What Was The Renaissance?
A Treasure Hunt on the Renaissance

Grade 8 Alberta Social Studies

Introduction

Re + naissance = Renaissance
(In French, 'Re' means re- and 'naissance' means birth...thus re-birth.)

Below is a list of questions about the Renaissance. Use the Internet links below to not only uncover some 'Treasures' of the Renaissance, but also to get a feel for what the Renaissance was.

The Internet Resources

Questions

1.   What was the Renaissance?

2.   When was the Renaissance?


3.   Where did the Renaissance occur?

 

4.   What caused the Renaissance to begin?

 

The Big Question

What three IMPORTANT facts have you learned about the Renaissance? List them in order of importance and tell WHY each fact is important.

These facts will be used to generate a class list. As a class we will organize these facts from most important to least important.

WILL YOUR IDEAS MAKE THE TOP OF THE LIST???

CREATED BY

MARGARET LOPETINSKY AND RACHELLE HAGGERTY

FOR THE CENTRAL ALBERTA REGIONAL CONSORTIUM

MAY, 2007