The renaissance was a new beginning, a change from the death and wars of the Middle Ages, a rebirth of art, poetry, music, and science.
Don a beret and prepare to journey to Italy and beyond, where the Renaissance took hold. First, kids read about the early humanists who were inspired by Greeks and Romans, thinkers of an earlier time. At the same time, kids are introduced to key thinkers, scientists, and artists of the renaissance – Galileo, Dante, Copernicus, da Vinci, Michelangelo, Shakespeare, and more. Kids curious about how the ideas of the Renaissance spread can read about the role Johannes Gutenberg and the printing press played.
For kids studying the reformation, Kids Discover Renaissance and Reformation paints a vivid picture of events leading up to Martin Luther nailing his “Ninety-five Theses” to the door of the Castle Church in Wittenberg. Kids who want more details about the Reformation can read about the beginnings of Lutheranism, the first type of Protestant church, and the spread of the Reformation to England, which, in 1559, officially became a Protestant nation. Visually oriented kids will enjoy diving into the colorful time lines and maps showing the Holy Roman Empire in 1550 and all the religions in Europe a mere 50 years later.
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The Cradle of the Renaissance
Imagine that nearly half of the people living in your city have died of the plague. The ye ...
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New Ways of Thinking and Seeing
Imagine being a law student in France in 1320. Your education is mainly focused on logic, ...
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Renaissance Artists
In the Byzantine fresco shown on top, would you say the people are depicted realistically? ...
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The Spread of Ideas
Do you believe that ideas can be dangerous? New ideas can help people invent new ways to i ...
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Shakespeare’s Living Shrine
Today, plays by “The Bard” are still performed in theaters all over the world. ...
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Standing Up for Reform
A local government leader wants to collect taxes from your family. After all, collecting t ...
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The Reformation Begins
Have you heard the expression “knowledge is power”? We take for granted that w ...
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The Reformation Takes Hold
You may know that King Henry VIII married six wives, and he had two of them beheaded. Did ...
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