Humanism and Individualism in the United States

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Humanism and Individualism in the United States

• Warm up Come up with TWO ways that you can
  relate Humanism from the Renaissance with your
  life today. Hint look at the three main ideas
  from your notes on Humanism and think about what
  we talked about on Monday.

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Study Guide Question 4 How do the three main
ideas of Humanism affect your life??

• Individual Worth
• - increases self esteem
• - think about improving your life today
• Commitment of Public Service
• - How can you help your community?
• - Dont litter, paint murals, community service,
  donate/charity, volanteer to help poor,

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How Humanism affects your life

• Variety of skills/talents
• Do things extracurricular
• Chores help you learn skills
• Mowing lawn, dishwashing, animal care,
  babysitting, etc.

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Where the Renaissance was born Trading Cities in
Italy

• Many cities in Italy during the Renaissance were
  colorful and lively places. The twisty streets
  were crammed with tall narrow buildings with
  shops on the first floors and living quarters
  above. Large open plazas existed in many cities,
  where people could go to meet other people and
  admire the magnificent cathedrals and other
  public buildings.

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Terms to Know

• City-state a little state made up of a city and
  the surrounding countryside, both usually having
  the same name

Milan
Venice
Florence
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Topic Trading City 1-Florence, known for
Florence Cathedral Florence, Italy

• Banking (experts at placing the value of coins)
• Textiles (making fabrics)

Uffizi Gallery Florence, Italy
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Trading City 2 Milan, known for

• Metal goods, armor, buildings
• Competition with other city-states improved their
  products accelerated
• the Renaissance

The Duomo, a perfect example of Renaissance
architecture in Milan
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Trading City 3 Venice, known for
Rush Hour Venice, Italy

• Marco Polo brought goods from Asia to Venice
  ports.
• Much wealth came from shipbuilding

Grand Canal near Rialto Bridge Venice Italy
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How did they become Trading cities? Why were
they important?

• Needed to trade stuff to survive
• Needed/wanted to spread their knowledge and ideas
  
• Wanted to gain ideas from other cultures

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How did these 3 cities affect the spread of
Renaissance ideas?
1) Great Locations
2) Got along with others
10) Richer than most other countries
3) Trading ports included or close by
9) Good Medicine
Italy
4) Paid their Ren. artists to create beautiful
artwork
8) Strong ties with Byzantine and Muslim traders
6) Lots of ruins to study
5) Lots of Scholars
7) Florence spread bank branches all over Europe
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Give 1, Get 1
1) Make 8 boxes on you paper
2) Fill in the first 2 boxes with your own ideas
3) Get up and find someone from another row.
Share your info with one another.
4) Give one idea from your list so your partner
can fill in a box. In return, Get one idea from
your partner and fill in your next box.
5) Move on to a new partner and repeat steps 2
and 3 until all of your boxes are filled with
different ideas.
Rules
1) You can only trade 1 idea with any given
partner
2) When you fill up all your boxes you have
become a Resource PersonA Resource Person can
give anyone as many ideas as he or she still
needs.