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21. Learn about the theft of the Mona Lisa at http://www.pbs.org/treasuresoftheworld/a_nav/mona_nav/main_monafrm.html . Write a reflective essay on your thoughts as to what might have happened to her?
22. Go to http://www.pbs.org/empires/medici/index.html . Who were the Medici? Why was this such a powerful family for this time period? Write a reflective essay.
23. You would like to commission an artist to create an alter-piece for your church, or your family is very rich and powerful and has upgraded to a new castle in the neighborhood. Use this online resource http://witcombe.sbc.edu/ARTHLinks2.html to choose the works that would best suit your constituency. Choose five works and describe why you have chosen them. please site your examples.
24. Use this online resource http://witcombe.sbc.edu/ARTHLinks2.html. Recommend five websites with a brief description of each for me to share with the class.
25. Define the term Renaissance from researching http://www.ibiblio.org/wm/paint/glo/renaissance/ and choose a Renaissance man from this site that you can write a brief biography about.
26. Use any of the online resources. Choose a piece of art work and create a poem, story, piece of music or original piece of artwork from the renaissance piece that most inspires you to be creative. Work can be scanned as a JPEG, send as an e-mail word attachment.
27. Create a Power Point Presentation using the course resources or your own sites to integrate Renaissance into your curriculum. Three to Five slides would be appropriate for this assignment.
28. Follow this web quest, http://www.twingroves.district96.k12.il.us/Renaissance/VirtualRen.html. Write a reflective essay on how you maight use this in your classroom, or variations on any of the ideas you may have.
29. Go on a virtual tour of The Sistine Chapel, http://mv.vatican.va/3_EN/pages/CSN/CSN_Main.html. Research the art of frescoes. Write a reflective essay, or create an original lesson plan. Here are some additional sources: http://www.italianfrescoes.com/michelangelo.asp , http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Sistine_Chapel , http://www.inforoma.it/feature.php?lookup=michel
30. Create a lesson plan integrating three different subject areas in the Renaissance style of learning. For example make connections in the same lesson of your choice using Art, Math and Science, or Music, poetry , and Social Studies. Visit this web-site for ideas: http://worldhistory.mrdonn.org/renaissance.html
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