in the Renaissance and Reformation.

d.Analyze the impact of the Protestant Reformation; include the ideas of Martin Luther and John Calvin.

Warm-Up:

• Students will watch a musical clip explaining Luther’s 95 thesis.

Work Session:

• Teacher will use PowerPoint presentation to explain the Protestant Reformation. Students will take notes using their student notebooks.

• Students will create a chart to show understanding of the Causes of the reformation: Social, political, economic and religious, in their student notebooks.

Closing:

• Students will create a newspaper article about The Protestant Reformation. They will have to share the teachings of both Calvin and Luther and explain how these ideas spread.

Friday: October 12th, 2012

SSWH9 The student will analyze change and continuity in the Renaissance and Reformation

e.Describe the counter reformation and the Council of Trent and the role of the Jesuits.

f.Describe the English reformation and the role of Henry VIII and Elizabeth I.

Warm-Up:

• Beat the buzzer: students will be given a specific amount of time 45 seconds- 1 minute. To write everything they know about the Protestant Reformation. Once timer goes off, students will pair up with someone in the classroom. They will be given 45 seconds to share what they wrote about the reformation. When the buzzer goes off, teacher will call on students to share what their partner learned about the reformation.

Work Session:

• Students will be assigned a topic, either English reformation or counter reformation. They will be provided with a graphic organizer that will guide them with their reading and give them prompt questions to answer. When timer goes off, students will be assigned inner circle or outer circle.

• Students who had the English reformation will start in the inner circle, they will discuss their answers and what they read, while they are doing this, the outter circle will be taking notes on the English reformation and filling in their graphic organizer. The students will then switch, people in the outer circle(counter reformation) will now be in the inner circle. By the end of the activity, students will have graphic organizer completed.

Closing:

• Teacher will provide students will study guide for Unit 4.

• Trashketball: Students will be separated into teams; each team will send a representative to answer a prompt question. Students who answer correctly get to shoot a basket for extra points.