Recall that the project requires you to create a timeline that identifies significant events of the Renaissance and Protestant Reformation. Your assignment is to identify at least five credible sources about the Renaissance or the Reformation and list them in MLA format.
Your sources should include information about Renaissance-era innovations in art, science, and literacy. Your sources should also include notable events of the Protestant Reformation, Counter-Reformation, and discovery of the America.
Introduction to Project
Objectives
• Analyze how events of the Protestant Revolution and Renaissance led to the Age of Discovery.
• Analyze historical data from a variety of media representing both primary and secondary sources in order to generate a historical timeline.
Instructions
The Renaissance and Protestant Reformation are both important events in human history. Yet, they are not separate incidents but rather intertwined and connected.
The purpose of your project is to present a timeline that identifies significant events of the Renaissance and Protestant Reformation. Creativity and imagery are encouraged! Use presentation software like Prezi, Google Slides, or PowerPoint. If you do not have access to any such software, you can use word processing software instead. A list of five sources must be included with your project.
This project requires you to research a minimum of 15 noteworthy events from the Renaissance and Protestant Reformation and do the following:
1. Identify and note the date (or span of time) when each event occurred.
2. Write down a summary of each event.
3. What occurred? Why is the event significant?
4. Using the events/dates you generated, plot all 15 events on your timeline.
Your timeline needs to include the following information (with a minimum of 15 total events):
• artistic innovations
• pieces of art by famous Renaissance artists (e.g., Leonardo, Raphael, Michelangelo)
• scientific innovations
• discoveries by famous scientists (e.g., Copernicus, Galileo, Kepler)
• innovations in literacy
• the invention of the printing press and translations of the Bible
• events of the Protestant Reformation
• events brought about by notable Protestant reformers (e.g., Martin Luther, John Calvin, King Henry VIII)
• events of the Counter-Reformation (e.g., Council of Trent)
• discovery of the Americas
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RESEARCH
DESCRIPTION OF SOURCES
If you are new to writing projects, you may be wondering, “What is a source?” A source refers to a source of information, or where you found your information. You can locate some information in this course, but you will also need to find sources outside of class resources.
You can use both primary and secondary sources when you do project research. A primary source is material created by those who lived at the time of an event. For instance, the Declaration of Independence is a primary source about the American Revolution.
A secondary source is information written after an event by those who have studied the event. For instance, a book about the Declaration of independence written by a historian who conducted research on the topic is a secondary resource.