Renaissance Exploring History Through Primary Sources

ISBN: 0-7439-3933-6

Price: $129.00

Use original documents and photographs as well as letters, maps, cartoons, and posters to help students explore the past. Primary sources provide unique insight into the lives of people in different time periods. Each kit includes: 16 photographs and primary source documents--photo cards with background information, discussion questions, and suggested activities printed on the back; CD with photographs, other primary sources student activity sheets, and extension activities; and 80 page Teacher's Guide including lesson plans, background information, a wide variety of student activities, and a document-based assessment section to help students prepare for essays found on many standardized tests. Each kit also meets the NCSS standards for primary source documents. Photographs: Sistine Chapel; Portrait of Machiavelli; Botticelli's "Primavera"; Raphael's "School of Athens"; The Duomo in Florence; Donatello's "The Marzocco"; Ghiberti's "Gates of Paradise"; "Dante with his Poem" by Domenico di Michelino. Other items: Henry VIII's response to Martin Luther; Engraving of the Reformation leaders; Da Vinci's notes on his flying machine; "Moses" by Michelangelo; Denunciation slot at Doge's palace; Record of microscopic observations of insects; Portrait of playwright William Shakespeare; Map of Florence. This series has received the 2003 Distinguished Achievement Award from the Association of Educational Publishers EdPress.