Rennaiance, Reformation, and Scientific Revolution

Research Project

This is an project designed to allow you to research a topic of interest within a period of time known as the Renaissance, Reformation, and Scientific Revolution. You will be allowed to choose a partner, topic, and project. At the end of the project, you will present your project to the class. This is a major grade and will most likely be the last grade of the year. You may choose any project from the choice board in the classroom. Rubrics are available here:https://mrduffhistoryclass.wikispaces.com/Choice+Board+and+Help+Site
Please be sure to check the requirements at this site. Failure to do so may result in a lower grade. Chapter 27, 28, 29, 30, and 31 in the book should be a good resource to start with for some topics.


Driving Question:
What is the legacy of your person or work of art? What contributions did they make to world history?

Questions to answer in your project:
Who, What, Where, When, Significance?
Define the Renaissance, Reformation, or Scientific Revolution
Answer the driving question


Possible Topics

Artists
Michaelangelo
Donatello
Raphael
Leonardo daVinci
Albrecht Durer
Titian
Bartolommeo Bandinelli
Filippo Brunelleschi

Artwork
paintings
Mona Lisa
Last Supper
Sistine Chapel Birth of David
The School of Athens
Madonna del Prato
Da Vinci's Notebooks

sculpture
David
Pieta
Moses


Reformation

Martin Luther
John Calvin
King Henry VIII

Other
Queen Elizabeth I
Miguel Cervantes
William Shakespeare
Petrarch
Dante Alighieri
Machiavelli
Johannes Gutenberg
Thomas More
Lorenzo de Medici
Copernicus
Galileo
Kepler
Newton