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Monday

1. Finish the 10 Interesting Things that you saw in PBS Empires - Medici Godfathers of the Renaissance sheet. I want it emailed to me by 9am Tuesday.

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10 Interesting Things that you saw in PBS Empires - Medici Godfathers of the Renaissance sheet.

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10 Interesting Things that you saw in PBS Empires - Medici Godfathers of the Renaissance sheet.

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Monday - Finish the Christianity Handout.

Tuesday - Look at the box "Keywords for Introducing the Renaissance" you will go and look up these words using Wikipedia Simple English.

1. Summerize the meaning of the word and write a defintion. No more that 4 sentences.

2. Type up the defintions.

3. For the students who are in class you can hand me your homework in paper, for those of you online please type up your work and email it to me in a Word Document; my email is mojonathan181@gmail.com

Wednesday

1. Watch the videos on that I have put up, PBS Empires - Medici Godfathers of the Renaissance.

2. Check the definitions that you have written and make sure that you correct them.

Friday

1. Do the 10 Interesting Things that you saw in PBS Empires - Medici Godfathers of the Renaissance sheet. Try to do at least 5 of them. I want this to be handed in before 6pm Sunday.

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The is a fresco painted during the Renaissance. It depicts a major event in the life of Jesus Christ called the Last Supper. In this picture Jesus and his 13 Disciples have dinner, during this dinner he knew that the Ancient Romans and a group of Jewish Priests called the Pharisees were going to arrest him and have him killed.

One of his Disciples, Judas betrays Jesus for 30 piece of silver. "30 Pieces of Silver" is a phrase that is used as an insult to  people who betray others for personal gain.

The most important part of the Last Supper was the fact that the "Eucharist" ceremony that takes place in Mass comes from this event.

Why do you think Leonardo Da Vinci decide to paint a picture of an important event in the life of Jesus Christ?

Go to Wikipedia Simple English and look up the Eucharist.

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Quick Questions about Western Civilization 

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Quick Questions about Western Civilization 

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1. Everyone, name as many countries as you can that you think are part of Western Civilization?

2. What is the most powerful country in the world?

3. Name two foods that you associate with Western Culture?

4. Name two types of music you associate with Western Culture?

5. Look at the map again and use your own knowledge in what ways can some Western Countries be very different?

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1. Empirical investigation and mathematical explanation of the material world, formerly known as "natural philosophy. Using science as a tool to understand the natural world and where people fit into it.

2. Creating a tradition of education and a system of Monasteries, schools, libraries, book making, universities, teaching and lecture halls that preserves, creates, stores and transmit knowledge and understanding of the world to future generations. This also supports the use of science as the tool to understand the natural world.

3. Separation of political and spiritual authority - often called the separation of Church and State

4. A general belief in progress, we can use rational thought, science and technology to change the world and make it a better place. (But evidence of humans-causing damage to the environment, has made some people doubt the idea of progress)

5. Respect for human rights, such as freedom of worship, freedom of expression, and the rule of law (although these rights were extended slowly to different segments of the population). Chinese during the 1800s to 1945 were forced to pay a head tax to immigrate to Canada and were excluded from entering certain professions like law.

6. Codification of political rights, such as the right to enjoy representative government, freedom of assembly, equality before the law, and the right to vote (although these were also gradually accorded to minorities, women, people of color, and the landless). Many African Americans were barred from voting until the 1960s in America.

7. A high value on the sanctity of private life, family, and free economic activity, observable in the right to freely accumulate and transfer property without intrusive regulation by political authorities.

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1. The Ancient Greeks and Romans

2. Christianity and Judaism

3. The cultures of the various peoples that lived in Europe from ancient times such as the Germanic Tribes, Celts, Anglo-Saxons, Slavs, Franks and etc.

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The writers, philosophers, artists, worldview, their scientific achievements and the lifestyle of the people of Ancient Romans and Greeks was something that the people of Europe started to rediscover. When people rediscovered it they like it and wanted to live like them again.

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Together we will do this work sheet that explains what are the main ideas of Christianity. It is hard to understand what Western Culture is in general without knowing what Christianity is. If you go to Florence or Rome and know nothing about Christianity you will not understand many of the famous places that you are going to see.

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What is Western Civilization?  西方文明
It is a set of social norms (acceptable behaviors that everyone knows), ethical values, traditional customs, belief systems, political systems and specific artifacts and technologies that were developed in and/or associated with Europe. Countries that were created by European colonization such as Canada, United States and etc also count as part of Western Civilization. Singapore and Hong Kong are in a way both Western and Chinese

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Before we start our class there are some ideas and concepts that we must learn about.

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This from a 4-Part PBS series called Empires - Medici Godfathers of the Renaissance. This is first Episode and it is on Youku

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Keywords for Introducing the Renaissance

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Keywords for Introducing the Renaissance

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Renaissance
Black Death/ Bubonic Plague
Architecture
Humanism
Secular
City State
Cathedral
Feudal system
Catholic Church
Florence
Medieval Europe/The Middle Ages

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This from a 4-Part PBS series called Empires - Medici Godfathers of the Renaissance. This is first Episode and it is on Youtube.

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The City-States of Italy

Look at the map, look at the borders and compare this map of Italy to a map of present day Italy. What is different about this map?

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The Bubonic Plague killed over 25 million people in Europe. The tremendous death and suffering caused by it made people lose faith in the Church and the Feudal system collapsed even faster.

So there is a massive plague that wipes out a large % of people. Think of the Zombie shows and movies such as "The Walking Dead".

1, What are some of the things that happen to society when a large number of people suddenly die?

2, What are some of the things that people endured and experienced during the time of the Plague?

3, For the people who survived it how do you think it affects them?

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How people felt about life after the Black Death

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How people felt about life after the Black Death

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Pieter Bruegel's The Triumph of Death (c. 1562)

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What are some of the new Sciences that emerged?

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What are some of the new Sciences that emerged?

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Rediscovery of Roman Architecture combined with Renaissance Ingenuity allowed this to be built. This is the biggest dome at the time. Who built this? This person also started to build using methods from Ancient Rome and Greece and develop new ways of building things.

1, What is the famous Cathedral in Florence called?

2, If someone says that the architecture/ the buildings are better, what do you think they mean by this?

3, If you want buildings to be better what science/technology has to improve?

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In English this means rebirth. It was originally a French word that was used to describe this time from the late 1300 to the 1600s. During this time there was a great revival in art and learning. They believed that for far too long knowledge and learning was being restricted by the Catholic Church. People wanted to study the writings, art, science and philosophy of the Ancient Greeks and Romans and lived the way they did. They also wanted the freedom to learn more about the world around them. Also some people began to question the authority of the Church and their faith in God after seeing so much suffering during the Black Death.

Think about the word Renaissance? Look up the meaning of "Re-Birth".

1. If something is being re-born what do you think it is happening?

2, What are some other words that you would associate with Renaissance?

3, What did people want that was.........?

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Why did it start in the City-States of Italy?

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Why did it start in the City-States of Italy?

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These places were centers of over-seas trade and manufacturing. People exchanged goods, knowledge and ideas here; changes in culture almost always start in the cities. The rest of Europe was still mostly rural.

What do you think the City-States of Italy traded?

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The Medici Family - The Godfathers of the Renaissance

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The Medici Family - The Godfathers of the Renaissance

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They were merchants, who gradually gained control of Florence in the 1400's. For many generations from Giovanni Medici  (1360 – 1429) to Lorenzo the Magnificent (1449 – 1492) to Cosimo I de' Medici, Grand Duke of Tuscany  (1519 – 1574) They were patrons to many artists, painters, writers, scientists and architects who created many of the Great Works of the Renaissance. As Patrons they provided money, protection and freedom for their Client artists to innovate and do their work.

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Toggenburg Bible

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Humanism - What is this and why is this connected to the Renaissance and the Black Death? 

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Humanism - What is this and why is this connected to the Renaissance and the Black Death? 

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It is a belief that people should focus on human potential and achievement.

People should study and assess things based on reasoning and empirical evidence. For example when people started to read scrolls about Philosophy, science, culture, religion and other topics from the Ancient Greeks and Romans. They read them and assessed these writings based on whether or not they made sense. You do not throw a scroll away just because it is something that is written by a person who was not Christian or that the ideas did not match Christianity and the teaching of the Catholic Church

People became much more interested in studying the Classics and wanted to learn new things and do things in a different way.

The focus on the potential of the human individual, reason, logic, science and move to secular culture was very radical.