Who's Who in the Renaissance

• Introduction
• Task
• Process
• Evaluation
• Conclusion
• Credits


• Teacher Page

Process

Step One

Use the following websites to identify five influential Renaissance people that you want to know more about.   As you research each of the five, fill in the information located on the "Bio-Sketch of Famous Renaissance Person" fact sheets provided by your teacher, for each of your five selections.  Keep these Fact Sheets in your portfolio.

http://www.yesnet.yk.ca/schools/projects/renaissance/index.html

http://www.42explore2.com/renaissance2.htm

http://imet.csus.edu/imet5/willie/manofyear4.html

Additional information about the people listed below can be found on the following websites:

Shakespeare:

http://www.42explore.com/shakspear.htm

Leonardo da Vinci:

http://www.mos.org/leonardo/scientist.html

http://www.leonet.it/comuni/vincimus/index.html

Michelangelo:

http://www.michelangelo.com/buon/bio-index2.html

Gutenberg:

http://www.ideafinder.com/history/inventors/gutenberg.htm

http://web.archive.org/web/20021205022956/bbms.bigbear.k12.ca.us/historyday/bio.html

 Bio-Sketch of Famous Renaissance Person Fact Sheet

1. Person's name

2. Birth/Death

3.Where the person lived/worked

4.Famous Works

5.Interesting Facts

Step Two

From your five Bio-Sketches, you will now choose one person to research more thoroughly and then highlight that person in your class's Who's Who in the Renaissance magazine.

Now go back to the websites, find the person you've selected to write about for the magazine, and take extensive biography notes on the following:

• Year and place of birth and death
• Places most associated with this person
• What were this person's ideas, achievements, and/or inventions?
• How did these ideas, achievements, and/or inventions draw from Greek and Roman culture?
• Which other Renaissance individuals influenced this person? 
• Which Renaissance individuals did this person influence?
• Why did this person make a difference, both during the Renaisssance and today?

Choose some illustrations that represent the ideas, achievements, and/or inventions of this person from the online links.  Cut and paste these into your article.

Who's Who in the Renaissance  Biography Notes

1. Why did you choose this person?

2. Year and place of birth and death

3. Places most associated with this person

4. What were this person's ideas, achievements, and/or inventions?

5. How did these ideas, achievements, and/or inventions draw from Greek and Roman culture?

6. Which other Renaissance individuals influenced this person? 

7. Which Renaissance individuals did this person influence?

8. Why did this person make a difference, both during the Renaisssance and today?

Step Three

Finally, you need to write your magazine "article" (biography) on your selection for the class's Who's Who in the Renaissance magazine.  Follow the directions below to prepare your final project:

Your Magazine Article

1) Cover

• From one of the online sites, cut and paste an illustration of your selected  Renaissance person into a Microsoft Word document.
• Type the name of your person under the picture (use print and black ink).
• Neatly print your name, the date, and your class period on the back of the front cover of your article.

2.) Biography

• Your article should be one to two pages long and double spaced.
• Your work should be typed on the computer (black text, size 12, Helvetica font, with standard margins), or neatly printed on lined paper using black ink.
• Include any illustrations that you cut and pasted from the online site (or drew) of this person's achievements. You must use captions for each picture so we know what we're viewing.

3.) Assemble your cover and biography

• Cover
• Biography
• Illustrations with captions
• Staple on the left edge using three evenly spaced staples
• Be sure it opens like a book