1. Bell Ringer:
Some of the following phrases you may have heard before, others you may have not. On a sheet of notebook paper, define the ones that you may know.
After you have defined them, try and use them in a sentence.
Eaten out of house and home
Foregone conclusion
One fell swoop
Seen better days
Method in the madness
Neither rhyme nor reason
Wild goose chase
Star-crossed lovers

2. How and where did it begin?…
The Renaissance:
“Rebirth” or “New Birth”
The great revival of art, literature, and learning in Europe beginning in the 14th (1300s) and extending to the17th century (1600s)marking the transition from the medieval to the modern world.
How and where did it begin?…

3. Important Cities and States of the Renaissance: (Pg. A12 of textbook!)
Think about it…
Why do you think these particular cities were important to the Renaissance?
What do these cities have in common?

4. Trade Routes and Patterns:
Trade exposes people to new products and ideas.
New ideas can alter people’s attitudes and actions.

5. Trade Routes and Patterns:
Key:
Silk Road 
Trans-Saharan Trade Route 
South China Sea Routes 
Indian Ocean Trade Routes 
European Trade Routes 
Trade Routes
Circa 1500

6. Importance of Trade Routes:
Exchange of products and ideas, as well as technological and scientific advancements
What products were traded on…?
The Silk Road
Paper
Silk
Porcelain
The Trans-Saharan Trade Route
Salt
Gold

7. Importance of Trade Routes (Cont’d):
What products were traded on…?
The South China Sea Routes
Spices
The Indian Ocean Trade Routes
Textiles (Fabrics)
The European Trade Routes
Various products and ideas from Asia, such as…
Numerical system
Medicine
Astronomy
Mathematics

8. Exit Ticket:
Think about and answer the following essential question pertaining to today’s lesson:
How can trade expose people to new products and ideas?