Unit #1 - Prelude to a Rebirth
8/23– Course Outline
Apple tree debate: “When you shake an apple tree and apples come cascading down, what “causes” them to fall? Is it the shaking of the tree? Is it the ripeness of the fruit which would have made them fall down, sooner or later, anyway? Or is it the law of gravity which makes objects fall downward to earth?” (Pipes, The Three Whys of the Russian Revolution)
8/24 - Signed Info Sheet from Parents
8/26 - Aquinas worksheet in pairs (no more than three)
Augustine, City of God
8/27 – William Faulkner, Nobel Acceptance Speech - Journal
Housekeeping - AP Euro Map Packet & List and Discussion Day Sign Ups
Middle Ages Discussion, Pt. 1
Don't forget to register on the textbook website
8/29 - pgs. 387-391
Middle Ages Discussion, Pt. 2
Village Illustration “seek and find”
Plague worksheet
Schama’s “Black Death”
8/30 - pgs. 391-396 (Share notes)
Middle Ages Discussion, Pt. 3
Mark Twain on St. Joan - Journal
Discuss how Honor Code applies to our class
9/2 - Labor Day
9/3 - pgs. 396-400
Tolstoy’s “Sea of History” - Journal
Renaissance, Pt. 1
Video Fall of Constantinople
Renaissance Art Project & Group Rubric
9/5 - pgs. 401-408 Renaissance Lecture, Pt. 2
DBQ Rubric talk
Medieval Capitalism - Discuss
“Practice” Art Analysis
9/6 - DBQ on plague
SOAPPSTONE sheet, too
9/9 - pgs. 408-415 (Share notes)
Renaissance Ideas
Optional Read - Caravaggio Article Renaissance Ideas Packet & Vernacular Literature
9/10 - Caravaggio video from Schama
OPTIC five Caravaggio Paintings
9/12 - Renaissance Discussion Day & Response Paper (Montaigne’s “On Cannibals” & Discussion Questions)
9/13 - Late Medieval/Renaissance Exam
Art Project due Friday, September 20th
Renaissance Study Guide
Maps from the PPT to know - #s 1-10
Identifications:
Definitions:
Short Answers - Always use specific examples, which means proper names, places, and events.
Art Pieces to be able to recognize:
1. “Mourning of Christ” – Giotto
2. “Mona Lisa” – Leonardo da Vinci
3. “The Last Supper” – Leonardo da Vinci
4. “The School of Athens” – Raphael
5. “Tribute Money” – Masaccio
6. “Primavera” – Botticelli
7. “David”(s) – Michelangelo & Donatello
8. “Creation of Adam” (From Sistine Chapel) – Michelangelo
9. “Giovanni Arnolfini and His Bride” – Jan van Eyck
10. “Adoration of the Magi” – Albrecht Durer
11. “Adam and Eve” – Albrecht Durer
Apple tree debate: “When you shake an apple tree and apples come cascading down, what “causes” them to fall? Is it the shaking of the tree? Is it the ripeness of the fruit which would have made them fall down, sooner or later, anyway? Or is it the law of gravity which makes objects fall downward to earth?” (Pipes, The Three Whys of the Russian Revolution)
8/24 - Signed Info Sheet from Parents
8/26 - Aquinas worksheet in pairs (no more than three)
Augustine, City of God
8/27 – William Faulkner, Nobel Acceptance Speech - Journal
Housekeeping - AP Euro Map Packet & List and Discussion Day Sign Ups
Middle Ages Discussion, Pt. 1
Don't forget to register on the textbook website
8/29 - pgs. 387-391
Middle Ages Discussion, Pt. 2
Village Illustration “seek and find”
Plague worksheet
Schama’s “Black Death”
8/30 - pgs. 391-396 (Share notes)
Middle Ages Discussion, Pt. 3
Mark Twain on St. Joan - Journal
Discuss how Honor Code applies to our class
9/2 - Labor Day
9/3 - pgs. 396-400
Tolstoy’s “Sea of History” - Journal
Renaissance, Pt. 1
Video Fall of Constantinople
Renaissance Art Project & Group Rubric
9/5 - pgs. 401-408 Renaissance Lecture, Pt. 2
DBQ Rubric talk
Medieval Capitalism - Discuss
“Practice” Art Analysis
9/6 - DBQ on plague
SOAPPSTONE sheet, too
9/9 - pgs. 408-415 (Share notes)
Renaissance Ideas
Optional Read - Caravaggio Article Renaissance Ideas Packet & Vernacular Literature
9/10 - Caravaggio video from Schama
OPTIC five Caravaggio Paintings
9/12 - Renaissance Discussion Day & Response Paper (Montaigne’s “On Cannibals” & Discussion Questions)
9/13 - Late Medieval/Renaissance Exam
Art Project due Friday, September 20th
Renaissance Study Guide
Maps from the PPT to know - #s 1-10
Identifications:
- Black Death
- Hundred Years’ War
- Joan of Arc
- Henry V
- Mehmed II
- Great Schism
- Humanism
- Francis Petrarch
- Hanseatic League
- Medici
- Jacquerie
- Wat Tyler
- Great Schism
- Council of Constance
- John Wycliffe
- Jan Hus
- Pico della Mirandola
- Christine de Pisan
- Leonardo da Vinci
- Ferdinand y Isabella
- Louis XI
- Cosimo de Medici
Definitions:
- Yersinia Pestis
- Flagellants
- Anti-Semitism
- Agincourt
- Charles VII
- Battle of Kosovo
- Marsilius of Padua
- William Ockham
- Gregory XI
- Urban VI
- Christendom
- Lollards
- Hussites
- Batista Alberti
- Jan Van Eyck
- Lorenzo Ghiberti
- Isabelle d'Este
- Peace of Lodi
- "Little People" and "Fat People"
- Conversos
Short Answers - Always use specific examples, which means proper names, places, and events.
- What crises did European confront in the fourteenth and fifteenth centuries and how did they handle them? [Describe THREE.]
- How and why did Renaissance humanists, artists, and musicians revive classical traditions? [Describe each in depth with specific examples.]
- How did the monarchs and republics of the fifteenth century use (and abuse) their powers? [Make sure to include examples of each.]
- How did the rulers of the fourteenth century make use of the forms and styles of the Renaissance? [Use AT LEAST TWO examples of individuals.]
- On what values did Renaissance humanists and artists agree? [Describe AT LEAST FOUR.]
Art Pieces to be able to recognize:
1. “Mourning of Christ” – Giotto
2. “Mona Lisa” – Leonardo da Vinci
3. “The Last Supper” – Leonardo da Vinci
4. “The School of Athens” – Raphael
5. “Tribute Money” – Masaccio
6. “Primavera” – Botticelli
7. “David”(s) – Michelangelo & Donatello
8. “Creation of Adam” (From Sistine Chapel) – Michelangelo
9. “Giovanni Arnolfini and His Bride” – Jan van Eyck
10. “Adoration of the Magi” – Albrecht Durer
11. “Adam and Eve” – Albrecht Durer