World History Magazine’s Most Influential Project

Chapter 1: Renaissance and Reformation

Time Magazine, once a year, publishes a list of the 100 most influential people in the world. These are the people that have impacted world society and have made a significant difference. The top spot is usually given to the person, better or worse, good or bad, that made the most change.

Your task is to create your own list, in tabloid/magazine format, of the people that you think were the most influential people and inventions from the time periods known as the Renaissance and the Reformation.

You will write articles for the 10 most influential (that could be for better or worse/good or bad) people, inventions, or occurrences of the 15-16th centuries using the information that we have covered in class and in your textbook.

The ranking and the choice of who/what to include in your magazine is up to you. The main limitation that you must follow is that you must stay within the time period known as the Renaissance and Reformation.

You must have 5 Renaissance Topics and 5 Reformation Topics

1 = most influential/important

10 = least influential/important

Must Haves in Final Project:

  • Front Cover for you magazine
  • Title for your magazine (be creative and unique)
  • Table of contents (the people/events/inventions that you think are the most influential from the Renaissance/Reformation)
  • 10 designed and written articles for your people, events, inventions
  • Images related to your topics (Printed or hand-drawn)
  • Biographical Info for your topics (who are they, what did they do, where are they from, when did they/it occur, etc.)
  • Explanation of why you think this person or thing is influential/significant to world history. Why did you give them the ranking that you did?
  • The top spot should be awarded a full page in your magazine. All others may given a half page if you like or you may give every topic a full page.

Creative and Organizational Must Haves in Final Project:

  • Creative but organized layout/design to the articles (makes it easy to follow and understand)
  • Color scheme/theme that is pleasing to the eye
  • Magazine is put together with care, organization, and neatness. Handwriting is legible and clear. (You may type the project if you want. NO COPY AND PASTING/ COPYING/ PLAGAGARISM!)

Rubric:

  1. Information and Research:______/ 50 pts
  2. Did you tell about your subject and why he, she, or it was important to our study of this era? Did you include specific facts to back up your stances about this person or thing? Did you include original research or did you just recount information from the textbook/notes? Are there 10 chosen topics that relate to the era? Magazine/topics are educational and could provide anyone with the information needed to know about the topics chosen.
  3. Neatness and Legibility ______/ 30 pts
  4. Make sure that what you put in your articles and magazine as a whole is done in a very neat fashion, able to be read easily, and information is put on the card in a orderly, yet creative, manner.
  5. Formatting and Images: ______/ 20 pts
  6. Did you create a title for you magazine? Did you include images (1-2) for each of your topics? Formatting is done with thought and care. Formatting makes the magazine easy to read for anyone. Colors/themes chosen are pleasing to the eye and compliment each other. If handwritten, handwriting is easy to read/follow. Project does not look like done at last minute. Care and effort taken to make look nice.
  7. Creativity: ______/20 pts
  8. Did you add any special creative touches to your articles/magazine, (trivia questions, fun fact, interesting connections you foundetc.) Does your magazine stand out and have a “wow” factor? Did you add any personal touches to your magazine or is it just a bland recounting of your notes?

Possible Topics:

  • Humanism
  • Secularism
  • Bubonic Plague
  • The Crusades
  • Florence
  • Cosimo de Medici
  • Lorenzo “The Magnificent” de Medici
  • Greek and Roman Influence
  • Patron/Patronage
  • Perspective (Art Technique)
  • Baldassare Castiglione
  • The Courtier
  • Isabella d’Este
  • Michelangelo
  • Michelangelo’s The David
  • Donatello
  • Dontatello’s David
  • Leonardo da Vinci
  • Raphael
  • Mona Lisa
  • The Last Supper
  • School of Athens
  • Sofonnisba Anguissola
  • Artemisis Gentileschi
  • Francesco Petrach
  • Dante Alighieri
  • The Divine Comedy
  • Giovanni Boccaccio
  • The Decameron
  • Niccolo Machiavelli
  • The Prince
  • The Northern Renaissance
  • Flanders
  • The Hundred Years’ War
  • Francis I of France
  • Fontainebleau Castle
  • The Italian Wars
  • Albrecht Durer
  • Hans Holbein the Younger
  • Henry VIII of England
  • Jan van Eyck
  • Pieter Bruegel
  • Desiderius Erasmus
  • Thomas More
  • Utopia
  • The Praise of Folly
  • Christine de Pizan
  • The Book of The City of Ladies
  • Queen Elizabeth I of England
  • William Shakespeare
  • The Globe Theater
  • Johann Gutenberg
  • The Printing Press
  • The Protestant Reformation
  • John Wycliffe of England
  • Jan Hus of Bohemia
  • Martin Luther
  • Johann Tetzel
  • Indulgences
  • Excommunication
  • Charles V of the Holy Roman Empire
  • Edict of Worms
  • The Peasant’s Revolt of 1524
  • Protestant
  • Peace of Augsburg
  • Mary I of England
  • Edward VI of England
  • Anne Boleyn
  • Katherine of Aragon
  • Jane Seymour
  • Church of England
  • The Reformation Parliament
  • Anne of Cleaves
  • Katherine Howard
  • Catherine Parr
  • Huldrych Zwingli
  • John Calvin
  • Predestination
  • Theocracy
  • Presbyterians
  • John Knox
  • St. Bartholomew’s Day Massacre
  • Catherine de Medici, Queen of France
  • Huguenots
  • Anabaptists
  • Counter Reformation
  • Pope Paul III
  • Pope Paul IV
  • Ignatius of Loyola
  • The Jesuit Order
  • Council of Trent
  • Mary, Queen of Scots