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Witness to Yesterday

  • Portray an interview between a significant person from the Renaissance period and a modern-day journalist.
  • Which three Renaissance individuals contributed most to shaping the Western worldview?

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Specific Outcomes

This critical challenge may address these outcomes:

Specific Outcome 8.2.1 - Students will appreciate how Renaissance Europe formed the basis for the worldview of the Western world (C, TCC)
Specific Outcome 8.2.2 - Students will demonstrate a willingness to consider differing beliefs, values and worldviews (C, I)
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 8.2.4.1 - What was the Renaissance? (TCC, LPP)
Specific Outcome 8.2.4.2 - How did the Renaissance spark the growth and exchange of ideas and knowledge across Europe (i.e., astronomy, mathematics, science, politics, religion, arts)? (TCC, ER, PADM, GC)
Specific Outcome 8.2.4.5 - In what ways did thinkers and philosophers influence society in the development of a humanist worldview during the Renaissance? (GC, I)
Specific Outcome 8.2.4.6 - In what ways were the Age of Discovery and the rise of imperialism expressions of an expansionist worldview? (TCC, PADM, LPP)
Specific Outcome 8.2.4.7 - In what ways did exploration and intercultural contact during the Renaissance affect the citizenship and identity of Europeans? (C, I, GC, LPP, TCC)
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.1.3 - Students will demonstrate the ability to analyze local and current affairs
Specific Outcome 8.S.1.4 - Students will re-evaluate personal opinions to broaden understanding of a topic or an issue
Specific Outcome 8.S.2.3 - Students will analyze the historical contexts of key events of a given time period
Specific Outcome 8.S.4.1 - Students will demonstrate skills of compromise and devise strategies to reach group consensus
Specific Outcome 8.S.5.1 - Students will identify and use a variety of strategies to resolve conflicts peacefully and fairly
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
Specific Outcome 8.S.8.2 - Students will use skills of informal debate to persuasively express differing viewpoints regarding an issue
Specific Outcome 8.S.8.3 - Students will elicit, clarify and respond appropriately to questions, ideas and multiple points of view presented in discussions
Specific Outcome 8.S.8.4 - Students will offer reasoned comments relating to a topic of discussion
Specific Outcome 8.S.8.5 - Students will listen to others to understand their points of view
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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