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 Assignments |
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)^ |
| 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^ |
| The Greenleaf Guide to Famous Men of the Renaissance and Reformation by Cyndy Shearer (Greenleaf Press)^ |
| Masters of Art; Giotto and Medieval Art by Lucia Corrain (Peter Bedrick Books)^ |
| Masters of Art: The Art of the Renaissance by Lucia Corrain (Peter Bedrick Books)^ |
| Michelangelo by Diane Stanley (Scholastic)* KR |
| Michelangelo by Tony Hart (Famous Children series) |
| Michelangelo by Tony Hart (Famous Children series) (Barron's) KR |
| Michelangelo and His Times by Veronique Milande (Henry Holt) |
| Michelangelo (Art for Children) by Ernest Rabott (A Harper Trophy Book) |
| Michelangelo; the Last Judgment, a Glorious Restoration by Loren Partridge, Fabrizio Mancinelli & Gianluigi Colalucci (Harry N Abrams) A very grown up book, but the art work is brilliant!* |
| Michelangelo; the Sistine Chapel Ceiling, Rome by Loren Partridge (George Braziller) A very grown up book, but the art work is brilliant! |
| Renaissance by Alison Cole (Eyewitness)^ |
| The Everyday Life of a Cathedral Builder (Peter Bedrick Books)^ |
| The Everyday Life of a Florentine Merchant (Peter Bedrick Books)^ |
| The Importance of Michelangelo by William W. Lace (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 Sistine Chapel by Fabrizio Mancinelli (Edizioni Musei Vaticani) A very grown up book, but the art work is brilliant! |
| The Sistine Chapel edited by Stefano Zuffi (Rizzoli International) |
| The Three Masters of the Renaissance; Leonardo, Michelangelo, Raphael by Claudio Merlo (Barron's)^ |
Activity Books:
| The Renaissance (Bellerophon Books) A coloring book.^ |
Fiction:
| From the Mixed-Up Files of Mrs. Basil E. Frankweiler by E.L. Konigsburg (Aladdin)* RA |
| Michelangelo's Surprise by Tony Parillo (Farrar Straus Giroux)
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Audio/visual:
| The Hideaways (a movie) |
| From the Mixed-Up Files of Mrs. Basil E. Frankweiler (a movie) |
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 |
Specific sites for Michelangelo
| Biography of Michelangelo |
| Michelangelo's art works |
| ArtCyclopedia--Michelangelo |
| Biography on Michelangelo and another and still another |
| Michelangleo From a web site about Florence, Italy |
| Web Gallery of Art--Michelangelo |
| Sistine Chapel Virtual tour |
| Renaissance Art Michelangelo |
| Exploring the Sistine Chapel Ceiling |
Specific sites for the book From the Mixed-up Files of Mrs. Basil E. Frankweiler
| Who Sculpted Angel |
| FAQs (hosted by the Metropolitan Museum of Art) |
| Literarily Unit (great links) |
Projects
| We painted the ceiling (think Sistine Chapel). Click here for pictures. |
| Our ending project for Michelangelo (and Leonardo) was to put together a Helaman's Academy Art Museum. |
| Here are pictures of us carving and the Art Museum |
Writing assignments
We did not do any specific writing assignments for this unit.
Completed November, 2002
November, 2006
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