Mr. Winik’s Class Blog

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We will be using blogging as a research and response tool for class.

Posters for town and country life will be due by tomorrow.

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We will continue to work on our research reports on famous people of the Renaissance. The written outline will be due for Wednesday, Sept 17.

We are also reading Chapter 2 in our Worldviews texts.

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My Famous Person of the Middle Ages

Objective: To learn about the lives and historical contributions of a historical figure from the Renaissance.

Day 1

Using the Internet choose a famous historical figure from the Renaissance ( a google search will be required to find the information)

Once you have chosen someone you are interested in, let me know your choice by posting in the comments.

Day 2- Gathering Information

You will need to gather up facts about the life of your historical figure (i.e. birth, birthplace, a few details about their childhood) etc.

You will also need to gather facts about their achievments. For example if your figure was an inventor, what inventions did he/she come up with? Why were these inventions important? If this person was a poet what did they write? These are some of the facts that you will gather.

Also gather any pictures you may wish to use in your report.

You can gather your research a number of different ways by using graphic organizers.

Day 3-5

Writing the rough draft. Write down your information into three paragraphs. Use Word to start your work. This report in its final form will be about half to a full page typed and double spaced.

Day 6- Publish your work to your blog. Your job is to convince the people in your class that your person really is "famous".

10 marks for the research notes
15 marks for the rough draft
20 marks for the final copy
15 marks for using technology (blogging and responding to students work)

total 60 marks

crystal82

Leonardo Da Vinci because he is very well known by his work
This is the link:
http://mos.org/leonardo/bio.html

kaneesha

I have picked Nicolaus Copernicus for my project

samantha83

I have pick william shakespear
becuase he was a great poet and a story writer my favrite one is romeo and juliet(I'm not shore if i wrote that right)

reece85

Christin De pizan

reece85

I have chosen Christin de Pizan beacuse i know lots about her

leewin

Thanks everyone for their selections! Now we need to start the research!

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Answer the following questions for homework.

1. During the Renaissance, Science became even more important. What is the Scientific Method and why was it important to Science during the Renaissance?

2. Before the Renaissance, what were some of the beliefs people had about Astronomy? If you lived during that time period would your observations about the Sun be wrong?

3. On page 81, Copernicus, Kepler, and Galileo are mentioned. Write 2-3 sentences about what you learned about each of them.

4. Medicine also became vastly improved during the Renaissance. Explain what happened.

5. On Friday we were able to see the exhibition called Bodyworlds where one could see the anatomy of a human being. How would an exhibit like this help doctors and scientists from the Renaissance?

6. What was medicine like before the Renaissance? How were sick and injured people cured?