September
ORIGINS OF THE RENAISSANCE
What is Worldview?
Medieval Worldview
A Thousand Years w/o a bath
Middle Ages
The Curse of the Rat (Black Death)
Origins of the Renaissance Quiz
October
ITALIAN CITY-STATES
Setting the Stage
Italian Trade Cities
- Florence, Genoa, Milan and Venice
Game of Crowns Renaissance Italy: City-States
City-state poster presentations - Group work!
International Trade quiz
HUMANISM
Investigazione Leonardo a Vinci
Da Vinci and Michelangelo
November
Mona Lisa Smile
The Agony and the Ecstasy
Painting the Sistine Chapel
Recognizing Renaissance Art
Creating art with Egg-Tempera
Creating art with linseed oil
IDEAS OF THE RENAISSANCE
Renaissance Humanists
Women in the Renaissance
Humanism Section Quiz
Bill, Meet Niccolo
Printing Press
December
Heliocentricity
Protestant Reformation
The Prince
Michel de Montaigne
Ideas of the Renaissance Quiz
THE AGE OF EXPLORATION
Over the edge of the earth
1991 – Gulf War
The Formation of Countries
Spanish come to New World
Worldview
January
Portugal
Spain
Columbus and Magellan
Expansionist Worldview
Reasons for Exploration
Deadliest Warrior - Cortes vs Viking
SPANISH WORLDVIEW
Spanish Worldview
Inquisition
Ferdinand and Isabella
Spain looks Westward
Reconquista
The Story of El Cid
February
AZTEC WORLDVIEW
Intro to Aztecs
Aztec Vocabulary
Aztec legend
Aztec timeline
Aztec life
Aztec Gods
Aztec Vocabulary II
Deadliest Warrior II - Jaguar Warrior
Human Sacrifice
Aztecs quiz
March
CONQUEST OF THE AZTECS
The Conquistadors
The Conquistador Formula
The Haciendas of the Mexica
CLASH OF WORLDVIEWS
The Haciendas of the Mexica
Clash of Worldviews – What can we learn?
April
INTRODUCTION TO JAPAN
KWL
What is Isolationism
The Coming of the Mongols
Kami-Kaze: Horrible Histories
Crash Course History
Intro to Japanese Culture
Vocabulary practice
Shinto I
Shinto II
Japanese Buddhism
Ainu
47 Ronin
May
FEUDAL JAPAN
Tokugawa Shogunate
Consolidation of Power
The Samurai
Deadliest Warrior III - The Samurai
EMERGING FROM ISOLATIONISM
Matthew Perry
Meiji Restoration
Crash Course Japan
FILM STUDY - Memoirs of a Geisha
June
MODERN JAPANESE CULTURE - The Importance of Legacy
Japanese Death Match – Environmental impacts on modern Japan
J-Pop
Anime: Spirited Away
Crash Course Japan
REVIEW
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