Renaissance--Revival, Rebirth, Art & Science
In fall/winter of 2002 we studied the Renaissance. This is what my children ages 8 and 10 used. The materials listed are geared towards a 5th grader. As we proceeded with this unit, we came to realize that we had two units; one on Leonardo da Vinci and one on Michelangelo. So we split this unit up although most of the books cross over. Those books with a ^ were used (and listed) in both book lists.
Please see the General History page for more books and links.
| Resources--books | Resources--web sites | Projects | Writing Assignments0 |
Resources
Books
Non-Fiction--Information books:
 | A Renaissance Town; Inside Story by Jacqueline Morley (Peter Bedrick Books)*^ |
| Art and Artists; Renaissance Art by Nathaniel Harris (Thomson Learning)^ |
| Art Fraud Detective by Anna Nilsen (Kingfisher)^ |
| Battle by Richard Holmes (Eyewitness-Alfred A. Knopf, 1995; ISBN 0679573333)* |
| Cathedral; The Story of Its Construction by David Macaulay (Houghton Mifflin Company)^ |
| Famous Men of the Renaissance and Reformation by John H Haaren LL.D. & A.B. Poland, Ph.D. (revised by Cyndy & Robert Shearer) (Greenleaf Press)^ |
| Fine Print; A Story about Johann Gutenberg by Joann Johansen Burch (Carolrhoda Books)^ |
| Gutenberg by Leonard Everett Fisher (Macmillan Publishing) KR^ |
| Leonardo & His Times by Andrew Langley (Eyewitness) |
| Leonardo da Vinci by Tony Hart (Famous Children series) |
| Leonardo da Vinci by Richard McLanathan (First Impressions) |
| Leonardo da Vinci by Diane Stanley (Scholastic)* KR |
| Leonardo da Vinci (Art for Children) by Ernest Rabott (A Harper Trophy Book) |
| Leonardo da Vinci; Dreams, Schemes and Flying Machines by Heinz Kuhne (Prestel Verlag) |
| Leonardo's Horse by Jean Fritz, illustrated by Hudson Talbott (G.P. Putnam's Sons) KR |
| Masters of Art; Giotto and Medieval Art by Lucia Corrain (Peter Bedrick Books)*^ |
| Masters of Art; Leonardo da Vinci by Francesca Romei (Peter Bedrick Books)^ |
| Masters of Art: The Art of the Renaissance by Lucia Corrain (Peter Bedrick Books) |
| Renaissance by Alison Cole (Eyewitness)^ "Restoration Reveals The Last Supper" Nation Geographic, November 1983 page 664-685 by Carolo Bertelli* |
| The Everyday Life of a Cathedral Builder (Peter Bedrick Books)^ |
| The Everyday Life of a Florentine Merchant (Peter Bedrick Books)^ |
| The Greenleaf Guide to Famous Men of the Renaissance and Reformation by Cyndy Shearer (Greenleaf Press)^ |
| The Importance of Leonardo da Vinci by Stuart A. Kallen and P. M. Boeknoff (Lucent Books) |
| The Renaissance and the New World; History of Everyday Things by Giovanni Caselli (Peter Bedrick Books)^ |
| The Renaissance; the Invention of Perspective by Lillo Canto (Chelsea House Publishers)^ |
| The Three Masters of the Renaissance; Leonardo, Michelangelo, Raphael by Claudio Merlo (Barron's)^ |
| What Makes a Leonardo a Leonardo? by Richard Muhlberger
(Viking) |
Activity Books:
| The Renaissance (Bellerophon Books) A coloring book.^ |
Fiction:
| Leonardo and the Flying Boy by Laurence Anholt (Barron's) KR |
| The Second Mrs. Giaconda by E.L. Konigsburg (Aladdin) RA |
Audio/visual:
Leonardo had so many wonderful art works that the books were treats themselves. See the book list above
Web sites
Site that are general to Renaissance
| Lesson plans for Renaissance |
| Renaissance Great place for information and links. Done by Learner.org |
| ArtCyclopedia--High Renaissance |
| ArtCyclopedia--Mannerism |
| Other Renaissance artist quick biographies (does have Leonardo & Michelangelo) |
| Historical Documents from the Medieval and Renaissance time |
| Renaissance Artist Gateway to great artist including Michelangelo and Leonardo |
| Renaissance Faire Learn about the time |
| Renaissance, the Elizabethan World Links to other sites |
| Metropolitan Museum of Art Page on Renaissance art. Literally a book on the web. |
| Web Gallery of Art |
| Women and Art in the Renaissance |
| Women Artists of the Renaissance |
| Art History (part 8--Renaissance) |
| Italian Renaissance Art Project |
| Virtual Renaissance: A journey through time |
| Sweet Briar College Dept of Art History--Renaissance |
| Gift shop for the Renaissance |
| Queen Elizabeth |
| Unit on Middle Ages and the Renaissance |
| Fashion History of Early Renaissance |
| Fashion History of Italian Renaissance |
Specific sites for Leonardo
| Leonardo--Best site on the web about the genius |
| Leonardo's Horse Chuck full of information on the greatest statue never built, until now. |
| Search Engine results for Leonardo |
| ArtCyclopedia--Leonarodo |
| Renaissance Art Leonardo |
| Drawings of Leonardo A catalog of all the drawing of Leonardo |
| Web Gallery of Art--Leonardo |
| Exploring Leonardo Super web site with awesome links |
| Web Museum--Leonardo |
Projects
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Leonardo da Vinci |
| any famous art piece--Mona Lisa, Last Supper, Baptism of Christ, |
| flying machines |
| canal |
| Florence |
| Milan |
| Perspective in painting |
| secular painting |
| Rome |
| Fresco |
| Oil Painting |
| Every day life |
| Food and drink |
| Weapons |
| Wars |
| tools |
| Leonardo's Horse |
| High Renaissance |
| Low Renaissance |
| Architecture |
| The Florence Cathedral |
| ...and more |
Assignment: Write a two page (double spaced) paper on a subject approved by your teacher, it doesn't have to be listed here. There needs to be two sources cited, remember the rules for citation. Also make some visual aide to go along for the presentation. Time allowed; 4 weeks. Click here to see their finished visuals.
Writing assignments
| The two books required for this unit were: The Second Mrs. Giaconda by E.L. Konigsburg, and Leonardo da Vinci by Diane Stanley. |
| For The Second Mrs. Giaconda they asked to pick a character and describe how that character grew up under the tutelage of Leonardo. The paper was to be one page, double spaced with two quotes from the book. |
| From Leonardo da Vinci, they were to pick a part and put themselves in the book. The paper was to be one page, double spaced. |
Completed October, 2002
November, 2006
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