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Garenfestcom 996390345.Pdf 1 About This Teachers Guide This Teachers Guide accompanies the Georgia Renaissance Festival’s annual Field Trip Day and is designed as a resource for teachers to enhance their students’ experience. Sections in this guide are followed by information on digital and print resources and/or suggested student activities. Some activities are classroom based; others are recommended activities for students during their field trip visit. The addenda (pages 51-82) offers additional suggestions for pre and post field trip activities, educational worksheets, and a summary of helpful resources for teachers. Field Trip Day offers students the opportunity to do more than read about history - it gives them a chance to experience it firsthand. Students step back in time and walk the streets of our recreated authentic 16th century English village of Newcastle, encounter major historic figures – Henry VIII, Leonardo da Vinci, William Shakespeare - and townspeople, and learn how the Renaissance changed global politics, culture, science, and everyday life. Interactive workshops, led by trained performer educators, teach students about the history and culture of the 15th and 16th Centuries. Performances and other hands-on learning opportunities introduce students to the theater, music, art, and entertainment of the period. Skilled artists demonstrate and discuss Renaissance trades and crafts: glassblowing, pottery, blacksmithing, felting, spinning and weaving. Field Trip Day and the suggested activities in this education guide are designed to be cross-curricular, for example supporting both History/Social Studies and English Language Arts/Literacy units, Art and Science. A detailed list of supported educational standards by grade and subject is on our main education page: https://www.garenfest.com/student-day-information. Map of the 16th Century World, Anonymous Artist, WorldGallery.co. uk 2 Table of Contents The Renaissance - An Introduction ........................................................................................................ 4 Differences Between the Middle Ages and Renaissance ....................................................................... 4 Global Politics and Defining Events Important Dates, Events and People ...................................................................................................... 5 16TH Century Political Powers ................................................................................................................. 9 European Global Exploration ................................................................................................................ 12 Political Change in 16th Century England Henry VIII and the English Reformation ................................................................................................ 14 Parliament ............................................................................................................................................. 18 Henry VIII’s Court and Advisors ............................................................................................................. 20 Black Tudors .......................................................................................................................................... 23 Life During the Renaissance The People: Social Classes ..................................................................................................................... 27 Renaissance Men & Women ................................................................................................................. 28 Cities, Towns, Rural Communities ......................................................................................................... 28 Children & Education ............................................................................................................................ 30 Dress and Fashion ................................................................................................................................. 32 Food and Drink ...................................................................................................................................... 35 Language ............................................................................................................................................... 36 Customs and Mannerisms of the 16th Century ..................................................................................... 37 Sports and Pastimes Falconry ................................................................................................................................................. 39 Tournament Jousting ............................................................................................................................ 41 Important Cultural and Scientific Advancements of the Renaissance Math & Science ..................................................................................................................................... 44 Leonardo da Vinci .................................................................................................................................. 46 Developments in the Visual Arts ........................................................................................................... 48 Theatre and Literature/William Shakespeare ....................................................................................... 51 The Printing Press .................................................................................................................................. 53 Professions and Crafts Glassblowing ......................................................................................................................................... 53 Pottery ................................................................................................................................................... 54 Weaving & Spinning .............................................................................................................................. 55 Blacksmithing ........................................................................................................................................ 56 Student Activities & Projects Mathematics During the Renaissance Quizzes (Math) ......................................................................... 58 Simple Machines of the Renaissance (STEAM/Social Studies/History)................................................. 69 Birds of Prey Worksheets (Life and Environmental Science) ............................................................... 71 Calligraphy & Manuscript Illumination (History/Social Studies/Art/Literacy) ...................................... 83 Design a Coat of Arms (History/Social Studies/Literacy/Art) ................................................................ 85 Speake the Speech (History/Social Studies/Literacy) ........................................................................... 86 Create a Character (History/Social Studies/Literacy/Theater) .............................................................. 90 Plan a Royal Feast (History/Social Studies) ........................................................................................... 92 3 Additional Suggested Classroom and Field Trip Activities ............................................................. 93 Additional Resources ................................................................................................................ 96 THE RENAISSANCE An Overview “… the desire to return to the classics, based on a rejection of the Middle Ages, brought to the new era not the rebirth of antiquity but the birth of Modern Man.” – H.W. Janson The Renaissance refers to the rebirth of learning that began in Italy in the mid-15th Century in the wealthy commercial centers of Florence, Milan and Venice, and owed its origins to the relative political stability and commercial growth of Mediterranean Europe. The ideas of the Renaissance spread slowly, reaching the North, including England, by the 16th century and ending in the mid-17th century in Northern Europe. (It ended earlier in Italy.) The Renaissance brought vast changes to art, culture, religion, philosophy, economics, and politics, affecting every aspect of people’s lives. The Renaissance ushered in an age of discoveries both intellectual and geographical. It was preceded by the revival of classical humanism and was paralleled by an age of exploration, during which Europeans journeyed to the African, Asian and American continents, broadening their horizons and bringing ideas and discoveries from these new worlds back to Europe. It marked the beginnings of modern science. In England and other parts of Northern Europe the Renaissance was also linked to the changes and disruption brought by the Protestant Reformation. Differences Between the Middle Ages and the Renaissance MIDDLE AGES RENAISSANCE Preoccupation with spiritual matters – the soul, Humanism spreads. Appreciation of art, dance, death, salvation, and afterlife music and other cultural and intellectual pursuits. Collectivism. Merchant and craft guilds dominate Exaltation of the individual. Capitalistic merchant commerce. entrepreneurs emerge. Feudalism Nationalism In wars knights were rarely killed; foot soldiers The introduction of gunpowder changed warfare made up the bulk of fatalities. fatalities. Both knights and foot soldiers were killed. Roman Catholic Church is both a political and Henry VIII founds Church of England. The English
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