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Renaissance Man
Grades: 6 to 12Subjects: History & Culture, Visual Arts, History-Social Science, Visual Arts & Performing Arts, World HistoryThis resource, from the Museum of Science, features a biography of Leonardo da Vinci. There are also links to further informatio...Contributor: ThinkfinityViews: 0Favorites: 0Renaissance Humanism in <em>Hamlet</em> and <em>The Birth of Venus</em>
Grades: 9 to 12Subjects: Visual Arts, United States History, Reading Comprehension, Literary Analysis and 3 additional..After reading Shakespeare’s Hamlet, students identify, analyze, and explain how elements in Botticelli’s painting Birth of Venu...Contributor: ThinkfinityViews: 0Favorites: 0Renaissance Humanism
Grades: 9 to 12Subjects: Reading Comprehension, English-Language Arts, PhilosophyIn this student interactive, from a ReadWriteThink lesson, students learn about the characteristics of Renaissance Humanism, inc...Contributor: ThinkfinityViews: 0Favorites: 0Renaissance - PBS Interactives
Grades: 9 to 12Subjects: History-Social ScienceJoin us as we explore the Renaissance and discover the forces that drove this rebirth in Europe, and in Italy in particular.Views: 0Favorites: 0Religion in Contemporary Japanese Society
Grades: 9 to 12Subjects: Religion, Christianity, World History, History-Social Science and 2 additional..This resource, from the EDSITEment-reviewed Web site Ask Asia, provides an overview of contemporary Japanese religious practic...Contributor: ThinkfinityViews: 0Favorites: 0Reclaiming the Ancient Manuscripts of Timbuktu
Grades: 3 to 12Subjects: Religion, Electives, Geography, World History and 3 additional..In this National Geographic News article, read about Timbuktu. Starting in the 12th century, scholars flocked to Timbuktu, follo...Contributor: ThinkfinityViews: 0Favorites: 0Raphael
Grades: 3 to 12Subjects: History & Culture, Visual Arts, History-Social Science, Visual Arts & Performing Arts, World HistoryThis resource from HyperHistory Online is a brief biography of Raphael. His accomplishments in the field of Renaissance art and ...Contributor: ThinkfinityViews: 0Favorites: 0Ramadan End Date Remains Mystery to Many Muslims
Grades: 3 to 12Subjects: Religion, History-Social Science, Geography, American Democracy, IslamIn this National Geographic News article, read about the Muslim holiday called Ramadan. Muslims traditionally end this holiday w...Contributor: ThinkfinityViews: 0Favorites: 0Puppets on the Move: China and the Silk Road
Grades: 5 to 8Subjects: Visual Arts, Geography, Theatre, World History and 3 additional..In this lesson, one of a multi-part unit from ARTSEDGE, students gain an understanding of the dynamics of trade in China along t...Contributor: ThinkfinityViews: 0Favorites: 0Prokop
Grades: 3 to 12Subjects: World History, History-Social ScienceThis resource from HyperHistory Online is a brief biography of Prokop. His accomplishments as a Byzantine historian are discusse...Contributor: ThinkfinityViews: 0Favorites: 0Procopios: On the Great Church
Grades: 3 to 12Subjects: No subjects selected.This Web page forms part of the Medieval Sourcebook found on the Fordham University Web site. This page provides a translation...Contributor: ThinkfinityViews: 0Favorites: 0Priceless Maya Stone Vessel Looted in Guatemala
Grades: 3 to 12Subjects: History-Social Science, Geography, Electives, American DemocracyIn this National Geographic News article, read about the theft of a rare and exquisitely carved 1,500-year-old stone box from a ...Contributor: ThinkfinityViews: 0Favorites: 0Pompeii Forum Project
Grades: 6 to 12Subjects: History & Culture, Visual Arts, History-Social Science, Visual Arts & Performing Arts, American DemocracyThis site, from the University of Virginia, provides archeological resources for the study of Roman civilization. It is a collab...Contributor: ThinkfinityViews: 0Favorites: 0Political Order in Tokugawa Japan: The Alternative Attendance System
Grades: 6 to 12Subjects: World History, History-Social ScienceThis page, from the EDSITEment-reviewed Asia for Educators Web site, provides four brief scholarly discussions of order during J...Contributor: ThinkfinityViews: 0Favorites: 0Place of the Standing Stones: Unearthing a King From the Dawn of the Maya
Grades: TK/K to 12Subjects: History-Social Science, Geography, Electives, World HistoryThis National Geographic Magazine feature focuses on the discovery of one of the oldest Maya burial sites. There is an excerpt f...Contributor: ThinkfinityViews: 0Favorites: 0Piracy: A Continuing Problem
Grades: 9 to 12Subjects: English-Language Arts, History-Social Science, Geography, World HistoryThis Xpeditions lesson asks students to compare and contrast piracy in its "golden age" with modern piracy. They learn where pir...Contributor: ThinkfinityViews: 0Favorites: 0Pilgrimage Route Uncovered at South America's Lake Titicaca
Grades: 3 to 12Subjects: Electives, History-Social ScienceDescribing what they call the Andean equivalent of Canterbury, two scholars have documented numerous ancient sites on two isla...Contributor: ThinkfinityViews: 0Favorites: 0Piero della Francesca
Grades: 3 to 12Subjects: Visual Arts, History-Social Science, Visual Arts & Performing Arts, World HistoryThis resource from HyperHistory Online is a brief biography of Piero della Francesca. His accomplishments in the fields of Renai...Contributor: ThinkfinityViews: 0Favorites: 0Photo in the News: Oldest Known Maya Mural Reveals Royal Tale
Grades: 3 to 12Subjects: History & Culture, Visual Arts, Geography, Electives and 4 additional..This National Geographic News resource features a photograph of and brief information about the earliest known Maya mural ever f...Contributor: ThinkfinityViews: 0Favorites: 0Photius
Grades: 3 to 12Subjects: Religion, Christianity, History-Social Science, World HistoryThis resource from HyperHistory Online is a brief biography of Photius. His leadership as a Byzantine Patriarch is discussed bri...Contributor: ThinkfinityViews: 0Favorites: 0