SECOND TERM INTERDISCIPLINARY PROJECTS

* Renaissance took place between the 14th and the 16th centuries in Europe.

* The invention of the Gutenberg printing press in 1450 was an important invention because ideas travelled quicker and farther through all of Europe.

* Renaissance was a great time for beauty and art. Leonardo de Vinci, Micheangelo created great works of art. William Shakespeare, Cervantes were great writers.

* It was also a time of creativity, imagination and curiosity. Renaissance was the age of exploration. The voyages of great explorers (Columbus, Ponce de León, Balboa, etc... occurred during the Renaissance.

* The word renaissance is a French word and it means "rebirth". The people in that time wanted to recreate the classical models of Ancient Greece and Rome.

* Venice became the the busiest seaport in the world and Florence was the heart of art.

* During that time, Italy was the centre of the world culture and also the economic, trade and financial leaders for Europe.

* It was a time of new ideas, science, astronomy, religion, literature, mathematics, phylosophy and politics.

* Those changes led to a modern era.

FAMOUS PEOPLE

1. William Shakespeare
2. Leonardo da Vinci
3. Michelangelo
4. Johann Gutenberg
5. Martin Luther
6. John Calvin
7. Galileo
8. Christopher Columbus
9. Ferdinand Magellan
10. Isaac Newton
11. Prince Henry the Navigator
12. King Ferdinand and Queen Isabella
13. Henry VIII
14. Queen Elisabeth I
15. Francisco Pizarro
16. Hernando Cortes
17. Jean Jacques Rousseau
18. Voltaire
19. John Locke
20. Nicolaus Copernico
    

PROJECT

TASK 1:
Work in pairs and research information about some famous people in the Renaissance.

Open this document to start your project.



TASK 2: Write a dialogue between an interviewer and a famous person.