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• Bibliography Styles (Citing Sources):  This page of resources will help students create a bibliography for reports.

• NetTrekker Resources (http://middle.nettrekker.com/subject/?home=1):  User name and password are: SFUSD.  From the home page, in the Social Studies category, click on World History > Early Modern World (1400 to 1815) > Renaissance (1400-1600).  Also use the "Famous People" button at the bottom of the page.  Below this button is a list of other "SITES", then related sites which is a link to Renaissance Architecture.

• FROM MR TALSKY:  WHO'S WHO IN MEDIEVAL HISTORY AND THE RENAISSANCE (http://historymedren.about.com/cs/people/a/aboutwho.htm)  The "Who's Who in Medieval History" project is intended to help you find information about significant individuals from the Middle Ages and Renaissance, when available, on the web and in print. Each page will offer a brief explanation of who the individual was and why he or she is important or interesting in medieval and Renaissance studies. For more information, be sure to investigate the websites or books provided.
• Renaissance Timeline (http://europeanhistory.about.com/od/therenaissance/a/rentimeline.htm)
  

• TEACHER OZ'S KINGDOM OF HISTORY- The Renaissance (http://www.teacheroz.com/renaissance.htm):  An extensive list of resources that are up to date.  Home page (http://www.teacheroz.com)
• Medieval/Renaissance Resources from Digital Librarian(http://www.digital-librarian.com/medieval.html): Resource topics alphabetically arranged. Chart at the top with suggested "see also" topics linked to check out, such as Architecture.

• EDSITEment(http://edsitement.neh.gov): The Best of the Humanities on the Web from the National Endowment for the Humanities in partnership with the National Trust for the Humanities, and the MarcoPolo Education Foundation. This educational partnership brings online humanities resources from some of the world's great museums, libraries, cultural institutions, and universities directly to your classroom.

• Marco Polo Search Page (http://www.marcopolosearch.org/MPSearch/Basic_Search.asp)

• World History-Europe: Websites Grades 6-8  (http://edsitement.neh.gov/tab_websites.asp?subcategory=34&grade=6-8+&Display=Display)

Enchanted Learning Website (http://www.enchantedlearning.com)This is a subscription site.

Chaucer Resources

• Geoffrey Chaucer Site from Harvard (http://www.courses.fas.harvard.edu/~chaucer)

• Chaucer Metapage (http://www.unc.edu/depts/chaucer)

• Digital Dante (http://dante.ilt.columbia.edu/new/)
• Dante Alighieri (http://eolit.hrw.com/hlla/authorbios/index2.jsp?author=13dantealighieri&WebLogicSession=QmmHlrTSl91ICx1IXsskC6NwH2mdJTrwvgNG6k9ZKEKVf8DrEMj7|-502370712525240658) 
• Dante (Alighieri) (http://www.gale.cengage.com/free_resources/poets/bio/dante.htm)
  

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• Art of Renaissance Science score: 1000 (http://www.mcm.edu/academic/galileo/ars/arshtml/arstoc.html)

     Subtitled Galileo and Perspective, this text, complete with images, explores Galileo, mathematics, and the "interconnections between art and science in the Renaissance." Written by a professor at the City University of New York.

• End of Europe's Middle Ages: Fourteenth and Fifteenth Centuries (http://www.ucalgary.ca/HIST/tutor/endmiddle/)

     This multimedia tutorial provides "a brief overview of the conditions at the end of Europe's Middle Ages, the tutorial is presented in a series of chapters that summarize the economic, political, religious and intellectual environment of the fourteenth and fifteenth centuries." Sections include: Economy, Feudal Institutions , New Monarchies, Holy Roman Empire, Italy's City-States, Eastern Europe, Ottoman Empire, The Church, Literature, Visual Arts, and Music. Produced by The Applied History Research Group at the University of Calgary.

• Renaissance: What Inspired This Age of Balance and Order? (http://www.learner.org/exhibits/renaissance/resources.html)

     This attractive site describes aspects of the European Renaissance including its origins in the Middle Ages, the rise of navigation and trade, development of the printing press, arts, and the Renaissance in Florence Italy. From Annenberg/CPB Projects Learner Online site.

• Virtual Renaissance: A Journey Through Time (http://renaissance.district96.k12.il.us/)

     This site combines real people, such as Shakespeare and Elizabeth I, and real places like the Globe Theatre, Sistine Chapel, Tower of London, and University of Padua, with generic fictionalized locations and citizens, to create an entertaining and inclusive picture of Renaissance life. Information can be accessed through a wide variety of characters, locations, and chronologies as well as a general introduction to the period. There are a myriad of links to related sites and citations to written sources. An outstanding ThinkQuest winner.

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• Renaissance (http://www.learner.org/exhibits/renaissance/)

Discover the forces that brought about this rebirth in Europe. Site includes facts, links, and cool activities to help you understand
changes in society, art, and science during the Rennaissance.   More sites about:  European History > Renaissance
 
• Renaissance Consort (http://www.hike.te.chiba-u.ac.jp:80/cons1/)

A demonstration of Renaissance consort music and instruments. More sites about:  Classical Music

• Medieval and Renaissance Instruments (http://www.s-hamilton.k12.ia.us/antiqua/instrumt.html)

Get sounds, pictures, and descriptions of instruments used during these time periods.  More sites about:  Musical Instruments

• WebMuseum: La Renaissance (http://www.ibiblio.org/wm/paint/glo/renaissance/)

Learn about this European cultural rebirth that was the end of the Middle Ages and left a lasting impression on the history of art.  More sites about:  European History > Renaissance

• Renaissance and Baroque Architecture (http://www.lib.virginia.edu/dic/colls/arh102/index.html)

Photos of buildings and structures created duing the Renaissance and Baroque times.  More sites about:  History Pictures

• Virtual Renaissance Town (http://www.twingroves.district96.k12.il.us/Renaissance/Town/Town.html)

Explore the culture and lifestyle of the Renaissance by clicking around this online town. See what a school, shop, tavern, and restaurant were like at the time, or step inside the Globe Theatre or the VirRen Castle. More sites about:  European History > Renaissance

• Renaissance Man  (http://www.mos.org/leonardo/bio.html)

Learn all about Leonardo as a scientist, an inventor, and an artist in this site from the Boston Museum of Science.  More sites about:  Artists > Leonardo da Vinci

• Renaissance Secrets  (http://www.open2.net/renaissance2/)

Check out this companion to the BBC TV series which explores the life and times of Gutenberg, Venice, Renaissance medicine, and more, while in the process of doing history. More sites about:  European History > Renaissance

•  Georgia Renaissance Festival, The (http://www.garenfest.com/)

Ever wonder what life was like in the 16th Century? At this festival you may find out! Check out what programs, rides, and events are scheduled for the next festival in Fairburn, GA.  More sites about:  U.S. States > Georgia

• Journey Through the Renaissance (http://library.thinkquest.org/C005356/)

Go on an animated journey through the Renaissance. Learn about the art, music, and politics of the time, check out pictures and sounds, and much more from this ThinkQuest team. Requires Flash. More sites about:  European History > Renaissance

• Renaissance Personalities (http://www.yesnet.yk.ca/schools/projects/renaissance/)

Read about famous artists, architects, scientists, scholars, and other notable men and women of the Renaissance. More sites about:  European History > Renaissance

• Renaissance Women  (http://www.yesnet.yk.ca/schools/projects/renaissance/renaissancewomen.html)

Find out how women lived during the Renaissance by examining the lives of Isabella d'Este and Catherine de Medici. More sites about:  European History > Renaissance

• Renaissance Art: Donatello (http://online.anu.edu.au/ArtHistory/renart/pics.art/Part10.html)

Photographs of his famous sculptures. More sites about:  Artists > Donatello

• da Vinci and the Renaissance ( http://www.carmensandiego.com/products/time/davincic11/ebmain_c11.html)

Read a biography and analysis of da Vinci or other Renaissance painters, or get a detailed description of the Renaissance period. From the Carmen Sandiego Connection.  More sites about:  Artists > Leonardo da Vinci

• WebMuseum: Michelangelo (http://www.ibiblio.org/wm/paint/auth/michelangelo/)

Italian Renaissance sculptor, painter, architect, and poet. This site includes information on the Sistine Chapel and his sculpture of David. More sites about:  Artists > Michelangelo Buonarroti

• Leonardo's Workshop  (http://www.sanford-artedventures.com/play/leonardo/index.html)

Travel back in time to the Renaissance and explore Leonardo da Vinci's workshop. Site includes tons of art history, activities, and games. More sites about:  Artists > Leonardo da Vinci

• Columbia Museum of Art, The (http://www.colmusart.org/)

Includes information on exhibits, a museum calendar, and a detailed online gallery with works from the Renaissance to the 20th Century. More sites about:  South Carolina > Museums, Galleries, and Exhibits

• Dürer, Albrecht (http://www.ibiblio.org/wm/paint/auth/durer/)

Look at some portraits and self-portraits by this Renaissance artist. More sites about:  Artists

• Exhibits Collection -- Renaissance (www.learner.org/exhibits/renaissance/)

 Renaissance," French for "rebirth," perfectly describes the intellectual and economic changes that occurred in Europe from the        fourteenth through the ...
Description: Interactive guide allows students to explore the Renaissance and discover the forces that drove this...
Category: Kids and Teens > School Time > ... > History > By Region > Europe > Renaissance

• Renaissance and Baroque Architecture: Architectural History 102 (www.lib.virginia.edu/dic/colls/arh102/)

Renaissance and Baroque Architecture: Architectural
History 102. The images included in this ...
Description: Collection of expandable images used in a course at the Department of Architectural History, University...
Category: Arts > Architecture > History > Periods and Styles > Baroque
 
• Medieval/Renaissance Food Homepage (www.pbm.com/~lindahl/food.html)

There is now a mailing list on this topic: send mail to ...
Description: Articles, recipes, and summaries of books about Renaissance and Medieval cooking.
Category: Recreation > Food > History
 
• WebMuseum: La Renaissance (www.ibiblio.org/wm/paint/glo/renaissance/)

The term Renaissance, adopted ... literature and the arts. The Renaissance as a Historical Period. ...
Description: The Renaissance in Europe, covering Italy, Netherlands, germany and France
Category: Arts > Art History > Movements > Renaissance
 
• Medieval and Renaissance Instruments (www.s-hamilton.k12.ia.us/antiqua/instrumt.html)

A Guide to Medieval and Renaissance Instruments. Bagpipe, Bladder Pipe, Cornamuse, Crumhorn. Dulcian, ...
Description: Musica Antiqua's illustrated guide: pictures, descriptions, and history.
Category: Arts > Music > Styles > Early Music > Instruments
 
• Renaissance Consort (www.hike.te.chiba-u.ac.jp/cons1/)

by Yasuhiko Higaki, Oct. 26, 1993. Demonstration of renaissance consort and renaissance instruments. ...
 
• Old Rendance Page (www.ucs.mun.ca/~andrew/rendance.html)

The Renaissance Dance page
 
• Renaissance Faire Homepage (www.renfaire.com/)

Welcome to the Renaissance Faire Step back 400 years to a time of Romance. Shakespeare
is in the prime of his career. Sir Francis Drake has circumnavigated the ...
Description: A collection of information regarding Renaissance Faires.
Category: Recreation > Living History > ... > Directories and Pan-Faire Information
 
• Plague and Public Health in Renaissance Europe (www.iath.virginia.edu/osheim/intro.html)

This project involves the creation of a hypertext ...
Description: A hypertext archive of narratives, medical consilia, governmental records, religious and spiritual...
Category: Health > Public Health and Safety > History

Teacher Resources
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• Teach the Teachers Collaborative
• Renaissance: You are There! (http://www.teachtheteachers.org/projects/RAdams3/index.htm)
• Bernie Dodge'sWebquests
• Matrix of Examples
• Renaissance Webquest
• Avoid it like the Plague
• Technology Spies
• Guess Who's Coming to Dinner  (ELLIS)

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