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Ducksters

Ducksters: History: Renaissance Food for Kids

For Students 1st - 9th
What did they eat during the Renaissance? Kids learn about food and cooking during the Renaissance on this site.
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Rice University

Galileo Project: Florence and Tuscany

For Students 9th - 10th
The Galileo Project of Rice University describes Florence and Tuscany during the Renaissance period. Includes a tour of Renaissance Florence, as well as descriptions of daily life.
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Radixnet: Musical Instruments Described

For Students 9th - 10th
Site to all instruments of the renaissance period. Gives a little information on the instruments.
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Ducksters

Ducksters: History: Renaissance Astronomy for Kids

For Students 1st - 9th
Kids learn about the science of astronomy during the Renaissance. Discoveries by Copernicus, Galileo, and Kepler.
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Ducksters

Ducksters: History: Renaissance Science for Kids

For Students 1st - 9th
Kids learn about science achievements during the Renaissance. Explore the inventions and technology of this time in history.
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Annenberg Foundation

Annenberg Learner: Interactives: Renaissance: Focus on Florence

For Students 9th - 10th
Overview of Florence during the Renaissance discusses the key elements and individuals that made the city a center of Renaissance power and culture: the Medici family, the wool trade, humanism, Florentine art and architecture,...
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PBS

Pbs Teachers: Science Italian Style: Renaissance Machines

For Teachers 6th - 8th
Investigate innovative machine designs of the Renaissance, then build a hang glider by following a set of instructions. Modify the design to create a model that can fly longer distances.
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Ducksters

Ducksters: Leonardo Da Vinci Biography for Kids: Artist, Genius, Inventor

For Students 3rd - 8th
This site gives a biography of the renaissance man of many talents including artist, science, and inventor known as Leonardo da Vinci.
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Free Math Help

Free Math Help: Origins of Math

For Students 9th - 10th
The lesson examines the origins of mathematics. Strings of symbols, the mathematicians of Ancient Greece, Arabian scholars, and the Renaissance are discussed.
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Basse Dance Project

For Students 9th - 10th
This site features valuable information about the Renaissance dance called Basse Dance. It provides a history, dance steps, and music.
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Internet History Sourcebooks Project

Fordham University: Modern History Sourcebook: Romanticism

For Students 9th - 10th
This site from the Internet Modern History Sourcebook provides great information on the Renaissance. No text on this page, but a series of links from roots of Romanticism, to Romantic philosophy, to Romanticism in the Arts.
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Ducksters

Ducksters: History: Reformation for Kids

For Students 1st - 9th
Kids learn about the Reformation of the church during the Renaissance. Site explores what it was and who was Martin Luther?
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University of Houston

University of Houston: Engines of Our Ingenuity: No. 702: Trompe L'oeil

For Students 9th - 10th
A short lecture on trompe l'oeil in art that introduces the concept of realism turned to visual deception in artwork. It explores the great divide in theory between Plato and Aristotle which serves as an epistemological backdrop to the...
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Ducksters

Ducksters: Biography: William Shakespeare for Kids

For Students 9th - 10th Standards
A webpage about the biography of William Shakespeare who was a playwright for the English theatre during the Renaissance at the Globe Theatre of London.
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Van Gogh Gallery

The Van Gogh Gallery: Nicholas Hilliard

For Students 9th - 10th
Biographical summary of the life and career of Nicholas Hilliard, British artist of portrait miniatures during the Renaissance.
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Ducksters

Ducksters: Music for Kids: History of the Violin

For Students 3rd - 8th
Kids learn about the history of the violin. Learn about a family of musical string instruments called the violin on this site. Explore its history and its beginning in the Renaissance period.
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Oswego City School District

Oswego City School District: The Commercial Revolution

For Students 9th - 10th
Read here about the time in European history leading into the Renaissance. It is known as the Commercial Revolution, or the emergence of trade, capitalism and working class parties, and unions.
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Ducksters

Ducksters: Quiz: Renaissance Art for Kids

For Students 1st - 9th
History Questions: Renaissance Art Quiz, Test, and WebQuest
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Renaissance Dance: Definition

For Students 9th - 10th
A definition of the term "Renaissance Dance" along with details and explanation.
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Ducksters

Ducksters: History: Renaissance Art for Kids

For Students 1st - 9th
Kids learn about Renaissance art including painting and sculpture on this site. Explore what makes this art unique like realism and perspective.
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Institute for Dynamic Educational Advancement

Web Exhibits: Pigments Through the Ages: Renaissance and Baroque

For Students 9th - 10th
Illustrated essay on the paints and painting techniques used by Renaissance and baroque artists.
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Curated OER

Rice University: Florence and Tuscany

For Students 9th - 10th
The Galileo Project of Rice University describes Florence and Tuscany during the Renaissance period. Includes a tour of Renaissance Florence, as well as descriptions of daily life.
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My Hero Project

My Hero: Leonardo Da Vinci

For Students 3rd - 8th
A great artist, inventor, and thinker of the Renaissance, Leonardo da Vinci fused his love for science and math with his talent for art. Read a student-created illustrated essay about Leonardo's adventures in science, experimentation,...
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Curated OER

Unesco: Finland: Petajavesi Old Church

For Students 9th - 10th
Petajavesi Old Church, in central Finland, was built of logs between 1763 and 1765. This Lutheran country church is a typical example of an architectural tradition that is unique to eastern Scandinavia. It combines the Renaissance...

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