5.3 SkillBuilder activity HISTORICAL PERSPECTIVES AND INTERPRETATIONS The Renaissance was a time that saw the emergence of many new products and ideas. Create amind-map showing the causes of these changes and unpacking the changes themselves. Mind-maps are used to help us identify and understand the connections between events or ideas in history. You will need a large piece of paper to write on and some coloured pencils. Alternatively, you may like to use a coloured lotus diagram. 1. Begin by putting the central idea of the Renaissance in the centre. Write a few words to summarise the Renaissance under the heading. 2. Think of as many changes as you can and record them. You may like to work with a partner. Each change should have its own colour. For example, write down classical influences in one colour. 3. Now record the consequences of classical influences in the same colour using a circle or a square from the lotus diagram. For example, Humanists were influenced by the ideas of Cicero. Wherever possible, record an example of a change (e.g. for the ideas of the Humanists you might write a new curriculum). 4. Use arrows to illustrate connections between your ideas (e.g. you could connect Humanists with the printing press).
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REMEMBER AND UNDERSTAND 1. Determine if the following statements are True or False. a. Italy’s location was important in exchanging goods and ideas. b. Patrons were responsible for delaying the spread of Renaissance ideas. c. City-states were run by different political systems. 2. Explain why wealthy individuals, including rulers, bankers and merchants, became patrons of the arts. Select all that apply. A. To display their economic wealth and political power B. To demonstrate their sophistication C. To promote the arts within their community D. To provide employment for their community E. To show they had wanted to be artists themselves 3. Answer the following. a. Identify the statement that best defines a city-state. A. A city-state is an independent urban centre and surrounding countryside that is governed by powers outside its borders. B. A city-state is an independent urban centre that is governed by its own laws and political system. C. A city-state is an independent rural centre that is governed by its own laws and political system. D. A city-state is an independent urban centre and surrounding countryside that is governed by its own laws and political system.
E. A city-state is a city within a larger country that abides by that country’s laws. b. List the different ways city-states were governed during the Renaissance.
4. Circle the correct options to complete the sentence. Patrons were important in the spread of changes and ideas of the Renaissance because farmers / artists / bankers / families and intellectuals told each other about new ideas / competed for the same work / moved from place to place in search of a patron . 5. Imagine that you are studying at a university during the Renaissance and write a diary entry describing your reaction to the arrival of the Greek scholar Manuel Chrysoloras.
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