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Steven Kreis, PhD

The History Guide: Renaissance Portraits

For Students 9th - 10th
A look at four representative figures of the Renaissance period. Includes biographies about Leonardo da Vinci, Niccolo Machiavelli, Sir Thomas More, and Desiderius Erasmus. Their biographies discuss their contributions to the Renaissance...
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Steven Kreis, PhD

The History Guide: The New Intellectual Order: Man, Nature and Society

For Students 9th - 10th
A survey of the different philosophers of the Renaissance period. Includes a general look at Bruno, Montaigne, Descartes, Hobbes, and Locke with links to their biographies. The lecture tries to give the readers an insight into the...
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Indiana University Purdue University Fort Wayne: The Italian Renaissance [Ppt]

For Students 9th - 10th
A detailed slideshow that presents key concepts and ideas on Renaissance economics, society, politics, arts and architecture, philosophy, the Papacy, and the spread of humanism. The significant individuals in each category are also...
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Handout
Steven Kreis, PhD

The History Guide: The Scientific Revolution, 1543 1600

For Students 9th - 10th
A look at how Copernicus, Descartes, and Newton change the thought process of man! Explore how these men contributed to the scientific revolution and how the revolution changed human knowledge. A biography of these scientists is linked...
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Handout
Steven Kreis, PhD

The History Guide: The Age of Discovery

For Students 9th - 10th
A survey of the explorers of the Renaissance period. Includes a general look at the main explorers, with links to biographies of many of them.
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Shakespeare Is Elementary!

For Students 3rd - 8th
Designed as a resource for teaching Shakespeare to elementary students, this site includes student work, ideas for teachers, a PowerPoint of Shakespeare's life, some Shakespeare Web site links and recommended plays.