1. Humanism!
Learning Target: Students will be able to define the character of the Renaissance.

2. Warm up - What characterized the Middle Ages?
- What is the Bubonic Plague/Black Death and how did it affect Europe?
- What was the feudal system?

3. Four Characteristics Return to the classics
Human potential & achievement valued
Search for truth
Secularism

4. Return to the Classics
Ideas, education, art techniques, and the way of life of the Ancient Romans and Greeks are the basis for the Renaissance period. 

5. The Value of Human Potential and Achievement
The Renaissance focused on the individual, recognizing personal achievement and abilities.
Humans are capable of amazing feats of strength, knowledge, and skill.
They deserve to be recognized for their accomplishments!

7. Ultimate Search for Truth!
During the era of the Renaissance, people sought out their own information and did not rely on the “Church” or others of authority to educate them.
Geocentric
Heliocentric

8. Secularism Separation from the sacred (Church/religion).
People believed that they should enjoy life on earth and
Still please God and enter Heaven.
Emphasis is on the value of material goods and activities that bring immediate pleasure to people.

9. Secularism