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Michelangelo Buonarroti

For Students 8th - 12th
This online interactive history quiz is made up of 25 multiple choice questions about Michelangelo Buonarroti. The quiz is based on information included on the Sparknotes website, although the questions relate to topics that are present...
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Interactive
Curated OER

Michelangelo Buonarroti

For Students 8th - 12th
In this online interactive history worksheet, students respond to 7 short answer questions about the accomplishments of Michelangelo Buonarroti. Students may check some of their answers on the interactive worksheet.
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PPT
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Mannerism (1520-1600)

For Teachers 7th - 12th
Young artists are immersed into the tranformative world of Manneristic Art and Architecture during the Renaissance in this vivid presentation. Providing not only clear and concise charactertistics of Mannerism but examples of many...
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Worksheet
Ballard & Tighe

Mingle and Match

For Students 6th - 10th Standards
From Michelangelo and Rembrandt to perspective and apprentice, check out this simple matching activity for your young learners to use when reviewing Renaissance key terms.
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Worksheet
Ballard & Tighe

Multiple Choice Masterpiece

For Students 6th - 10th Standards
What a fun way to mix up your traditional multiple-choice quiz on the Renaissance! After completing a worksheet reviewing significant Renaissance artists and events, your learners will have the opportunity see if tiles that correspond to...
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Worksheet
Curated OER

Renaissance Flash Cards

For Students 6th - 8th
Provide your class with a set of flash cards all related to the people of the Renaissance period. There are ten cards total that are intended to help learners recall who, what, and when about Renaissance art and architecture. 
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PPT
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The Art of the Italian Renaissance

For Teachers 9th - 12th
Feast your eyes on some of the most beautiful and important art of the Renaissance, including paintings, sculptures, and architecture. The slides take care to detail the characteristics of each art form, but the presentation really lends...
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Lesson Plan
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Family Fresco

For Teachers 1st - 6th
Students research information about frescos painted by famous artists such as Michelangelo and da Vinci, identify suitable subject and durable surface for their artwork, and recreate textured painting in fresco style that is suitable for...
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Lesson Plan
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The Sistine Chapel Painting Project

For Teachers 8th
Eighth graders view the movie "The Agony and the Ecstasy" or read the novel to discover details of Michelangelo's life. They paint one of the panels of the Sistine Chapel using authentic painting techniques.
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Interactive
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The Arts (1)

For Students 9th - 12th
In this online interactive world history worksheet, high schoolers answer 26 matching questions regarding Renaissance arts. Students may submit their answers to be scored.
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Lesson Plan
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World History People Review

For Teachers 8th - 12th
Who's who in World History? Help your historians keep track of major figures with this World History People Review, where students match 96 world figures to the appropriate descriptions. The matching questions are grouped by historical...
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Lesson Planet Article
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The Renaissance Lesson Plans

For Teachers 5th - 8th
The Renaissance, Michaelangelo, DaVinci and the Divine Proportion offer Many Exciting Teaching Opportunities
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Lesson Planet Article
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History and Culture of Italy

For Teachers 5th - 8th
Italy is the birthplace of countless individuals who changed the course of human history.
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Lesson Plan
Curated OER

The Renaissance

For Teachers 7th - 12th
In this Renaissance study guide worksheet, students respond to 14 short answer questions. The questions correlate to assigned readings in a textbook.
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Lesson Plan
Curated OER

The Magnificent Medici

For Teachers 6th - 12th
Students watch a video about the internal power struggles of the Medici family of Renaissance Italy. They compare the Medici family to the Mafia and produce a written response to the film.
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Worksheet
Curated OER

History Trivia For Kids

For Students 4th - 7th
There are 40 history trivia questions and answers.  Learners have to cut out the questions and the answers and try to match the correct answer to the question.  The trivia questions are all related to history but from many...
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Website
Robin Chew

Lucid Cafe: Michelangelo

For Students 9th - 10th
This website provides a brief composite of Italian artist Michelangelo 1475-1564. The site mentions various work of art; Pieta, David, and the Sistine Chapel. Site also offers links to other painters.
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Website
Web Gallery of Art

Web Gallery of Art: Michelangelo Buonarroti: Pieta

For Students 9th - 10th
This website from the Web Gallery of Art discusses Michelangelo's Pieta. The site provides information about "the seated Madonna holding Christ's body in her arms." Discusses Divine Beauty and the artistic changes made by Michelangelo.
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eBook
Other

Houghton Mifflin Harcourt: European Renaissance and Reformation, 1300 1600 [Pdf]

For Students 9th - 10th
Chapter 17 of a textbook on world history (36 pages). Includes a Renaissance timeline and map. Looks at the conditions that led to the Italian Renaissance, major artists, writers, the Northern Renaissance, the Elizabethan Age, the...
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Handout
ibiblio

Ibiblio: Web Museum: La Renaissance

For Students 9th - 10th
This site from ibiblio.com explains the Renaissance, not only as a time period, but as how it changed thought, writing, and art throughout Europe. See links to Renaissance in Italy, Germany and Netherlands.
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Handout
ibiblio

Ibiblio: Web Museum: The Italian Renaissance (1420 1600)

For Students 9th - 10th
This brief ibiblio.org article provides an overview of the key painters of the Renaissance in Italy. The artists and their major works are the key focus here and while further links on them are available, but you will not find anything...