Back to

6th grade IDS - Renaissance Unit

For Ms. McCaskill's 5th period class

6th grade CLASSLINKS

Can't find what you need? Try LIBRARY LINKS on the BroncoNET Homepage or

Can't find the answer?Email me!
Ask Ms. P

Link back to
C-FB Library Portal

These are some excellent web tours that give you background information about the Renaissance. Take time to "travel" through them and learn.

The Renaissance Connection
Renaissance - What inspired this age? from PBS
Virtual Renaissance - A Journey Through Time

Who's Who in the Renaissance & Reformation?

Who were the amazine artists, scientists, explorers, writers & thinkers of the Renaissance and Reformation? They were incredible risk-takers & made many changes in the world of their time. Listed below are some websites about individuals you will choose to study. And don't forget to use WilsonWeb Biographies Plus, World Book Encyclopedia, and World Almanac on the BroncoNET homepage for additional information.

Rulers Edward IV (England) Henry VIII (England) Anne Boleyn (England) Mary Tudor (England) Elizabeth I (England) Mary Stuart (England) - from the BBC Philip II (Spain) Lorenzo [the Magnificent] de Medici (Italy) another Lorenzo de Medici site Giovanni de Medici/Pope Leo X King Ferdinand (Portugal) Queen Isabella (Portugal) Charles VII (France) Louis XII (France)	Explorers Columbus & other New World Explorers Christopher Columbus (Italian) John Cabot (Italian) Sebastian Cabot (Italian) Amerigo Vespucci (Italian) Francisco Pizarro (Spanish) use links @left Alvar Nunez Cabeza de Vaca (Spanish) Hernando de Soto (Spanish) Vasco da Gama (Portuguese) Ferdinand Magellan (Portuguese) Pedro Cabral (Portuguese) Ponce de Leon (Spanish)
Artists Renaissance Art Botticelli Donatello Lorenzo Ghiberti Leonardo da Vinci more Leonardo da Vinci Leonardo da Vinci timeline w/ illustrations Michelangelo Buonarroti another Michelangelo site Raphael Titian Albrecht Durer Rembrandt van Rijn Rubens Musicians Giovanni Gabrieli Giovanni Pierluigi di Palestrina	Scientists, Mathematicians Galileo Galilei Nicolas Copernicus another Copernicus site Isaac Newton another Newton site Johann Gutenberg Gutenberg bio - from his hometown John Napier & Napier's Bones Women of Reknown Isabella d'Este, First Lady of the Renaissance (portrait) Catherine de Medici
Religious Leaders Martin Luther Joan of Arc Desiderius Erasmus John Knox John Calvin	Writers William Shakespeare Sir Thomas More Miguel de Cervantes