1. Agenda  Bell Assignment  PowerPoint Presentations  Vocabulary/Study – 20 minutes.  Discussion/Notes – Renaissance II – The Renaissance Moves North!  Test: Friday, April 27, 2012! on Ch. 14

2.  In 6 – 10 sentences, describe your idea of a utopia or ideal society.

3. Ch. 14 Section 2

4.  Moved slowly due to the Black Death.  Began in the region of Flanders( present day Northern France, Belgium, and the Netherlands) Spain, France, Germany, and England their cultural rebirth 100 years later in the 1500’s

6.  Albrecht Durer traveled to Italy to study the Italian masters.  Engravings- was the art form Durer used Engravings are etches of a design on a metal or wood surface with acid.  Through Durer’s engravings and essays, he spread the Italian Renaissance throughout his country.

8.  Like Italian humanist, European humanist scholars stressed education and classical learning. They believed that this should bring about religious and moral reform.  Erasmus called for a translation of the bible. He believed it should be written in European vernaculars or everyday languages.  The Praise of Folly uses humor to show the ignorant and immoral behavior of many people of his day.  Thomas More believed in an ideal society where men and women lived in peace and harmony. He describes this in his book Utopia

10.  How many Shakespeare plays can you name?

11.  The key figure of literature in the Renaissance was Shakespeare.  Between 1590-1613, he wrote 37 plays that are still performed around the world. He is also know for writing poetry, too.  Shakespeare enriched the English language with more than 1,700 words appeared for the first time in his plays ( bedroom, lonely, gloomy, heartsick, hurry, and sneak)

13.  What are some of the most important inventions of our time? Name at least 10.

14.  Johann Gutenberg, an inventor from Germany, invented a printing press for Europe.  It was built on early advances from China and Korea.  In 1456, he printed a complete copy of the Bible.  By 1500, he made more than 20 million copies.  Reading for all! Knowledge could be shared with all!