Renaissance and Reformation Mini-book List
Story of the World 2 chapters are given in parentheses. For the Getting to Know the World's Greatest Artists series by Mike Venezia, "Venezia" is given in parentheses. Some information was provided from my knowledge rather than from any individual source. In those cases, relevant information is in parentheses. Anything not accounted for explicitly can be assumed to come from the supplementary materials suggested in the SOTW 2 Activity Guide.
1. Simple fold on the age of exploration (31)
2. Simple fold on the printing press (35)
3. Simple fold on William Shakespeare (39)
4. Flap fold on Renaissance Popes--Julius II (Michelangelo), Leo X (he excommunicated Luther was the son of Lorenzo de Medici), Clement VII (cousin to Leo X; he refused to grant Henry VIII a divorce from Catherine of Aragon)
5. Simple fold on Martin Luther (34)
6. Simple fold containing a comparison chart for Martin Luther and Henry VIII--lists years of lifetime, profession, nationality, the name of the churches they started, and their reason for breaking with the Catholic church (34)
7. Simple fold on the Council of Trent (36)
8. Tri-fold containing a map of Europe after the Counter-Reformation--taken from the SOTW2 Activity Guide (36)
9. Wheel showing the six wives of Henry VIII, including their fate & progeny: Catherine of Aragon, divorced, Mary I; Anne Boleyn, beheaded, Elizabeth I; Jane Seymour, died in childbirth, Edward VI; Anne of Cleves, divorced; Catherine Howard, beheaded; Katherine Parr, survived. The front of the wheel has a bio of Henry VIII. (34)
10. Tri-fold detailing the three types of Shakespeare plays: comedies, tragedies, histories (39)
11. Folded flap book comparing Mary I to Elizabeth I--father, mother, years of reign, religion, spouse, nickname (38)
12. Layered book with Reformation vocabulary: Reformation(34), theses (34), indulgences (34), Pope (34), excommunicated (36), heretic (36), Protestant (36)
13. Layered book with Renaissance vocabulary: Renaissance (35), patron (Venezia), fresco (Venezia), commission (Venezia), astronomy (37), physics (37)
14. Shutter book comparing Reformation-era Protestantism and Catholicism: churches, languages, leaders, understanding of who could interpret the Bible (36)
15. Tri-fold comparing the Ptolemaic, Copernican, and modern models of the universe (37)
16. Folded flap book with biographies of Copernicus and Galileo (37)
17. Wheel showing steps in the scientific method: problem, hypothesis, experiment, analysis, conclusion (35)
18. Simple fold on Lorenzo de Medici--he, at one point or another, patronized all of the artists included in the next book (Venezia books, with 35)
19. Large stapled book showcasing masterpieces of the Italian Renaissance. The pages just show the work of art, title, and artist. My student chose his favorite works from the Venezia books, as well as art books in our home library. He selected: (Venezia books on these artists, with 35)
Michelangelo: the Sistine ceiling, David,and the Florentine Pieta.
Leonardo: Mona Lisa, The Last Supper, and The Annunciation.
Botticelli: Birth of Venus, Adoration of the Magi, Venus and Mars,and Spring.
Raphael: The School of Athens