Famous Men of the Renaissance & Reformation By Jasmyne Spain

This book covers the period in western European history from 1300-1550 and includes chapters on Da Vinci, Michelangelo, Dürer, Erasmus, Wyclif, Hus, Luther, Calvin, Zwingli, Tyndale and Knox. In addition to that the book includes over 75 images of the men, women and works of art that distinguish this period of history.

Renaissance Vocabulary

The students are going to explore one of the important figures of the Renaissance time frame: Leonardo da Vinci. Have the students go to the website http://www.mos.org/sln/Leonardo/LeoHomePage.html. The students will type a paragraph about Leonard da Vinci based on their research on the website. This will be turned in and used as an assessment piece to ensure understanding.