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Curated OER

Door Panels and Details: Renaissance Revival/Aesthetic Cabinet

For Teachers K - 5th
Learners investigate the history of cabinetry and furniture, specifically the Renaissance period.  In this art history lesson, students investigate photographs of the Renaissance Revival/Aesthetic Cabinet, and examine the small...
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Lesson Plan
Curated OER

Renaissance Occupations - The New Middle Class

For Teachers 6th
Learners share their knowledge of the Renaissance Period. For this creative activity, pupils create fliers detailing services offered during this era. They focus on a particular occupation and detail how this job has changed from then...
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Lesson Plan
Curated OER

The Renaissance Period - People

For Teachers 6th - 8th
Students study about the Renaissance Period. Then, they choose one person: Michelangelo, Galileo, Martin Luther, and Leonardo da Vinci and write a paper about that person.
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Handout
Luminarium

Luminarium: 16th Century Renaissance English Literature (1485 1603)

For Students 9th - 10th
Luminarium offers a student resource for learning about the authors of the English Renaissance period. Contains links to over 25 different authors from the period which contain their biographies, bibliographies, and text to some of their...
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Web Gallery of Art

Web Gallery of Art: Popes in the 12th 18th Centuries

For Students 9th - 10th
Biographies of the Popes governing the Roman Catholic Church in the 12th-18th centuries. Entries range from minimal to very extensive.
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Website
Classical Net

Classical Net: Renaissance Repertoire: Renaissance Composers

For Students 9th - 10th
Those well-versed in music will find this site helpful, as it offers biographical information on a number of Renaissance composers, along with pictures and information on compositions.
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Luminarium

Luminarium: Works of Elizabeth I (1533 1603)

For Students 9th - 10th Standards
A clickable list of full texts by Queen Elizabeth I that includes poems, speeches, verse translations, and letters.
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Luminarium

Luminarium: Essays and Research on the Renaissance

For Students 9th - 10th
Use this comprehensive site to learn more about English Renaissance Literature. This site is a gold mine of information. It has several essays that illuminate this genre. Find out more about this period in literature through this...
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Geographypods

Geographypods: Renaissance Day: Discovering the 'Lost World'

For Students 7th - 9th
Gain knowledge of how exploration, mapping, and voyages of the Renaissance period shaped and changed our understanding of the modern world.
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Web Gallery of Art

Web Gallery of Art: Kfki Campus: Paintings in Rome by Rafaello

For Students 9th - 10th
This site from the KFKI Campus provides a listing of works by Raffaello. Each work can be clicked on to provided a large sized image. Among these works is a picture of Pope Leo X with two cardinals. A biography of Raffaello is also...
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Web Gallery of Art

Web Gallery of Art: Paintings Between 1581 and 1585 by El Greco

For Students 9th - 10th
This resource provides images of paintings between 1581 and 1585 by El Greco. The images can be enlarged. It includes a link to a biography on El Greco.
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Other

Elizabethi.org: Life and Times of Queen Elizabeth I

For Students 9th - 10th
This Queen Elizabeth I of England site features many resources, both text and illustrations, about the life and times of the Tudor monarch who lived from 1533-1603.
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Other

Tudor History: Elizabeth I

For Students 9th - 10th
Good biographical entry on Queen Elizabeth I.
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Rutgers University

Rutgers University: Literary Resources Renaissance

For Students 9th - 10th Standards
Delve into the British Renaissance period through this informative site. This site has tons of resources for every type of enthusiast.
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Luminarium

Luminarium: The Faces of Elizabeth I

For Students 9th - 10th
This Luminarium site offers nine different portraits of Queen Elizabeth I.
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Handout
Internet Encyclopedia of Philosophy

Internet Encyclopedia of Philosophy: Renaissance Philosophy

For Students 9th - 10th
Can you define the "Renaissance?" Check out this informative website to learn more. From the Internet Encyclopedia of Philosophy, a definition and background of the Renaissance from its beginnings in the 14th and 15th centuries.