Quick lesson with activity over the most famous people of the Renaissance. Articles to go with activity.

1. 1/14/16 Bell Ringer
Name all the people of the Renaissance that
you can think of.
***Don’t use your book**

2. Who’s Who of the Renaissance
• The Renaissance is filled with a number of
people that created amazing works of art,
literature, and new aspects of European
culture.
• As a class, we will be looking into a few of
them in greater detail.

3. Looking Deeper…
• Your group will be assigned a figure of the
Renaissance:
– Leonardo da Vinci
– King Henry VIII
– Michelangelo
– Johannes Gutenberg
– William Shakespeare
– Raphael
– Marco Polo

4. Gallery Walk: Step 1
• Each person in the group must
contribute!!
• Create a poster analyzing
(breaking down) the
information gathered from
your article.
• Title of ARTICLE
• Main idea of the article
– 5 to 6 bullet points
• Create a critical thinking
question (how or why) based
on your topic.

5. Gallery walk: Step 2
• Each group will report to their original group
when I say ‘go’.
• I will then direct you to rotate.
• I will then direct you to ‘teach’ your topic –
“teachers” if you finish ask the students the
questions!
• Students- you do not have to write every single
thing from the poster. You may paraphrase the
information, but you must write something.
• You will remain at each group for 1-2 minutes.

6. Group debriefing
• The “teacher” must now learn
from the students!
• The other 3 students will take
turns and teach the “teacher”
what they have learned from
their peers. You are giving one
another feedback!
• As the teacher is being taught
they will jot down the
information they have gathered
on their note sheet.

7. Gallery Walk Quiz!
1. Who invented the printing press?
2. What artist created the statue of David?
3. With what group did Marco Polo travel?
4. Name one of William Shakespeare’s plays.
5. He was the artist that created many great
paintings for the pope.
6. What king split the Catholic Church?
7. Who is considered to be the ultimate
Renaissance man?