GANAG
Format Lesson Plan:
Subject
Area: Social Studies
Grade:
7th
Goal: Students will learn
about the cultural legacies of the Renaissance, specifically of the city-states
of Italy during the period of time from the 12th century A.D. to the
16th century A.D.; they will be able to recognize the main historical
figures, and their cultural contributions, and analyze their influence today in
the world.
Access: Students will draw in
pairs a timeline in which they will identify the main events that occurred in
Italy and Europe during the period of time from the 12th century A.D.
to the 16th century A.D. For this activity, students will have to
remember what we saw in previous classes.
New Information: The jigsaw puzzle
activity will be carried out; the teacher will divide the class in groups and will
assign a topic to each group. They will first read individually and then
discuss with the other members of the group and will become, with the guide of
the teacher, experts in the topic assigned. Subsequently, they will change to
different groups where they will share their information with other students
that are experts in each of the other topics, who in turn will also share their
information. At the beginning of the jigsaw puzzle activity, one of the main Italian
city-states will be assigned to each group; they will have to study their
political, economic, cultural, and social characteristics during the time
period of time mentioned above.
Apply: The students,
in groups of three, will have to choose a historical figure who lived in these
Italian city-states in this period of time and who made great cultural
contributions. They will have to present what they investigated in a creative
way during a class next week (date assigned by the teacher). For this
presentation the students will have to include the influence in today’s world
of this character’s contributions. Some examples of historical figures that
meet these conditions are: Leonardo da Vinci, Michelangelo, Raphael, Titian,
Donatello, Machiavelli, and Galileo Galilei, among others.
Generalization: The students will individually, based on what they learned in this class,
write shortly why they think the city-states of Italy during that period of
time were cradle of so many geniuses. If they don’t think this is true they
will have to say it and support their statement.
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