The Renaissance is the beginning of Europeans thinking their culture was superior to all others. For hundreds of years, people knew that the Chinese made better products and smarter inventions than anyone else. But rich European merchants, lords, and kings wanted to show off their wealth. They started paying for books, paintings, sculptures, palaces, and anything else to make their city or country more advanced. They also had their artists copy the art of ancient Greece and Rome. This time period of new art based on Greek and Roman culture was called the Renaissance. And with new money also came people who wanted to advance their scientific ideas based on what they learned from the Muslims. European scientists were finally trying to invent their own machines (like Johannes Gutenberg inventing the printing press to make books), create their own theories (like Copernicus, Galileo, Newton, and Descartes), and cure diseases. This was called the European Scientific Revolution. The last aspect of the Renaissance was the Protestant Reformation, when Martin Luther and others challenged the authority and the ideas of the Catholic Church to give people more freedom of beliefs. This led to a decline in the religious unity in Europe.
So your task today is to find 1 or 2 websites OR videos that will help students learn the Regents facts about the Crusades, Renaissance, Scientific Revolution, and Protestant Reformation. When you have found a video and a website, start a GoogleDoc AND SHARE IT WITH FEINBERG to draft your comment where you explain how the website and video will help students to learn the facts and vocabulary about the Crusades, Renaissance, Scientific Revolution, and Protestant Reformation from the multiple choice questions. The last part of your comment should be about how the Crusades, Renaissance, Scientific Revolution, and Protestant Reformation relates to TWO of these 5 essential questions for learning history:
1.How can geography help or hinder the development of a specific society?
2.How/why do governments change society in social, political, economic ways?
3.How do social, political, or economic ideas impact society?
4.How does trade limit or develop a society?
5.How does technology impact societies in both positive and negative ways?
Feinberg will be giving you comments and feedback as you draft your comment, that way he can make sure you're being as detailed in your analysis as you can.