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Great City-states of the Renaissance

Rank selected Italian city-states in order of their influence in shaping a Renaissance worldview.


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Specific Outcomes

This critical challenge may address these outcomes:

Specific Outcome 8.2.3 - Students will recognize how beliefs and values are shaped by time, geographic location and societal context (C, TCC, LPP)
Specific Outcome 8.2.4.4 - How did increased trade lead to the emergence of powerful city-states (i.e., Florence, Venice, Genoa)? (TCC, CC, ER)
Specific Outcome 8.S.1.1 - Students will analyze the validity of information based on context, bias, source, objectivity, evidence and reliability to broaden understanding of a topic or an issue
Specific Outcome 8.S.3.1 - Students will interpret historical maps to broaden understanding of historical events
Specific Outcome 8.S.3.2 - Students will use thematic maps to describe cultural and political regions
Specific Outcome 8.S.3.3 - Students will construct and interpret various maps to broaden understanding of given topics
Specific Outcome 8.S.3.4 - Students will define geographic problems and issues and pose geographic questions
Specific Outcome 8.S.4.3 - Students will propose and apply strategies or options to solve problems and deal with issues
Specific Outcome 8.S.4.4 - Students will participate in and predict outcomes of problem-solving and decision-making scenarios
Specific Outcome 8.S.7.2 - Students will develop a position supported by information gathered through research
Specific Outcome 8.S.7.3 - Students will draw conclusions based upon research and evidence
Specific Outcome 8.S.8.1 - Students will communicate in a persuasive and engaging manner through speeches, multimedia presentations and written and oral reports, taking particular audiences and purposes into consideration

Assessment of Specific Outcomes

This table identifies only learning outcomes that are assessed by using the summative student task. Other outcomes for this critical challenge are addressed through instruction.

Specific Outcome 8.2.4.4 - How did increased trade lead to the emergence of powerful city-states (i.e., Florence, Venice, Genoa)? (TCC, CC, ER)
Specific Outcome 8.S.7.2 - Students will develop a position that is supported by information gathered through research
Specific Outcome 8.S.7.3 - Students will draw conclusions based upon research and evidence
Specific Outcome 8.S.7.16 - Students will access and retrieve information through the
electronic network
Specific Outcome 8.S.8.1 - Students will communicate in a persuasive and engaging manner through speeches, multimedia presentations and written and oral reports, taking particular audiences and purposes into consideration

 

C Citizenship
ER Economics and Resources
CC Culture and Community
I Identity
LPP The Land: Places and People
GC Global Connections
TCC Time, Continuity and Change
PADM Power, Authority, and Decision Making
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