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 * Objective 8.03** Identify major discoveries, innovations, and inventions, and assess their influence on societies past and present.


 * Like Creativity? Join the Renaissance Fair Today! **


 * __ Hook __**** : On the board, THE EUROPEAN RENAISSANCE will be written in large letters. Students will come up to the board and write down anything that comes to mind- definition, location, how it has affected societies, etc. This anticipatory activity will hopefully help students become aware of what they already know about the Renaissance and entice them about knowing more. **


 * __ Main Activity __**** : The classroom will be split into six stations- Italy, Spain, France, Poland, The Netherlands, and Germany, in which students will be broken up into groups and placed at a country. Each group will be responsible for researching on how the Renaissance affected and influenced literature, politics, art, science, religion, humanism/self-awareness, and other cultural aspects in their particular country during the time of the Renaissance and the present-day. This can be done through what they learned from my lecture, the use of the textbook, online research, or other resourceful books found in the school library. **


 * __ Assessment __**** : We will then hold a "Renaissance Fair", in which students will present their findings in a creative fashion- produce a video, construct a posterboard/painting, conduct an interview/roleplaying. Their presentations must include all the criteria above, as well as demonstrate their newfound knowledge about the Renaissance. **