Grade 7 Lesson at a Glance: Chapter 12, Lesson 4

Houghton Mifflin Social Studies
Across the Centuries

Lesson at a Glance
Chapter 12, Lesson 4: Renaissance in Northern Europe (pp. 329-333)

The Big Idea
Framework Concepts: Culture and Change As the ideas of the Italian Renaissance moved into northern Europe, they took on a new, non-secular character which influenced artists, writers, and scientists.

Show students a map of Europe. Ask for volunteers to find Italy and the city-states of the Italian Renaissance. You might play a kind of "telephone game," with students being Italian traders, spreading new ideas to others, and they to others, and so on. On the map, have students trace trade routes to northern Europe.

Lesson Outline
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Check for Understanding

Have students create a chart comparing the ideas and achievements of the Italian Renaissance with the ideas and achievements of the northern Renaissance.
Divide the class into two groups. Using potatoes, sponges, paint, paper, or any other appropriate medium you have, have students work together to experiment in printing with block type and movable type. Ask them to reprint Sir Thomas More's statement as it appears on p. 333.

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