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Dive into the rise of the Medici family through PBS's Medici: Godfathers of the Renaissance. Engage with historical context, art, and society changes. Homework entails reading and analyzing, with a focus on noteworthy individuals and the family's impact.
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Agenda January 6 • Journal • Preview Questions • Watch PBS’s Medici: Godfathers of the Renaissance • Concluding Questions • HW: Read Chapter 17 section 2 pages 480-485. • Using the note taking strategy suggested on page 480 take notes on what you read. • Answer questions 3,4,7,and 8 on page 485. • Begin filling out Comparison Chart and working on your Family Tree
Preview Questions • What do you already know about the Medici family and the Renaissance? • Where is Florence or Firenze, as it is known in Europe? • The Renaissance starts in the quatrocento; what century is that? What years does that include? • What does the title The Medici: Godfathers of the Renaissance suggest about the series and the family? • How does a family become rich and powerful?
Focusing Questions • As you watch, see how the Medici rose from poverty and insignificance. • Also notice this: Why were art and architecture so important to the rise of the Medici? • In what ways are accepted beliefs challenged?
Watching the Movie • Please fill our the viewing guide as we watch
Answering the Focusing Questions • As you watch, see how the Medici rose from poverty and insignificance. • Also notice this: Why were art and architecture so important to the rise of the Medici? • In what ways are accepted beliefs challenged? • What do you have questions about? • What do you like about the way the film presents the information? • What is going to happen to Cosimo?
Watching Part 2 • Answer page 2 questions
Closure Questions • What was unique about Cosimo, Brunelleschi, and Florence? • How did Cosimo, Brunelleschi, and Florence contribute to the birth of the Renaissance? • What problems do you foresee for the Medici family? Why? • In what ways were the ancients and the great writers from the East and Orient different from the Christian thinkers of the Middle Ages? • In what ways does our society discourage or punish people for thinking, believing, and acting differently from the majority?