The Renaissance: Was It a Thing?/Crash Course World History

Learning Resource Type

Classroom Resource

Subject Area

Social Studies

Grade(s)

9

Overview

John Green teaches you about the European Renaissance. European learning changed the world in the 15th and 16th centuries, but was it a cultural revolution, or an evolution? We'd argue that any cultural shift that occurs over a couple of hundred years isn't too overwhelming to the people who live through it. In retrospect though, the cultural bloom in Europe during this time was pretty impressive. In addition to investigating what caused the Renaissance and who benefitted from the changes that occurred, John will tell you just how the Ninja Turtles got mixed up in all this.

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Social Studies (2010) Grade(s): 9 - World History

SS10.WH.1

Describe developments in Italy and Northern Europe during the Renaissance period with respect to humanism, arts and literature, intellectual development, increased trade, and advances in technology.

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Vocabulary

  • Humanism
  • Renaissance

Knowledge

Students know:
  • Specific changes that occurred during the Renaissance in areas such as humanism, arts and literature, intellectual development, trade, and technology.

Skills

Students are able to:
  • Describe a historical period.
  • Analyze primary and secondary resources to identify changes over time.
  • Use evidence to determine cause and effect.

Understanding

Students understand that:
  • Changes in humanism, arts and literature, intellectual development, increased trade, and advances in technology worked together to result in the time period known as the Renaissance.

CR Resource Type

Audio/Video

Resource Provider

PBS

License Type

CUSTOM

Accessibility

Video resources: includes closed captioning or subtitles
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