unit plan 7



UNIT  PLAN 7


TITLE
RENAISSANCE AND REFORMATION


GROUP
2nd ESO


TEACHER
Xavier Marín


CONTENTS
- The humanism

- Renaissance art, architecture, sculpture and science

- Leonardo da Vinci and Michelangelo

- The Renaissance in the rest of Europe

- The Reformation


ENGLISH AIMS
-Vocabulary related to different civilizations: Humanism, Renaissance, Antiquity, reason,

experience, The printing press, Science, style, heliocentric, geocentric, harmony, proportions,

perspective, beauty, subjects, great artists, architecture, sculpture, painting, anatomical studies,

portrait sculptures, busts, equestrian statues, genius, the Reformation, indulgences, the

Lutheranism, Protestans, Calvinism, predestination, Anglican Church, The Counter-

Reformation, The Council of Trent, The Inquisition, religious wars, intolerance


LEARNING
- Learning about humanism

- Discovering Renaissance art and architecture

- Analysing the evolution of painting

- Understanding the effects of the Renaissance in Spain

- Learning about religious change in Europe


ACTIVITIES/
- Comparing Renaissance and Gothic architecture and sculpture
COGNITIVE
- Listing charactersitics of humanism and investigating three humanists: Erasmo de Rotterdam,
SKILLS
Johannes Gutenberg and Leonardo da Vinci.

- Answering questions about Renaissance art, architecture and sculpture

- Comparing the art and skills of Leonardo da Vinci and Michelangelo

- Finding out about the spread of the Renaissance style to Spain and other parts of Europe

- Creating a mural about the Renaissance art

- Comparing the Church in the Reformation, the Counter-Reformation and now


RESOURCES
- Virtual visits to archaeological sites
AND
- Presentations with the computer.
MATERIALS
- Internet and Educational films


EDUCATION
- Appreciation of similarities and differences in art and architecture of different ages
VALUES
- Curiosity to learn about a cultural and intellectual movement

- Curiosity to learn about different theories and discoveries

- Critical attitude towards religious change and its consequences
KEY
Linguistic communication
COMPETENCES
• Vocabulary related to humanism, science, art, architecture and religion






ASSESMENT
FURTHER INFORMATION



Historical explanation; cause and effect: The social and cultural changes were so profound that this period was given its own name.

Historical argumentation; comparisons: Michelangelo is one of the greatest and most versatile artists of all times.

Historical recount; impersonal statements: Europe was divided into two religious blocks.

Learning to learn
Learning to appreciate and compare art from different periods
Learning to use a table to organise the main poin ts of a topic and to make comparisons

Mathematical competence
Understanding the difference between heliocentric and geocentric theory

Digital ICT competence
Doing a webtask

Temporal competence
Comprehension of the time-scale of important figu res and events during this period

Spatial competence
Using maps to compare areas of different religion s

Interpersonal and civic competence
Comparing paintings with a partner
Doing a project: the legacy of 15th and 16 th centuries in your region

Autonomy and personal initiative
Finding out about people who contributed to human ism
Finding out more about El Greco
Finding and describing a Renaissance painting

Knowledge and interaction with our world
Identifying examples of Renaissance art in Spain
Understanding the importance of the invention of the printing press
Relating the development of Spanish Renaissance t o the present day

Cultural and artistic expression
Describing and comparing examples of architecture and sculpture
Comparing buildings
Appreciating painting and sculpture
Analysing the evolution of painting
Creating a mural
 Written test in first language / second language