Calendar for: The Renaissance and Worldview

September 7, 2016 December 21, 2016

Grade: 8 K&E
GENERAL LEARNING OUTCOME: 8.2 Origins of a Western Worldview: Renaissance Europe

Chapter 1 & 2
(2 weeks)

Introduction/Worldview
(1 week)
Chapter 2
Chapter 3 & 4
(4 weeks)
(4 weeks)

Chapter 1
(1 week)

Chapter 5 & 6
(4 weeks)

Total = 16 weeks
Monday,
September 5

Tuesday,
September 6

No School

STUDENT
FIRST DAY DAY

Wednesday,
September 7

First Day Survey

Intro Games
Course
Outline/Expectations
Etc.
Goals for Social

Thursday September 8

Where does worldview

come from?
Examining worldviews Slide
show go over answers
Google Slide
What is a worldview
POV/perspectives/worldvie
w
My Worldview Assignment
POV or Worldview?

Monday,
September 12

Tuesday,
September 13

Wednesday,
September 14

Thursday,
September 15

Review/complete
worldview
What is our
collective
worldview at St.
Francis in Grade 8

My Worldview

My Worldview

Friday, September 9

Worldviews 7 elements

Friday,
September 16

Europe map

Zombie Run

FA

FA
SA Europe Map 2

FA
SA Hierarchies sheet

Monday,
September 19

Tuesday,
September 20

Wednesday,
September 21

Thursday,
September 22

Friday,
September 23

Feudalism Smartie game

Assign students roles
Move up to the peasant revolt

Europe Map

Feudal Hierarchies
Worldview SWYK

SA Europe Map

SA Hierarchies

Religion in Medieval
Europe
Importance of the
Church

The Black Death

Comparison to Ebola
The Plague as a Curse
Pope Gregory VII and the
Sneeze

SA Compare and Contrast

Black Death

Monday,
September 26

Tuesday,
September 27

Wednesday,
September 28

Thursday,
September 29

Current Events

Peasant Revolt

Emergence of the
Renaissance
Personalities how
did they contribute to
a renaissance
worldview
Leonardo & The new
artists on the scene

Friday,
September 30

New ideas
Art and Architecture a
change in perspective
Comparing Medieval art and
Renaissance art
Caption This! -Renaissance
Selfies of the painters
Review for the quiz

SA Interview with a
renaissance personality

SA Feudalism Quiz

School
PD Day

Monday,
October 3

Tuesday,
October 4

Wednesday,
October 5

Thursday,
October 6

Friday,
October 7

Creativity
The Merchant Class
The arts
Rebirth of Ideas
Intercultural contact
and exchange of
ideas
Continue Caption
this!

Renaissance
Timeline

What factors
contributed to the
rise of trade between
Western Europe and
the east at the
beginning of the
Renaissance?
Pre-Marco Polo
The Crusades (review)
What was the point of
the crusades?

Cinnamon tea party

arrange for waivers to be
sent home indicating any
allergies we have tea as a
result of trade
What other common items
were traded because of the
renaissance?
Discussion

Current Events
Bias and what does that
mean? Can you detect bias
in an article?

SA Current Events

Monday,
October 10

Tuesday,
October 11

Wednesday,
October 12

Thursday,
October 13

Friday,
October 14

No School
Thanksgiving

Check in how
was thanksgiving?
Why do we
celebrate
thanksgiving?
Review of
crusades
Finish current
events if necessary

The Silk Road and

Trade
Why was the silk road
important to the
renaissance?
Who was Marco Polo

City-States what are they

and why are they important?
4 key elements of the city
states -Geography, Climate,
Leadership and Social
organization
Read passage in textbook in
groups and add to the word
wall

FA
Elements of
City States

Florence The great city

state
City State Map
4 important city states
o Fl
orence
o Mi
lan
o Ve
nice
o Ro
me
City state Bios

Monday,
October 17

Tuesday,
October 18

Wednesday,
October 19

Review the great

city states & the 4
key elements
City State Bios
fast facts
Exit card list an
element of the
success of the city
states and why
(word that better)

Show what you

know sheet about
the 4 key elements
of city states
Trade routes
Start the Buy &
Sell
Have information
of new items being
traded

Thursday,
October 20

Friday,
October 21

Continue working on
the Buy and Sell in the
computer lab

Division PD Day

School PD Day

FA

Monday,
October 24

Tuesday,
October 25

Check In
Entrance Slips
Critical Thinking
about trade routes
what was being
traded? What
industries were
growing?
Share and compare
information about
the buy and sell

DIVISION
FAITH DAY

Monday,
October 31

Tuesday,
November 1

What does it
mean to be a
humanist?
The Roots of
Humanism

Plato, Aristotle and

You!
Why are these
dudes important
during the
renaissance?

Wednesday,
October 26

Thursday,
October 27

Friday,
October 28

Buy and Sell

Continue reading and
learning about trade
routes and some of the
items that were being
brought in
Students will create
ads for new products
to include in their
magazine
Have students find
something in their
cupboards that was
traded during this time
frame

Wednesday,
November 2

SWYK

The Medicis The original

godfathers
Medici Biography
Medici Fast Facts Sheet
students will work in pairs to
fill in/compile fast facts
about these renaissance
power players

Thursday,
November 3
Trade

Humanism
cont + Humanists
scholars

Share and compare

progress the magazine ads
for the new goods try to
sell each other the products
Review for a show what
you know next week
What are the big ideas?
Who are the power
players?

Friday,
November 4
Current Events in the Computer
lab looking at photojournalism

FA

FA

FA - SWYK

FA

SA - Current Events

Monday,
November 7

Tuesday,
November 8

Wednesday,
November 9

Thursday,
November 10

Friday,
November 11

Terms working
together in teams

Civic humanism
(pg. 65)

Humanist Education
(pg 67)

Humanism and Religion (pg

69)

No School

Monday,
November 14

Tuesday,
November 15

Wednesday,
November 16

Thursday,
November 17

Friday, November 18

Analyzing Medieval Art

to Renaissance art
(background, Emotions,
Pose) Gallery Walk

Science and a new way of

seeing Science, Medicine,
Astronomy, Math, Anatomy
Leonardo DaVinci

Instagram Project

Monday,
November 21

Tuesday,
November 22

Wednesday,
November 23

Thursday,
November 24

Friday,
November 25

The rise of the arts

Europe as an artsy
place
Slideshow from the
louvre
How does art tell
stories? First
Nations cultures
created art to pass
down knowledge

Reformations in the
church
Martin Luther
Lutheran Church
an idea from the
renaissance that is
still prevalent today

Monday,
November 28

Protestant
Reformation
Remind students of
quiz on Friday

Tuesday,
November 29

Catholic counter
reformation

Instagram Project

Review for the quiz

Humanism Quiz

Wednesday,
November 30

Thursday,
December 1

Friday,
December 2

Oh Brave New
World
Age of Exploration

Positives and
Ngatives of
expanision
Going East and
Going West

Why Explore? 3 Main

Reasons
Columbus Photo
Caption

The terrible cost of

imperialism

School PD Day

Monday,
December 5

Tuesday,
December 6

Wednesday,
December 7

Thursday,
December 8

Friday,
December 9

Continue Ch. 5 / 6

Ch. 4 SWYK

Catch up day for any

missing assignments

Finish Ch. 5 / 6 and reveiw

Ch. SWYK

Monday,
December 12

Tuesday,
December 13

Wednesday,
December 14

Thursday,
December 15

Friday,
December 16th

Review

Unit Test

review

Review

Review

Monday,
December 19

Tuesday,
December 20

Wednesday,
December 21

Thursday,
December 22

Friday,
December 23

Unit 2

Unit 2

Unit 2

Unit 2

LAST DAY

*FA=Formative Assessment
*SA=Summative Assessment