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Chapter 4 Student Note Package – The Exchange of Ideas
Heresy anatomy astrology allegory excommunication
indulgences disseminates
BIG IDEA: How did the Renaissance spark the growth and exchange of ideas across
Europe?
Read the opening story on pg .79.
– Why would the church of Galileo’s time consider the Sun-centered theory to be
heresy?
– If you were a peasant of Renaissance time, would you side with the Church?
Provide reasoning for your answer:
Food for Thought….
- What does Galileo’s experience tell us about the difficulty of changing a
worldviews?
Media, Censorship, and Freedom of Expression:
- Create a short film/trailer, script, cartoon, drama production, etc. in which a
young person stands up for an issue or cause he or she believes in,
despite the possible consequences.
- Assessment: /8 marks total
o QUALITY of production /4
o Concept of story /4
Discussion Question: Don’t judge me because I believe in science…
(Nacho Libre)
- How can discoveries in science shape people’s worldview?
- Have you ever done a science experiment that resulted in new learning for you?
- How did this change how you viewed the world?
WRITTEN RESPONSE:
1. How are new scientific experiments challenging or altering our
worldview?
- (think of modern day: stem cell research, cloning, genetic mapping, genetically
modified plants/animals). Provide a response below providing reasoning and
evidence for your argument
The Scientific Method
Attitudes towards changed during the Renaissance. Thinkers dramatically
expanded the range of texts they read; this expanded their knowledge which then
expanded their methods.
The process of making observations, experimenting, and drawing conclusions based
on evidence is known as the “ “.
Draw the Scientific Method diagram from pg. 80 below:
The Scientific
Method
The use of the scientific method led to discoveries in many areas of science during
the Renaissance such as in , medicine and .
Astronomy
For thousands of years, and right up until the Renaissance, people believed that the
Sun went around the Earth. However, new theories would change this thought. Fill
in the chart below (using pg. 81 in your textbook) to see how astronomers built
upon each other’s theories.
Astronomy How Discoveries were Discoveries
made
Nicolaus Copernicus,
Polish astronomer
Johannes Kepler,
German
mathematician and
astronomer
Galileo Galilei, Italian
astronomer and
philosopher
Medicine
Define “anatomy” below:
Draw a picture that helps me remember
“anatomy” in the box
Define “astrology” below:
Doctors did not know about the structure and make-up of the human body and
much of their knowledge of treatment was derived from astrology, superstition,
bloodletting and the application of leeches….
Create a short cartoon image below to show Renaissance doctors at work:
Anatomy:
During the Renaissance, dissection was made legal for the purposes of studying in
many Italian cities. Andreas Vesalius, a professor at the University of Padu, dissected
bodies in the lecture hall while his students watched. He wrote a book in which was
illustrated with detailed, accurate drawings of the human body.
Leonardo DaVinci also dissected bodies for medical investigation.
Q: How would this improve the medical field in Renaissance time?
Mathematics
The works of geometry and algebra classical mathematicians were studied with
renewed fervor during the Renaissance. Thinkers like Leonardo DaVinci believed
that studying mathematics was the basic for understanding the .
Mathematics was used in the scientific method and astronomers like Kepler used
mathematics in their calculations. Math was also to Europe’s changing
economy.
Over to You: Question # 2 – Consider a Dilemma (Answer below):
Political and Religious Leadership
Born into Leadership
Historical Identification Card: Isabelle D’Este
Event Name/Person:
Date:
Where:
What (3-5 points):
Historical Importance/Relevance:
Historical Identification Card: Niccolo Machiavelli
Event Name/Person:
Date:
Where:
What (3-5 points):
Historical Importance/Relevance:
Discussion Point:
- What ideas about leadership would be the most effective do you
think?
Read Voices on pg. 90 and answer the 3 Think it Through questions below:
1.
2.
3.
Read “Zoom In” on pg. 91 and use words or sketches to answer the question: “How
would you represent good government and bad government in a work of art?”
MY ARTWORK/SKETCH
Changing Leadership and the Church
- Jigsaw activity: Savonarola, Martin Luther, Protestant Reformation, Catholic
Counter-Reformation.
Savonarola Martin Luther
Protestant Reformation Catholic Reformation
The Spread of Ideas
The Renaissance was also an information age in that there were so many new
ideas and so much new knowledge. This began in and eventually spread
through France, , and Portugal as well as northern Europe. Later, ideas
would spread to the America’s (can you think of how this happened?)
How did this happen back in the day? Summarize below:
Universities
Travelling Celebrities
Royal Courts
The Printing Press: A New Technology
Most people during the beginning of the Renaissance were illiterate. Only the most
educated people in society could and . Being literate meant that
you needed to know Latin or . (can you think of why?).
In about 1450, everything changed. A German inventor named Johannes
Guttenberg developed a printing press that allowed books to be produced quickly
and cheaply.
What effect would this have on Renaissance societal structure and rules?
The Spread of Knowledge
More than were printed in Europe by 1500. How did this change things in
Europe? List the points below in POINT FORM:
1.
2.
3.