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Columbia University

Columbia University: Renaissance Architecture

For Students 9th - 10th
Learn about Renaissance architecture and explore 360 degrees panoramas of buildings in France, Italy, and Portugal. A few can also be explored through their architectural plans. Features one project that maps Venice's Renaissance art and...
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The Newberry Library

Newberry: Shakespeare's the Tempest and Utopias of the European Renaissance

For Students 9th - 10th Standards
Newberry Library learning module uses primary source material of Shakespeare in a lesson on how Renaissance writers and artists portrayed European exploration of America. Students read excerpts from works of Renaissance literature to...
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Boise State University

European History: The Civilization of the Renaissance in Italy

For Students 9th - 10th
This site contains indexed material on Jacob Burckhardt's "The Civilization of the Renaissance in Italy." His work is considered the apex of cultural history about the Renaissance period and should provide valuable information for the...
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Art Cyclopedia

Artcyclopedia: The Northern Renaissance

For Students 9th - 10th
Centered in Germany and the Netherlands during 1400 and 1500s, the northern European tradition of Gothic Art was greatly affected by the technical and philosophical advancements of the Renaissance in Italy. While less concerned with...
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Metropolitan Museum of Art

Metropolitan Museum of Art: Art of Renaissance Europe

For Teachers Pre-K - 1st
This educational resource from the Metropolitan Museum of Art contains resources about Renaissance Europe including numerous pieces of art from that period with images and lesson plans.
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Annenberg Foundation

Annenberg Learner: Renaissance: Exploration and Trade

For Students 9th - 10th Standards
Detailed introduction on exploration and trade during the Renaissance. Provides an overview of the tools created during the Middle Ages that made such travels by sea possible as well as insight into the types of goods traders sought in...
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Encyclopedia Britannica

Encyclopedia Britannica: Guide to Black History: Harlem Renaissance

For Students 9th - 10th
Extensive information about the Harlem Renaissance, a period of time considered to be the cultural awakening of African Americans. Included are sections on poetry, fiction, and drama, as well as the legacy of this movement.
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PBS

Pbs Learning Media: Primary Source Set: Visual Art During the Harlem Renaissance

For Students 9th - 10th
This collection uses primary sources to explore visual art during the Harlem Renaissance.
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Read Works

Read Works: The Renaissance Renaissance Art

For Teachers 4th
[Free Registration/Login Required] An informational text about changes in art during the Renaissance. A question sheet is available to help students build skills in reading comprehension.
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ArtLex

Art Lex: Renaissance

For Students 9th - 10th
A description of what the Renaissance was with links to examples to a number of different paintings from that era.
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Tom Richey

Tom Richey: Renaissance Art: The Rebirth of Classicism

For Students 9th - 10th
Teenage Mutant Ninja Turtles! What in the world do they have to do with this? Find the connection and recognize Renaissance art and the artists.
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CommonLit

Common Lit: "The Harlem Renaissance" by Jessica Mc Birney

For Students 7th - 8th
A learning module that begins with "The Harlem Renaissance" by Jessica McBirney, accompanied by guided reading questions, assessment questions, and discussion questions. The text can be printed as a PDF or assigned online through free...
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Tom Richey

Tom Richey: The Renaissance and the Age of Exploration

For Students 9th - 10th
Unit with learning materials for teachers and students tells the story of the Italian and Northern Renaissance and the exploration around the globe. Includes PowerPoint, videos, unit guide and primary sources.
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A&E Television

History.com: Renaissance Art

For Students 9th - 10th
An account of the interests and achievements of Renaissance artists, with links to videos on the subject of Renaissance art aired on History, the cable television channel.
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San Diego State University

Renaissance Men

For Teachers 9th - 10th
This art card game is similar to "Gin Rummy" where players collect sets of three. The game's purpose is to recall art and artists from the three Renaissance periods (proto, early, and high).
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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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Other

Frick Collection: Andrea Riccio: Renaissance Master of Bronze

For Students 9th - 10th
Site that describes the Frick Collection Museum exhibit of the works of Andrea Riccio, a noted Renaissance sculptor. Includes links to images and descriptions of pieces.
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McGraw Hill

My Art Studio: Search Across Time: Renaissance Visual Art

For Students 9th - 10th
Brief introduction to Renaissance art and links to web searches for specific artworks.
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Other

Mc Murry University: The Art of Renaissance Science: Galileo and Perspective

For Students 9th - 10th
Links to pages with images and information on Galileo Galilei and the mathematics of perspective used in art of the Renaissance.
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Other

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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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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PBS

Pbs: Medici, Godfathers of the Renaissance

For Students 9th - 10th
Learn about the Renaissance period and its cultural leaders, the Medici family. Take an interactive tour of Florence and use the interactive timeline to understand the course of the Renaissance through the centuries. Uses popups.
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Georgia Department of Education

Ga Virtual Learning: English Renaissance: Background

For Students 9th - 10th
This lesson provides background for an English Renaissance unit; it compares the English Renaissance with the Italian Renaissance. It features Queen Elizabeth I's influence and provides a poem written by the queen, "When I Was Fair and...
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University at Buffalo

Circle Association: Harlem Renaissance History and Links

For Students 9th - 10th
This resource from the Circle Association at the University of Buffalo gives background on the origins of the Harlem Renaissance and highlights its most famous authors.

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