S1+Vierkant,+Corinne

=Stage 1 - Identify Desired Results= Grade 9-Diploma** "The Renaissance and Transition into the Modern World" b. Analyze and critique major historical eras, major enduring themes, turning points, events, consequences and people in the history of the United States and World and the implications for the present and future. ||
 * **Establish Goals (MLR):** **(G)** ||
 * **//Maine Learning Results//: Social Studies - E. History**
 * E1 Historical knowledge, concepts, themes, and patterns
 * Students understand major eras, major enduring themes, and historical influences in the United States and World history including the roots of democratic philosophy, ideals and institutions in the World.**

//What understandings are desired?//
•Health and economic factors were the major causes of the Renaissance (what causes change). •The Renaissance was the starting point of the transition from the dark ages to the modern era. ||
 * **//Students will understand that://** **(U)** ||
 * •The Renaissance was characterized by philosophy and a return to ancient Greek and Roman ideals.

//What essential questions will be considered?//
• Why did Europeans return to ancient philosophies, ideals, and technology. • How does the Renaissance mark the transition into the modern world. ||
 * **Essential Questions:** **(Q)** ||
 * •Why did the Renaissance happen.

//What key knowledge and skills will students acquire as a result of this unit?//
• Philosophies/ Terminology: Humanism, //Virtu//, City-State, Republic, Greco-Roman Architecture, "The Prince", "Christian Humanism" vs. "Pagan Humanism", Modern Devotion, Schism, Protestantism, Catholicism. • Formulas of Change: Economic surge, Famine, Drought, Epidemics, War, Corruption, Art. || • Express what causes change. • Illustrate factors in history that cause change. • Decide whether the Renaissance truly marks the starting point of the modern world. • b. Analyze and critique major eras, major enduring themes, turning points, events, consequences, and people in the history of the World and the implications for the present and future. • Consider the appeal of Greek and Roman ideals to 15th century Europeans. • Recognize past knowledge of ancient Greece and Rome. ||
 * **//Students will know://** **(K)** || **//Students will be able to://** **(S)** ||
 * •Events and People: Bubonic Plague, 100 Years War, Aristotle, Socrates, Plato, Leonardo DaVinci, Michelangelo, Raphael, Leonardo Bruni, Francesco Petrarca, Dante, Pico Della Mirandola, Niccolo Machiavelli, Copernicus, Giovanni Boccaccio, Martin Luther, Ruling Families: Fuggers, Tudors, Hapsburgs, Medici, Valois line, Borgia.

updated 9/17
 * 2004 ASCD and Grant Wiggins and Jay McTighe**