Category Archives: Renaissance – Archived

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: 1.Continue reading “Y8: 1-17. Spread of New Ideas – pre-2024”

Year 8A & Year 8B Welcome to Year 8 History! Before we start looking at all the exciting things that this course has to offer we need look at a few organisational issues. So, here is what you have to do today: (Follow the instructions step by step!!) 1. Watch the video to see whichContinue reading “Y8: 1-1. Introduction to Year 8 – pre-2024”

Year 8A & Year 8B Today you are going to: Follow the instructions step by step: 7. First, watch the slides below to mark your crossword puzzle. Give yourself a mark out of 12! Crossword Puzzle, p.10. 2. Now, look at your test result (Homework-3) and also see where you have perhaps lost marks: 3.Continue reading “Y8: 1-9. Submitting Work… – pre-2023”

Year 8A & Year 8B Today we are going to: We will look at: Follow the instructions step by step: 1. Previously you completed the following task… Let’s go over the answers… Question 1 Question 2 (We will get back to this question as this is the type of question that we will focus onContinue reading “Y8: 1-7. Renaissance – source analysis. (alternative lesson)”

Year 8A & Year 8B Today you are going to… Follow the instructions step by step: 1. First, look at your test result (Homework-9) and also see where you have perhaps lost marks: 2. Cinderella film – answers. (4:35 minutes long) 3. Give very brief answers to the questions about the film (p.22-23). 4. Now,Continue reading “Y8: 1-28. Renaissance Legacy”

Year 8A & Year 8B Today you are going to watch the final “episode” of the film about the real Cinderella… Follow the instructions step by step: 1. Here is a reminder of the events in the previous episode: Danielle and the prince were attacked by the gypsies and then joined their camp for aContinue reading “Y8: 1-27. Cinderella IV”

Year 8A & Year 8B Today you are going to continue with the film about the real Cinderella… Follow the instructions step by step: 1. Here is a reminder of the events in the previous episode: We learnt that King Francis was organising a masquerade ball, where Henry must choose a bride by midnight or marryContinue reading “Y8: 1-26. Cinderella III”

Year 8A & Year 8B Today you are going to continue with the film about “the real Cinderella”… Follow the instructions step by step: 1. Due to limited time, you will not get test feedback now. You can, however, access your test result in “Grades” on Schoology. We will go over the test in aContinue reading “Y8: 1-25. Cinderella II”

Year 8A & Year 8B Today you are going to … Follow the instructions step by step: 1. Look at your result for the assessment task on The Impact of the Printing Press. Here are the answers to the task. (Your task will be teacher-assessed.) (2:58 minutes long) 2. Feudalism declined during the Renaissance. CanContinue reading “Y8: 1-24. Cinderella I”

Year 8A & Year 8B Today you are going to look at the impact that the Renaissance had on society… Follow the instructions step by step: 1. First you are going to write a short test on the Renaissance… Complete the test! (On Renaissance Art, Architecture & the spread of new Ideas, p.8-9.) 2. “TheContinue reading “Y8: 1-23. Renaissance Impact”

Year 8A & Year 8B Today you are going to complete revision questions… Follow the instructions step by step: 1. Here is a reminder of what you learnt about the spread of new Renaissance ideas to England… Spread of New Ideas to England. (2:50 minutes long) 2. 3. Now, use the rest of lesson toContinue reading “Y8: 1-22. Spread of New Ideas – Questions”

Year 8A & Year 8B Today you are going to: Follow the instructions step by step: 1. Task 8 on p.12-13. 2. Complete the “Spread of New Ideas” crossword on p.21. To revise terminology… …used in History. 3. Mark your completed crossword puzzle (p.21). SOLUTION: 4. Use the rest of the lesson to make sureContinue reading “Y8: 1-21. Spread of New Ideas – Crossword”

Year 8A & Year 8B Today you are going to examine the impact that the Printing Press had… Follow the instructions step by step: 1. Here is a reminder of what you have learnt so far about the production of books… The Printing Press and Its Effect on Mass Communication. (5:38 minutes long) 2. Let’sContinue reading “Y8: 1-20. Printing Press – Impact”

Year 8A & Year 8B We will use today’s lesson to mark some work that you have completed over the past few lessons… Follow the instructions step by step: 1. Task 7 on p.10-11. 2. Q.1-4 on Changes in Architecture, p.18. 3. Diagram on Changes in Architecture (Q.5) p.18. 4. Activities in Florence – TaskContinue reading “Y8: 1-18. Marking”

Year 8A & Year 8B We will use today’s lesson to mark some work that you have completed over the past few lessons… Follow the instructions step by step: 1. Why the Renaissance started in Italy, p.11. 2. The Italian Renaissance, p.16-17 3. Changes in Painting, p.14. 4. Let’s see what you already know aboutContinue reading “Y8: 1-15. Marking”

Year 8A & Year 8B Today you are going to examine the Printing Press in more detail, as it played a major part in the spread of new ideas! (You will be watching a lot of videos during this lesson to learn about the Spread of new Ideas – pay close attention!) Follow the instructionsContinue reading “Y8: 1-19. Printing Press”

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: 1.Continue reading “Y8: 1-17. Spread of New Ideas”

Year 8A & Year 8B Today you are going to …. Follow the instructions step by step: 1. Complete the test! (This is a test on Why the Renaissance started in Italy….) 2. Finish the comparison that shows how Medieval Art differs from Renaissance Art. p.14 (Use the table to compare Medieval Art with RenaissanceContinue reading “Y8: 1-14. Changes in Art & Architecture”

Year 8A & Year 8B Today you are going to …. Follow the instructions step by step: 1. Renaissance Way of Thinking, p.4. 2. Task 5 on p.8. 3. Watch this video as a quick revision of Renaissance art, architecture and activities. Exploring the Renaissance. (5:18 minutes long) 4. Now complete the two tasks onContinue reading “Y8: 1-16. Florence during the Renaissance”

Year 8A & Year 8B Today we are going to look at features of Renaissance Architecture …. Follow the instructions step by step: 1. Do you know what is meant by “features”? If you had to describe the features of the man in the picture above, you will probably say that he: So, “features” describeContinue reading “Y8: 1-13. Renaissance Architecture”

Year 8A & Year 8B Today you will continue to investigate Renaissance Art compared to Medieval Art… Follow the instructions step by step: 1. Task 4, p.6-7. 2. Now we are going to compare Medieval Art with Renaissance Art in a bit more detail. Look at the features of the Medieval Art and the RenaissanceContinue reading “Y8: 1-12. Renaissance Art – continued”

Year 8A & Year 8B Today you are going to examine how art began to change during the Renaissance…. Follow the instructions step by step: 1. Watch the following two videos to see what you can learn about Renaissance Art. Renaissance – Overview – Goodbye-Art Academy. (8:25 minutes long) 10 Greatest Renaissance Paintings. (2:44 minutesContinue reading “Y8: 1-11. Renaissance Art”

Year 8A & Year 8B Today you are going to continue looking at why the Renaissance started in Italy. Follow the instructions step by step: 1. Before we continue with today’s lesson, mark the following task with a pencil (even though I have marked some of the answers for grading): “Renaissance Thinking, p.4” 2. pagesContinue reading “Y8: 1-10. Renaissance started in Italy – continued”

Year 8A & Year 8B Today you are going to: Follow the instructions step by step: 1. First, watch the slides below to mark your crossword puzzle. Give yourself a mark out of 12! Crossword Puzzle, p.10. 2. Now, look at your test result (Homework-3) and also see where you have perhaps lost marks: 3.Continue reading “Y8: 1-9. Renaissance concepts…”

Year 8 Today we are going to look at the start of the Renaissance. It started in Italy. But why…? Follow the instructions step by step: 1. First, revise what you already know about the Renaissance: 2. Now, let’s examine why the Renaissance started in Italy. 3. It is not good enough to know theContinue reading “Y8: 1-8. The Renaissance started in Italy”

Year 8A & Year 8B Today you are going to continue with our topic on the Renaissance. Follow the instructions step by step: 1. REMEMBER: The Renaissance was a period in History when people began to show a keen interest in the great ideas of the Roman and Greek civilizations. This led to great newContinue reading “Y8: 1-6. Renaissance: Introduction – continued”

Year 8A & Year 8B Today we are going to: Follow the instructions step by step: 1. (Depending on your progress, you may be asked to do the following in this lesson…) Test Time! First we are going to write a short test on “History Terminology”! Alternatively (Depending on your progress, you may be askedContinue reading “Y8: 1-7. Renaissance Thinking”

Year 8A & Year 8B Today you are going to start our first topic of the Year 8 History course: The Renaissance. Follow the instructions step by step: 1. First, mark your Self-study Project on “History Terminology” with a pencil. (Click here to access answers.) 2. So, what was the Renaissance? The Renaissance was aContinue reading “Y8: 1-5. The Renaissance – Introduction”

Year 8A & Year 8B Today you are going to: Look at some classroom rules. Remind yourself of the importance of studying History. Follow the instructions step by step: 1. This is “the best way” to work in the History class: 2. This video will remind you of some general rules to be followed inContinue reading “Y8: 1-4. Why History?”

Year 8A & Year 8B Today you are going to continue with the self-study project on terminology often used in History… Most of the concepts and vocabulary were taught in Year 7. So, it is really a revision task, to determine what you know and which areas you still need to work on. So, hereContinue reading “Y8: 1-3. History Terminology – continued”

Year 8A & Year 8B Today you are going to start doing a self-study project on terminology often used in History… Most of the concepts and vocabulary were taught in Year 7. So, it is really a revision task, to determine what you know and which areas you still need to work on. So, hereContinue reading “Y8: 1-2. History Terminology”

Year 8A & Year 8B Welcome to Year 8 History! Before we start looking at all the exciting things that this course has to offer we need look at a few organisational issues. So, here is what you have to do today: (Follow the instructions step by step!!) 1. In Year 8 History there areContinue reading “Y8: 1-1. Introduction to Year 8”