Renaissance Magazine: Europe 1300-1650

Directions: Working individually or pairs you will create a magazine that answers the question: How did innovation and reform during the Renaissance, Reformation, and Age of Exploration change life in Europe? You will use information found in your textbook and the books provided to research an interesting, standards-based magazine. Use the index in your textbook to get you started. Also, make sure to check with Mrs. O for detailed, helpful handouts in red binders on many of the articles. We will review the Academic Honest Policy because you will need to be careful not to copy directly out of the book, but make it your own by putting it into your own 7th grade words.

Requirements:

  1. It will consist of at least 8 articles for pairs and 6 for individuals. You must do all of the * articles.
  2. Create a computer generated cover and table of contents. We will use this as the grade sheet like the key terms folder. Create a place to check off all articles, bibliography, and cover.
  3. Magazine should be typed. You can use clip art for drawings. If you don’t have a computer and printer at home, please see me so we can modify the assignment.
  4. The information must cover the time period from approximately 1300-1650. See chapters 12-14, 18 in your textbook.
  5. Each mandatory article must fill at least a ½ page of single spaced writing; this doesn’t include pictures. Don’t make the font larger than 12 points. Margins should be .5 or .8 at the largest. On at least 5 articles include a drawing, chart, or map.
  6. A bibliography will be submitted with the magazine. Only use books. Minimum of 2 sources. Be sure to list all the pages you used in the textbook.
  7. At the end of each article, state which sub-standard connects to that article. See find a list of the standards. Look at the standards 7.8-7.11.
  8. You can earn up to a 100 points (one grade for pair).

Article Choices (Start on * items FIRST!)

Renaissance

  1. Research humanism. What did humanists believe? How did a new interest in classical learning and arts create an interest in humanism (a balance between intellect and religious faith)?
  1. Explain the importance of the city of Florence in the early stages of the Renaissance and the growth of independent trading cities (ex: Venice). How did the city help develop and spread Renaissance ideas? How and why did city-states develop? Why were they so rich and powerful?
  1. Describe the growth and effects of new ways of spreading information (paper manufacture, printing). How did this effect religion (the Bible)?
  1. Describe at least 3 of the following: advances made in literature, the arts, science, mathematics, cartography, engineering, and the understanding of human anatomy and astronomy. Make sure to mention at least 2 great thinkers/artists. Here are a few suggestions: Leonardo da Vinci, Michelangelo, Miguel de Cervantes, William Shakespeare, Ambroise Pare…) *

Reformation

  1. Explain the causes of corruption, turmoil, and the weakening of the Catholic Church. Make sure to include info on tax policies and the selling of indulgences. What happened when people spoke out against the church or tried to reform it? Give specific examples.
  1. Describe the beliefs of the following major figures during the Reformation: 1. Desiderius Erasmus (explain how his beliefs prompted the Reformation) 2. Martin Luther (define/explain indulgences, papal bull, Reformation, Protestants, Ninety-Five Theses, LutheranChurch) 3. John Calvin (define/explain predestination) *
  1. Research Protestantism. Why did it spread quickly and whom did it appeal to? Why did Lutheran’s ideas appeal to German princes?
  1. Research the following major churches during the Reformation: Roman Catholic, Church of England (Anglican Church), and Calvinist. Compare and contrast them (similarities and differences) Instead of writing a traditional research paper, create a spoke diagram for 3 of these religions. See binder for a sample. You may not create a diagram for Lutheran.*
  1. Research St. Ignatius of Loyola and the Jesuits, Council of Trent. Analyze how the Counter Reformation revitalized (recharged) the Catholic Church.
  1. Research the impact of missionaries on Christianity. How did Christianity spread throughout the world?
  1. Research the Spanish Inquisition. How did the Muslims and Jews get along before it? What was Spain like before the Muslims we re persecuted? (advancements in art, literature, science) You will need to do outside research and use Ch 4.3.

Scientific Revolution

  1. Describe how the Reformation and Protestants encouraged the Scientific Revolution. Explain the new scientific theories made by Copernicus, Galileo, Bacon (scientific method), and Newton. *

Age of Exploration, Age of Reason, Enlightenment

  1. Research at least 3 great voyages of discovery, the location of the routes and the influence of cartography in the development of a new European worldview. See red binder for explorers.
  1. Research Enlightenment thinkers (Ch. 18): John Locke, Montesquieu, and Rousseau. What did they believe? What is the Enlightenment? What are “natural rights”? How did these thinkers influence America? *
  1. Research the Magna Carta. Summarize the primary source excerpt from the textbook on page 504. How did the Magna Carta effect/influence the writers’ of the English Bill of Rights and the American Declaration of Independence? *