Unit One: The Renaissance
Unit Goals:
• To understand the significance of the Renaissance period with emphasis on its roots and impact on Europe.
• To develop an understanding of the political and cultural changes that emerged during the Renaissance period with emphasis on new techniques in art and new attitudes toward politics as seen in Machiavelli and the “new monarchs.”
• To understand how Renaissance values and techniques changed over time from the Early to the High Renaissance and then took on a unique perspective during the Northern Renaissance, ultimately leading to the start of the Protestant Reformation.
• To understand the significance of the Renaissance period with emphasis on its roots and impact on Europe.
• To develop an understanding of the political and cultural changes that emerged during the Renaissance period with emphasis on new techniques in art and new attitudes toward politics as seen in Machiavelli and the “new monarchs.”
• To understand how Renaissance values and techniques changed over time from the Early to the High Renaissance and then took on a unique perspective during the Northern Renaissance, ultimately leading to the start of the Protestant Reformation.