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Social Studies
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The Renaissance
How To Use
Directions for the Teacher:
Have your students use the following pages to create their
very own Social Studies interactive notebook!
Each page will have different cutouts. Have students read the instructions
on each page and use the dotted lines to help them know which pieces to
cut and place in their notebook. It’s that easy!
Page 7 is the cover of the Unit.
Towards the end of the resource, you will find the answer key pages. Feel
free to use them as a guide with your students.

Enjoy! ☺
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Contents
Social Studies Notebook Cover………………….……………………………...……..7
Power Words……………………………………………………………………………….…………………8-9
Events Timeline……………………………………………………….……………………...………………..10
Mapping the Spread of the Renaissance………….…………….......11
Marco Polo, Increase in Trade, Cosimo de’ Medici…………...12
Changes in Ideas, Humanism Movement, Petrarch.……..13
Famous Writers, Niccolo Machiavelli, Dante Alighieri.…….14
Michelangelo, Leonardo da Vinci, Raphael....................……………15
Advances in Architecture, Astronomy, Math……….…………...16
Johannes Gutenberg, Printing Press…………..……………………..….…17
N. Europe, Albrecht Durer, Miguel de Cervantes……………….18
William Shakespeare and Major Plays……………………………………….19
Research an Influential Individual…………………………………………………20
Answer Key Notebook Cover….………………….……………………………...……..21
Power Words Answers……………………………………………………….…………………22
Events Timeline Answers…………………………….……………………...………………..23
Mapping Renaissance Answers………………………………….…………….....24
Marco Polo, Increase in Trade, Answers………………………………...25
Changes in Ideas, Humanism Movement Answers.………26
Famous Writers, Niccolo Machiavelli Answers………………....27
Michelangelo, Leonardo da Vinci, Raphael Answers…….28
Advances in Architecture, Astronomy Answers…………..29
Johannes Gutenberg, Printing Press Answers………………30
N. Europe, Albrecht Durer Answers………………………………………………31
Thank you and Copyright……………………………………………………………………32-33

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Social Studies
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The
renaissance

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 POWER WORDS!
Directions: These are words you will be reading and defining throughout this
unit. Come back to this page when you discover the definition and write it
below! Cut out each flap and glue at the top. Write the definition underneath
the flap!

humanism Renaissance printing

press

vernacular human
perspective
anatomy

Elizabethan square
interest
Age root

dimension cathedral movable

type

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 POWER WORDS!
Directions: These are words you will be reading and defining throughout this
unit. Come back to this page when you discover the definition and write it
below! Cut out each flap and glue at the top. Write the definition underneath
the flap!

Create
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 Events Timeline

1550
1270

The Renaissance is classified as the end of the

The Middle Ages and the rediscovery of Ancient
Roman and Greek ideas. The feudal system fell
Renaissance away and the economy grew after the plague.
Advancements in architecture, art, education,
astronomy, and literature were made during
this time period. Humanism was an important
movement that began in Italy and traveled to
Northern Europe.

What do you think the humanism movement was about?

Take into consideration the root word, “human”.

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 GEOGRAPHY THE RENAISSANCE:
Where did the A TIME OF
Renaissance begin REBIRTH AND
and where did it
spread? RENEWAL

The Renaissance ended the Middle Ages

N and was the rediscovery of the
classical ideas of Ancient Rome and
Greece.
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S Directions: D r a w a n d l a b e l a m a p s h o w i n g
t h e s p re a d o f Re n a i ss a nce i de a s.
Co lo r co de usi n g m a p key.

Map Key

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 Marco Polo
(1254-1324)
The Silk Road opened again after the Mongols took
over China. Marco Polo traveled along the Silk Road
with his family where he met Kublai Khan. He was
one of the greatest travelers of all time. He spent
20 years traveling around Asia and later recorded
his journey. He made new discoveries from China,
including paper money and the use of coal.

What was his book titled? Who did it inspire?

Increase in trade: Italy

1300’s
Genoa, Venice, Florence, and Milan were all major trading
centers in Italy by the 1300’s. Goods and ideas from Asia were
sold at the centers. Spices and other goods were brought to
the port cities of Genoa and Venice.
What other goods were traded and imported into Italy?

Cosimo de’ Medici

Life in (1389-1464)
Florence Cosimo de’ Medici ruled the city
Merchant families became of Florence. He was a
wealthy as trade goods merchant banker and politician.
He had a wealthy family of
from Asia poured into town
bankers (House of Medici)
through ports. It first that were part of the Medici
began with trading wool. political dynasty. He had a
Why do you think trade palace decorated by artists
made Merchant families and architects.
wealthy? What did Medici’s
family support and put
money towards?

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Changes in ideas
RENAISSANCE
Those who survived the plague and warfare
from Medieval times wanted to celebrate life.

HUMANISM MOVEMENT
An individual was viewed as important, rather than the community as a whole.
This was a different way of thinking, especially with kings and popes being
placed above all else in Medieval Europe. Individuals were no longer blindly
accepting orders, but thinking for themselves. They were also trying to find a
balance between being a good Christian, but also enjoying life.

Petrarch
(1304-1374) ITALIAN SCHOLAR & POET
Education and subjects like history, philosophy, and literature
were greatly valued during the Renaissance. Petrarch wanted
to revive Greek and Roman ideas. He saved and collected rare,
precious works of literature. He is known for rediscovering
letters written by Cicero, a famous Roman philosopher. He is
also known as the Father of Humanism.
If you were to collect precious literature, paintings, music
or something of any art form, what would you save and
why?

What is the What were

connection Petrarch’s literary
between The Arts works and
& Humanism? accomplishments?
Write your answer List them underneath the flap!
underneath the flap!

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 FAMOUS WRITERS
OF THE ITALIAN RENAISSANCE
Directions: Here are two famous writers that came from the Italian Renaissance. Write in
their date of birth and date of death on the front of the flap. Write down information
about the writer and their famous works underneath the flap!

Niccolo Dante Alighieri

Machiavelli

DOB/DOD: DOB/DOD:

ART
OF THE ITALIAN RENAISSANCE
Many famous painters and sculptures in history came from
the Renaissance in Italy. They studied human anatomy and
created realistic works of art. They also painted using
perspective by painting objects in the background smaller
than the objects in the foreground. They created a sense
of depth, no longer painting flat images shown in Medieval
art. Many of their works also showed human personality,
emotion, and expression.

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ART
OF THE ITALIAN RENAISSANCE
Directions: Here are three famous artists that came from the
Italian Renaissance. Write in their date of birth and date of death
on the front of the flap. Write down information about the artist
and their famous works underneath the flap! 1

Michelangelo Leonardo da Vinci

DOB/DOD: DOB/DOD:

Raphael

DOB/DOD:

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 Advances in architecture
The practices in architecture during the Renaissance were based on the ideas of
classical Rome. These ideas included the domed roofs, rounded arches, and
columns from ancient times. New formulas in mathematics were used to create
buildings. An improved type of hoist was invented during the Italian Renaissance,
which allowed heavy objects to be carried and lifted during construction.

Filippo Brunelleschi
Brunelleschi was a key figure in Italian
Renaissance architecture. He designed domes
for churches. His major projects included the
Dome of the Cathedral of Florence (1419-1436), the
Basilica di San Lorenzo di Firenze (1419-1480), and
The Exedrae of the Florence Cathedral (1439-1445).

A dva n c es i n ast r o n o m y
Renaissance scholars rediscovered the works of Plato and his ideas of
the universe. They also revisited the Ancient Greek ideas of Aristotle
and Ptolemy. The Ancient Greeks thought the earth was the center of
the universe and that planets orbited around it.

Who was this famous astronomer

and what did he discover during
the Renaissance?

Advances in MATH
Scholars used math to help them better understand the
universe. They designed several math symbols that we
still use today. These symbols include square root
and the positive (+) and negative (-) symbols for
numbers. Geometry was used during the Renaissance
while studying human anatomy, as well as in
architectural design.

How do you think geometry was used in

Renaissance architecture?

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Spread of Ideas
By the end of the 15th century, ideas spread north to France, Spain, England, and Spain
from the Italian Renaissance. The invention of the printing press helped spread those
ideas throughout Europe.

Johannes Gutenberg &

The Printing Press
Johann Gutenberg invented a printing press that
used movable metal type. Pages were printed
easily after arranging the letters on a frame. He
could print thousands of pages every day using
his method.
What technology was Gutenberg’s
invention based on?

How did the

printing press What other
change history? inventions affect
how we publish
material?

RENAISSANCE in
Northern Europe
Christian Humanism Desiderius
Erasmus
The ideas of Humanism spread to
Northern Europe. Christian What was
Humanism was a movement that his book
came from those ideas. Christian and what
Humanism was a combination of was his
religious ideas and humanist ideas. purpose in
The goals of the movement were to writing it?
reform the Catholic Church and
improve oneself in society.

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RENAISSANCE ART in Northern Europe
Compared to the art in Italy, Northern Europe focused on realistic individuals with
flaws rather than perfect Greek Gods. Their art displayed daily life scenes instead of
biblical scenes.

Albrecht Dürer
Albrecht Dürer lived in
Nuremberg, Germany. What were
Dürer painted objects
in detail and studied
Dürer’s
anatomy. He was most
most well known for
his print work and
famous
woodcuts. His prints series of
made him famous
across Europe by the
prints?
age of 30. Replicas of
his work sold at
markets and art
fairs.

Literature in Northern Europe

Miguel de Cervantes Don Quixote
Cervantes’s Don Quixote is
Cervantes was a
considered to be the first
Spanish author
novel to be written in
that was best
Spanish. It is about a older
known for his
man who lives in the
novel Don Quixote
Spanish countryside and
de la Mancha. He
after reading many books
wrote Don Quixote
about chivalry, he loses his
while imprisoned in
sanity. He wants to
Seville in 1597.
become a knight and bring
What other works justice to the world. .
of Cervantes were Read about Don Quixote and write what
popular? you have learned underneath the flap!

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 William Shakespeare
(1564-1616)
William Shakespeare is often considered the greatest
playwright of all time. His plays continue to be
performed all around the world. 4 billion copies of his
work has been sold and he is the best selling fiction
author of all time. He had a special gift for knowing
human nature and creating entertaining characters.

He also invented almost 3,000 words that can now be

found in English dictionaries.

He wrote his plays and poetry during the Elizabethan

Age. Queen Elizabeth was a supporter of the arts and
education.

Major Plays:
Romeo and Juliet (1597) Directions:
Select a famous play that was
A Midsummer Night’s Dream (1596) written by Shakespeare. It can be
one listed under “Major Plays” or you
Hamlet (1623) can choose a different one of his
works. Research the play and write
Othello (1622) down a short summary, a list of
characters, and a famous quote!
Macbeth (1623)

Play Title:
Famous Quote:

Major
ListPlays:
of Characters:

Write the summary

underneath the flap!

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Research an Influential
Individual from the Renaissance!
Directions: Select an individual that had a major impact on society during
the Renaissance. Write down their contributions and biography below.

Name:

Contributions or
Major Works:

Drawing
Biography:

Interesting Facts:

Quotes:

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 POWER WORDS!
Directions: These are words you will be reading and defining throughout this
unit. Come back to this page when you discover the definition and write it
below! Cut out each flap and glue at the top. Write the definition underneath
the flap!

humanism Renaissance printing

a variety of ethical theory and the great revival of art, press
practice that emphasizes literature, and learning in Europe a machine developed by
reason, scientific inquiry, and beginning in the 14th century Johannes Gutenberg, as
human fulfillment and extending to the 17th a cylinder press or
century rotary press, for
printing on paper

vernacular perspective human

using a language native to a the technique (used in art) anatomy
region or country rather than representing on a plane or scientific study of the morphology
a literary, cultured, or foreign curved surface the spatial of the adult human. It is subdivided
language relation of objects as they into gross anatomy and microscopic
might appear to the eye anatomy.

interest Elizabethan square

A fee that borrowers pay for Age root
the use of someone else’s a number or quantity that
a period in British history during
money when multiplied by itself
the reign of Elizabeth I in the 16th
gives a given number or
century; an age marked by
quantity
literary achievement and
domestic prosperity

dimension cathedral movable

A measure of spatial type
A Christian church which
extent, especially type from which text is
contains the seat of a printed directly in which each
width, height, or length. bishop, character is on a separate
piece of metal.

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 Events Timeline
Cosimo’ de Desiderius
Marco Polo’s Leonardo da
Medici ruled Erasmus
journey from Vinci Shakespeare’s
the city of published
Europe to Asia painted the Romeo & Juliet
Florence, Italy The Praise
1271-1295 Mona Lisa 1597
1434 of Folly
1503-1506
(approx.) 1509

1550
1270

Joann Niccolo
Hundred Years’ Gutenberg Machiavelli William
War comes to develops the wrote The Shakespeare
an end Printing Prince 1564-1616
1453 Press 1455 1513

The Renaissance is classified as the end of the

Middle Ages and the rediscovery of Ancient
The Roman and Greek ideas. The feudal system fell
away and the economy grew after the plague.
Renaissance Advancements in architecture, art, education,
astronomy, and literature were made during
this time period. Humanism was an important
movement that began in Italy and traveled to
Northern Europe.

What do you think the humanism movement was? Take

into consideration the root word, “human”.
Answers will vary

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 GEOGRAPHY THE RENAISSANCE:
Where did the Renaissance A TIME OF
begin and where did it
spread? REBIRTH AND
The Renaissance began in Italy and spread
to the Northern Europe (France, England,
Spain, and Germany)
RENEWAL

The Renaissance ended the middle ages

N and was the rediscovery of the
classical ideas of Ancient Rome and
Greece.
W E

S Directions: D r a w a n d l a b e l a m a p s h o w i n g
t h e s p re a d o f Re n a i ss a nce i de a s.
Co lo r co de usi n g m a p key.

Spread of the Renaissance Map Map Key

Began in Italy and

spread to the
North

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 Marco Polo
(1254-1324)
What was his book titled? Who did
it inspire?
The Travels of Marco Polo. It was also called, The
Million or II Milione (Italian)
His book inspired Christopher Columbus as well as
European mapmakers. When Christopher Columbus
set off across the Atlantic, he carried a copy of
Marco Polo’s book.

Increase in trade: Italy

What other goods were traded in Italy?
Milan produced armor and other metal goods.
Florence traded wool cloth and silk.
Dyes, spices, and silks were imported to Italy and then
sold throughout Europe.

Cosimo de’ Medici

Life in (1389-1464)
Florence What did Medici’s
family support and put
Why do you think trade money towards?
made Merchant families
wealthy? The arts and
Families became rich by charging education.
interest. (money paid regularly at
a particular rate for the use of
money lent, or for delaying the
repayment of a debt)

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Changes in ideas
RENAISSANCE
Those who survived the plague and warfare
from Medieval times wanted to celebrate life.

HUMANISM MOVEMENT
An individual was viewed as important, rather than the community as a whole.
This was a different way of thinking, especially with kings and popes being
placed above all else in Medieval Europe. Individuals were no longer blindly
accepting orders, but thinking for themselves. They were also trying to find a
balance between being a good Christian, but also enjoying life.

Petrarch
(1304-1374) ITALIAN SCHOLAR & POET
If you were to collect precious literature or art,
what would you save and why?
Answers will vary

What is the What were

connection between Petrarch’s literary
The Arts & works and
Humanism? accomplishments?
Canzoniere – (Songbook) Book of
Answers will vary – There is a
connection of celebrating life and sonnets
focusing on thinking for one’s self Trionfi – (Triumphs) Poetry
while expressing creativity. Secretum Meum – (My Secret Book)

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 FAMOUS WRITERS
OF THE ITALIAN RENAISSANCE

Niccolo Dante Alighieri

Machiavelli Dante Alighieri was an Italian
poet, philosopher, and prose
Niccolo Machiavelli was a writer. Dante is best known
philosopher and playwright in for The Divine Comedy. It is
Florence, Italy. He is well known an epic poem that
as the author of The Prince. describes Dante’s journey
The Prince discussed how a through the afterlife.
leader should rule and maintain
political power.

DOB/DOD: (1469-1527) DOB/DOD: (1265-1321)

ART
OF THE ITALIAN RENAISSANCE
Many famous painters and sculptures in history came from
the Renaissance in Italy. They studied human anatomy and
created realistic works of art. They also painted using
perspective by painting objects in the background smaller
than the objects in the foreground. They created a sense
of depth, no longer painting flat images shown in Medieval
art. Many of their works also showed human personality,
emotion, and expression.

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ART
OF THE ITALIAN RENAISSANCE
Directions: Here are three famous artists that came from the
Italian Renaissance. Write in their date of birth and date of death
on the front of the flap. Write down information about the artist
and their famous works underneath the flap!

Michelangelo Leonardo da Vinci

Michelangelo was born in Caprese, Leonardo da Vinci was a
Italy and moved to Florence with his scientist, inventor, and artist
family at a young age. His talent of born in Italy. His most famous
sculpting and painting was paintings include the Mona Lisa
recognized at an early age and he and The Last Supper. He also
studied under Ghirlandaio and studied human anatomy and
Bertoldo di Geovanni. created scientific sketches,
Some of his famous works include including the famous Vitruvian
the statue of David, the painting of Man drawing.
the Sistine Chapel, and The Creation
of Adam.

DOB/DOD: (1475-1564) DOB/DOD: (1452-1519)

Raphael
Raphael was born in the city-state of Urbino in Italy. He became
a skilled painter like his father. His father died when he was
young and Raphael worked from his father’s workshop and
gained a reputation as a skilled artist. He moved to Florence and
painted for the church. The School of Athens, The Sistine
Madonna, and The Transfiguration were some of his famous
works.

DOB/DOD: (1483-1520)

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 Advances in architecture
The practices in architecture during the Renaissance were based on the ideas of
classical Rome. These ideas included the domed roofs, rounded arches, and
columns from ancient times. New formulas in mathematics were used to create
buildings. An improved type of hoist was invented during the Italian Renaissance,
which allowed heavy objects to be carried and lifted during construction.

Filippo Brunelleschi
Brunelleschi was a key figure in Italian
Renaissance architecture. He designed domes
for churches. His major projects included the
Dome of the Cathedral of Florence (1419-1436), the
Basilica di San Lorenzo di Firenze (1419-1480), and
The Exedrae of the Florence Cathedral (1439-1445).

A dva n c es i n ast r o n o m y
Who was this famous astronomer
and what did he discover during
the Renaissance?

Nicolaus Copernicus – He discovered that Earth and the planets orbit

the sun. It was believed for a long time that the earth was the center
of the universe.

Advances in MATH
How do you think geometry was used in
Renaissance architecture?
Answers will vary - Individuals like Filippo Brunelleschi had to
use geometry to design the domes for churches – they
have to use precise ratios, shapes, and proportions.

The Golden Ratio – used in architecture

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 Spread of Ideas
By the end of the 15th Century, ideas spread north to France, Spain, England, and Spain
from the Italian Renaissance. The invention of the printing press helped spread those
ideas throughout Europe.

Johannes Gutenberg &

The Printing Press
Johann Gutenberg invented a printing press that
used movable metal type. Pages were printed
easily after arranging the letters on a frame. He
could print thousands of pages every day using
his method.
What technology was Gutenberg’s
invention based on?

How did the printing What other inventions

press change history? affect how we publish
material?
Information and ideas traveled quickly through
books and newspapers. Literacy levels rose. The Computers and the internet –
first time the bible was mass produced was Information and ideas can be
designed by the printing press. accessed by an unlimited
number of viewers

RENAISSANCE in
Northern Europe Desiderius
Christian Humanism Erasmus
The ideas of Humanism spread to What was his book
Northern Europe. Christian and what was his
Humanism was a movement that purpose in writing it?
came from those ideas. Christian
The Praise of Follly (1509)
Humanism was a combination of
The clergy were criticized
religious ideas and humanist ideas.
for being corrupt in his
The goals of the movement were to
book. He wanted to remove
reform the Catholic Church and
church rituals and focus
improve oneself in society.
instead on being devoted to
God.
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RENAISSANCE ART in Northern Europe
Compared to the art in Italy, Northern Europe focused on realistic individuals with
flaws rather than perfect Greek Gods. Their art displayed daily life scenes instead of
biblical scenes.

Albrecht Dürer What were

Albrecht Dürer lived in Dürer’s
Nuremberg, Germany.
Dürer painted objects
most
in detail and studied famous
anatomy. He was
most well known for
series of
his print work and prints?
woodcuts. His prints
made him famous
across Europe by the
age of 30. Replicas of
his work sold at
Apocalypse (1498)
markets and art
Little Passion (1510-1511)
fairs.
Great Passion (1498-1410)

Literature in Northern Europe

Miguel de Cervantes Don Quixote

What other works Read about the story of Don Quixote
of Cervantes were and write what you have learned
popular? underneath the flap!

Cervantes: The Answers will vary

Complete I (1613)

La Galatea (1585)

Los Trabajos de
Persiles y Sigismunda
(1617)

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