Year 8A & Year 8B
Today you are going to learn about the spread of new Italian Renaissance ideas… thanks to the invention of the printing press! (You will be watching some videos during this lesson to learn about the Spread of new Ideas – pay close attention!)
Follow the instructions step by step:
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First, look at your test result (Homework-6) and also see where you have perhaps lost marks:
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Page 9
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Look at the following video to see how new knowledge and ideas spread across Europe…
Spread of New Ideas about Learning. (3:36 minutes long)
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Knew ideas developed thanks to the very talented Renaissance men. Watch this video that shows examples of great Renaissance men.
Renaissance Man – from History Teachers. (3:01 minutes long)
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Finally, copy the following definitions into your purple book:
Definitions
Renaissance Man: “a cultured man of the Renaissance who was knowledgeable, educated, or proficient in a wide range of fields”
Golden Age: “a period of time during which art, architecture or the economy flourishes”
Miniature: “a very small portrait painting that could be worn as an ornament by men or women, like a brooch”
Printing Press: “an invention that could produce numerous copies of a page – it could therefore mass produce printed books”
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In the next lesson we will examine the Printing Press in more detail, as it played a major part in the spread of new ideas!
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