Multidisciplinary Unit Studies: The Renaissance Era: Art, Architecture and Music
Sail back in time and take a magical journey through the renaissance with Intellego Unit Studies! This comprehensive 278-page unit study takes your child on a journey through time, from 1350-1600, to learn about the history, culture, arts, and global influences in Western Europe during the renaissance. Children will engage in interactive and multi-sensory activities while studying and comparing the art, architecture and music of the renaissance masters.
Each chapter includes multiple videos, readings, hands-on activities, virtual art galleries, online interactives, worksheets, charts, full-color high resolution graphics, audio files, and more to provide a multisensory approach to learning about the renaissance.
Children will meet Ghiberti, Brunelleschi, Donatello, Van Eyck, Botticelli, da Vinci, Raphael, Michelangelo, Titian, Palladio, Palestrina, Byrd and Monteverdi while exploring their unique contributions to the arts. While on their journey, children will also examine cultural movements within the historical context, daily life in renaissance Italy, renaissance fashion and meals, renaissance entertainment, visual elements and principles of art, related language arts and math extensions, and so much more!
Take a peek at what else is covered:
- Johannes Gutenberg and the printing press
- Chaucer
- Ming Dynasty in China
- Columbus
- Spanish Inquisition
- Protestant Reformation
- King Henry VIII
- Vasco de Gama
- Ferdinand Magellan
- Hernan Cortez
- The Aztecs
- Machiavelli
- The Medici
- Copernicus
- Cervantes
- Shakespeare
- Elizabeth I
- and much more!
All 153 activities in this unit study are presented in an easy to follow format with an active and updated web link. Click on the link and the best resources on the World Wide Web appear for your children. But this unit study is not just a collection of web sites to read! It is much more than that! The links bring the world to your children by providing streaming videos, interactive web sites, educational games, audio files, hands-on activities, and more.
All the preparation and organization has already been done, so it is easy on the parent!
No fluff, no busy work. Just fun and rigorous learning for tomorrow's leaders!
