Websites By Kids For Kids
Renaissance Art History WebPage Hot List
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/The_Renaissance
Journey Through the Renaissance (2000 ThinkQuest Internet Challenge)
http://library.thinkquest.org/C005356/
Take a step back in time and enter a period in which man left behind what has been called the 'dark ages.' Here you will find information on the arts, sciences, wars, politics and religion from the Renaissance period. This is an interactive site with fast moving graphics that inclusion children will find attractive.
Michaelangelo Buonarroti
http://www.k12.hi.us/~kapunaha/michaelangelo.htm
This student project site houses a brief biography of the Renaissance artist.
Related Biographies:
2) Leonardo da Vinci http://www.k12.hi.us/~kapunaha/da_vinci.htm
3) Rembrandt Van Rijn http://www.k12.hi.us/~kapunaha/rembrandt.htm
4) Sandro Botticelli http://www.k12.hi.us/~kapunaha/botticelli.htm
Renaissance Faire from Gage Middle School
http://www.lausd.k12.ca.us/Gage_MS/Renaissance_faire/
Welcome knights and ladies! Your presence is requested at the coronation of Queen Elizabeth. And you can learn lots more about the Renaissance period.
Renaissance Personalities
http://www.yesnet.yk.ca/schools/projects/renaissance/
Here you learn about the artists, architects, scientists, scholars, and other notable men and women of the Renaissance.
Virtual Renaissance (1996 ThinkQuest Internet Challenge)
http://renaissance.district96.k12.il.us/
This Web project introduces Renaissance 'characters' who describe their lives and access a wide list of Renaissance topics such as clothing, food, and architecture.
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Renaissance Word Jumble
http://library.thinkquest.org/C005356/A-unjumble.htm
Renaissance Faire
http://www.renfaire.com/
Step back 400 years to a time of romance. Shakespeare is in the prime of his career. Sir Francis Drake has circumnavigated the globe. The New World exists as a boundless frontier. It is a 'golden age.'
Related Websites:
2) Life in Elizabethan England: A Compendium of Common Knowledge
http://renaissance.dm.net/compendium/home.html
3) Women in the Renaissance (Grades 10-12) http://www.svhe.pdx.edu/summerinstitute/projects2000/rachelcasteel/overview.html
Compare And Contrast Two Lives of the Renaissance. Select two individuals and research their lives, work, and achievements. You can find a bunch of biographies at Biographies of the Renaissance, http://www.42explore2.com/renaissance2.htm. Identify how the lives and works of your two people are similar and ways that they differ. Present your findings.
Have A Renaissance Feast. As the culmination - - or a kickoff to learning and exploring the Renaissance period, cook and serve some food typical of the times - - or that is, as close as possible. Research it at Elizabethan Food http://members.aol.com/renfrowcm/elizabethan.html#index and Medieval/Renaissance, http://www.pbm.com/~lindahl/food.html
Don't forget song and dance!
