Woodward Middle School
9125 NE Sportsman Club Rd.
Bainbridge Island, WA  98110

Renaissance Project Links

Assignment Handouts:

Instructions and Introduction

Assignment Checklist

General Renaissance:

• PBS.ORG

http://www.pbs.org/empires/medici/renaissance/index.html Everyone should visit this amazing resource. Something here for everyone.

• LEARNER.ORG

http://www.learner.org/exhibits/renaissance/
Journey back to a time of great discovery.

• LIBRARY THINKQUEST

http://library.thinkquest.org/C005356/
Go on an animated journey through the Renaissance. Learn about the art, music, and politics of the time, check out pictures and sounds, and much more from this ThinkQuest team. Requires Flash.

• THE BIOGRAPHY CHANNEL

http://www.biography.com/ Search site for biographies on many people throughout history.

• EXHIBITION COLLECTION - RENAISSANCE

Exhibits Collection -- Renaissance 
http://www.learner.org/exhibits/renaissance/
Web site maintained by the Annenberg Foundation and the Corporation for Public Broadcasting, explores the Renaissance. 

• SHAKESPEARE

http://ise.uvic.ca/Library/SLT/intro/introsubj.html

While this site is focused on Shakespeare, it has information on daily life, architecture, art and society. This is an extensive site worth the time to explore.

• RENAISSANCE OVERVIEW

http://www.mrdowling.com/704renaissance.html

Specific topics include: dawn of a new age, humanism, Johann Gutenberg, City-states in Italy, The Medici’s, Social Classes, Renaissance Art, The Renaissance Spreads, Machiavelli.

Inventions during the Renaissance
http://www.mce.k12tn.net/renaissance/inventions.htm

Renaissance Wedding/Fashion/ Food etc.
http://www.renaissance-weddings.net/renaissance_fashion.htm
http://www.marquise.de/en/1500/pics/1500c.shtml
http://employees.oneonta.edu/angellkg/RENAISSA.HTML

http://www.erasofelegance.com/history/renaissancelife.html

Renaissance Art
http://history.hanover.edu/courses/art/111ren.html
http://library.thinkquest.org/2838/artgal.htm

Michelangelo
http://www.artchive.com/artchive/M/michelangelo.html
http://cgfa.sunsite.dk/michelan/


Renaissance Architecture
http://www.learner.org/exhibits/renaissance/symmetry_sub.html
http://www.metmuseum.org/toah/hd/itar/hd_itar.htm

Religion: (Luther & Calvin)

http://www.fordham.edu/halsall/mod/modsbook1.html