Top 5 Renaissance Personalities

September 23rd, 2009 by · 58 Comments · Unit 1

Your assignment (40 points total, participation grade):

Rank who you believe to be the “Top 5 Renaissance Personalities” in order from 5 to 1 (1 being the MOST INFLUENTIAL or IMPORTANT).

For each of your 5 choices, you must justify (2-3 sentences minimum) why you think he/she belongs at that spot.  Highlight the contributions of this individual, their impact on European civilization, and/or their impact on posterity.

Then, after you have made your post, you must comment on at least 3 of your classmates posts.

Tips:

Post early for easier “originality” factor.

Make sure your post AND your comments are academic and grammatically correct.

Don’t limit yourself to just “artists.”  You may include political personalities, popes, explorers, humanists, etc.

Have fun with this!

 

DUE DATE:

Original posts must be made by Sunday, September 27th at 7:00 pm.  Responses to classmates (3) must be made by the start of class (4th hour) on Tuesday, September 29th.

What is History?

August 12th, 2009 by · 54 Comments · Week 1

Discuss the importance and impact of history in our lives today.

Using the handout of quotes about history that I gave you in class, choose 3 quotes to discuss. 

Write in complete sentences (this is formal writing), and try to use examples to support your arguments.

Then, you should respond to at least 2 classmates

DUE DATE: All responses must be in by class time on Tuesday.