Activity

Great City-states of the Renaissance

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Acting as journalists on a team to determine the most influential city-state of Renaissance Italy, your young historians will research, discuss, and compare the rise of Venice, Florence, and Genoa, and their influence in shaping a Renaissance worldview. This resource is most valuable for its varied and detailed additional materials guiding students through research and assessing findings!

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CCSS: Adaptable
Pros
  • Additional materials (i.e. rubric, compare/contrast graphic organizer, self-reflection) are well-designed and relevant
Cons
  • Main activity guidelines need to be supplemented with instruction on how to identify economic, political, artistic, etc. features of each city-state through research