Historical Renaissance Influences

A collaborative secondary education history, art, and science assignment

Composed by Mr. Alfredo Cardenas, Mr. Epi Segura, Mr. Robert A. Guadian, Mr. Luis Leyva, and Mr. Dick Newton

Introduction

You are a museum guide (curator) who has the responsibility to create interest in the Renaissance period, the Rebirth, which has influenced our way of life. You are to design the brochure to distribute to the museum visitors.

Task

You are to design the brochure to distribute to the museum visitors.

Process

You will research the Renaissance Period using websites available such as:

The Renaissance Biographies http://www.gananda.k12.ny.us/library/mshslibrary/renbio.htm

MSN Encarta http://www.encarta.msn.com

Britannica Online http://school.eb.com/

You will assign yourselves to groups of five and select one Renaissance group to research.

You will research that Renaissance group and the information to be added to the brochure should include:

A. Identify the important people and their contributions to this time period. (Knowledge)

B. The effects that these contributions had on the world today. (Analyze)

C. State what you believe the contributions of today’s world will have on our future

world. (Synthesis)

Evaluation

Students will be evaluated as per rubrics in Rubistar http://rubistar.4teachers.org/view_rubric.php3?id=454878

CATEGORY	4	3	2	1
Writing - Organization	Each section in the brochure has a clear beginning, middle, and end.	Almost all sections of the brochure have a clear beginning, middle and end.	Most sections of the brochure have a clear beginning, middle and end.	Less than half of the sections of the brochure have a clear beginning, middle and end.
Writing - Grammar	There are no grammatical mistakes in the brochure.	There are no grammatical mistakes in the brochure after feedback from an adult.	There are 1-2 grammatical mistakes in the brochure even after feedback from an adult.	There are several grammatical mistakes in the brochure even after feedback from an adult.
Content - Accuracy	All facts in the brochure are accurate.	99-90% of the facts in the brochure are accurate.	89-80% of the facts in the brochure are accurate.	Fewer than 80% of the facts in the brochure are accurate.
Attractiveness & Organization	The brochure has exceptionally attractive formatting and well-organized information.	The brochure has attractive formatting and well-organized information.	The brochure has well-organized information.	The brochure's formatting and organization of material are confusing to the reader.
Graphics/Pictures	Graphics go well with the text and there is a good mix of text and graphics.	Graphics go well with the text, but there are so many that they distract from the text.	Graphics go well with the text, but there are too few and the brochure seems "text-heavy".	Graphics do not go with the accompanying text or appear to be randomly chosen.
Sources	Careful and accurate records are kept to document the source of 95-100% of the facts and graphics in the brochure.	Careful and accurate records are kept to document the source of 94-85% of the facts and graphics in the brochure.	Careful and accurate records are kept to document the source of 84-75% of the facts and graphics in the brochure.	Sources are not documented accurately or are not kept on many facts and graphics.

Conclusion

As a museum guide, you have completed research on the Renaissance period and created a brochure that identifies the influences of the Renaissance and that reflects the effects of these changes have had on today’s world. Your beliefs on what effects today’s world will have on our future remains to be seen. All visitors to this museum appreciate your hard work.

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