Wed. March 31st

Copied questions and notes for section "More Nations" ppgs. 234-239 in textbook. You are responsible for this material for the exam!!

Tomorrow in class we are going over the answers for all the questions (Day 2, 3-4, and "More Nations")

I will also be handing out an midterm review sheet that details what topics will be on the exam.

Your Renaissance poem and questions are due this week so get them in please!

Tuesday, March 30th

Students are responsible for completing the questions on the 3 sheets that were handed out last week and Monday (Days 1,2, 3-4) Please show me your completed questions for marks.

Midterm will cover the Middle Ages, Renaissance and Reformation (Ch.9) and Ch.10 (I will let you know which topics).

Midterm exam: Tuesday, April 6th (A.M)

Tuesday, March 23

In computer lab working on both assignments (March 11 entry) due on Thursday
Ch.9 Test tomorrow!

Monday, March 22

Reviewed notes and questions for the test on Wednesday
Computer lab assignment (on blog) due Thursday!!

Thursday, March 11 -- Two Web Assignments worth marks!

Part I:

Directions for Biographical Poem

1. Your mission is to write a biographical poem that describes the characteristics and accomplishments of a prominent Renaissance figure so precisely that the reader can identify the Renaissance figure before she or he reads the last line. I will assign you a specific figure.
2. To write the biographical poem, follow the format:

Line 1: Four adjectives describing the person
Line 2:Relative (Son, daughter, husband, wife) of . . .
Line 3: Resident of (city and/or country)
Line 4: Who lived from (year to year)
Line 5: Who studied . . .
Line 6: Whose talents included . . .
Line 7: Who believed . . .
Line 8: Who is remembered for . . .
Line 9: First and Last name

3. The poem should be written neatly in ink or typed.


Example:

Honest, tall, courageous, thin
Husband of Mary and son of illiterate parents
Resident of Washington D.C.
Who lived from 1809 to 1865
Who on his own studied grammar, mathematics and law
Whose talents included leadership, good judgment, and speaking
Who believed the Union should be saved above all
Who is remembered for his insights, the Emancipation Proclamation and missing the end of a play
Abraham Lincoln

Part II:

Renaissance Web Assignment

Please use Google to research the following people/terms/ On a piece of looseleaf please write down all terms and a brief description of each.

Terms and Concepts
1. Renaissance
2. Florence
3. Cosimo de’ Medici
4. Lorenzo de’ Medici
5. humanism
7. secular
8. patrons
9. Baldassare Castiglione
10. “Renaissance Man”
11. Christian Humanists
12. utopia
13. printing press
14. Isabella d’Este
15. Donatello
16. perspective
17. Michelangelo
18. Leonardo da Vinci
19. Raphael
20. Sofonisa Anguissola
21. vernacular
22. Dante
23. Francesco Petrarch
24. Desiderius Erasmus
25. Francois Rabelais
26. Johann Gutenberg
27. Boccaccio
28. Niccolo Machiavelli
29. Vittoria Colonna
30. Northern Renaissance
31. Francis I of France
32. Albrecht Durer
33. Hans Holbein the Younger
34. Flanders
35. Jan van Eyck
36. Pieter Bruegel
37. Thomas More
38. William Shakespeare

Tuesday, March 9

Discussed Ch.9 worksheet (did answers on overhead)
Renaissance Man/Woman activity
Test on Ch.9 Thursday!

Monday, March 8

Monday, March 8

Worked on Ch. Protestant Reformation notes/questions
Discussed Renaissance Man/Woman activity
Printing Press Assignments were due today -- please pass them in ASAP!!
Test on Ch.9 = Wednesday, March 10th!

Tuesday, March 2&3

Read Ch.7
Worked on sheets from a previous day

March 3
Silent Reading -- 20 minutes
Renaissance Man/Woman

 A Renaissance man/woman represents the Greek ideal of a balanced individual who participated in a wide variety of activities (many different interests).

 Leonardo Da Vinci represented all the ideals of the Renaissance.

 Find a partner, and brainstorm a list of individuals today that might be considered a Renaissance man/woman. Example: Arnold Schwarzenegger, Jennifer Lopez.

History Folder Assignment
Title: Renaissance man/woman
Date: March 3, 2010

Printing Press Assignment is due Friday!

Monday, March 1

Showed clips of rants/chants --> "I am Canadian" and "We are More"
Worked in groups of the following assignment:

I am an Islander OR I am a Raider…
Your mission is to create a rant which promotes pride in our school OR province.
You will work in groups to prepare a rant that supports, and appeals to, all students and staff at Charlottetown Rural High School OR to all residents of Prince Edward Island.
Your rant must:
 Contain at least 20 lines.
 Contain specific details relating to Charlottetown Rural High School/Prince Edward Island
 Be both inspiring and positive.
 Be performed by group members in front of the class.
Please work together in your groups to create a positive rant/chant to promote our school. Best rant/chant will win a prize!!!