Italian Renaissance Learning Resources

The activity guides for each unit contain several activities organized around the theme of the unit. The guides provide detailed instruction and additional materials like figures, worksheets, handouts, or readings for incorporating activities into a classroom setting. Each activity also corresponds with a different academic level (Elementary / Intermediate / Advanced), which is noted next to the title of the activity.

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Recovering the Golden Age – Activity Guide

Recovering the Golden Age – Handout

Recovering the Golden Age – Worksheet

 

 

 

Activities for this unit:

1. Investigating the Canon of Proportions, Part 1 (Elementary) – Through observation and measurement, students will work with the system of ideal ratios found in the writings of Leonardo da Vinci to compare nature with art.
   Investigating the Canon of Proportions, Part 2 (Intermediate) – Through observation and measurement, students will work with the system of ideal ratios found in the writings of Leonardo da Vinci to compare nature with art.
2. Analyzing and Writing Renaissance Sonnets, Part 1 (Elementary) – Learn about the Italian sonnet form and interpret a sonnet by Petrarch.
   Analyzing and Writing Renaissance Sonnets, Part 2 (Intermediate) – Analyze a fifteenth-century work of art and brainstorm ideas for recreating it in sonnet form.
   Analyzing and Writing Renaissance Sonnets, Part 3 (Advanced) – Write an original sonnet inspired by a fifteenth-century work of art.
3. Ancient Artifacts: Trash or Treasure? Part 1 (Intermediate) – Research and defend in a classroom debate three contrasting attitudes toward classical antiquities in fifteenth-century Italy.
   Ancient Artifacts: Trash or Treasure? Part 2 (Intermediate) – Research and defend in a written essay three contrasting attitudes toward classical antiquities in fifteenth-century Italy.