Welcome to Social Studies 8 Worldview

1. Welcome to Social Studies 8Worldview The Renaissance Game

2. Agenda for the Day • The Renaissance Game….Putting it Together – Due after the break! • Renaissance Unit Exam: Review Guide sent to you….Exam after the break • Questions?????

3. Creating the Renaissance Game • Choose the format for your game….it could be ANY type of game you like…Cranium, a card game, Monopoly, Pictionary, Jeopardy, etc. • Design your game…..either on the computer OR design it to be brought to the school. The choice is YOURS!! • Do NOT spend too much time on this process. I am more concerned with the questions you create.

4. Designing the Questions • Topic One:Why study the Renaissance? • What was the Renaissance? • How did the Renaissance spark the growth and exchange of ideas and knowledge across Europe (i.e., astronomy, mathematics, science, politics, religion, arts)? • ****Remember, you need 6 questions here….one from each level of Blooms***** • Topic Two: Exploration • Why – and how – did the Renaissance worldview spread beyond the borders of Europe? • Why did the European rather than the Aboriginal worldview become the dominant way of looking at things in the American continent?**** Remember, you need 6 questions here….one from each level of Blooms ***** • Topic Three:Renaissance Influence • In what ways did thinkers and philosophers influence society in the development of a humanist worldview during the Renaissance? • Why did the Renaissance worldview have such a long-lasting influence on other countries and cultures? • What lasting impact has the Renaissance had on the Western World? • **** Remember, you need 6 questions here….one from each level of Blooms *****

5. Topic Four:Geography and Trade • How did the physical geography of Renaissance Europe impact trade among, and competition between, European countries? • How did increased trade lead to the emergence of powerful city-states, (i.e., Florence, Venice, and Genoa)? • **** Remember, you need 6 questions here….one from each level of Blooms ***** • Topic Five: Expansionism and Imperialism • In what ways were the Age of Discovery and the rise of imperialism expressions of an expansionist worldview? • In what ways did exploration and intercultural contact during the Renaissance affect the citizenship and identity of Europeans? • What affect did European nations have on the Indigenous people they came in contact with? • **** Remember, you need 6 questions here….one from each level of Blooms *****Topic Six:Worldview Changes • How does worldview change as a result of: • Changing social structures? • Increased trade and business? • Shifts in ideas? • Exploration and expansion?Remember, you need 6 questions here….one from each level of Blooms

6. Blooms Use Blooms to create different levels of questions!! So, in total, 6 questions for each topic (there are 6 of them) means you will have 36 questions in total for our game!!! Have fun, be creative, design thoughtful questions!!!!! If you are working with a partner, you need to let me know 

7. What’s Coming Up? • Onsite • Exam • Spanish and Aztecs – the new unit