1. How to take lecture notes  Taking good notes is useful to processing information.  But it is a skill that has to be mastered.  These slides will help you.

2. Getting started.  Draw a line 1/3 of the way down the length of your page.  At the tope of the page, put the date of the lecture (today’s).  At the top of the left column, put “Main topic.”  At the top of the right column, put the heading “Key points.”

3. Main idea/BIG IDEAKey points

4. Main idea Or BIG IDEAKey points Note-takingStart on fresh page. Draw line 1/3. Write key points on right side.

5. Listen, process, filter, write  It’s tempting to write down everything you see – don’t.  You can’t write down everything you hear – so don’t try.  Look at the slides and listen (visual and aural skills) and decide.  Big idea – usually in the slide heading.

6. Next slide is on the Renaissance.  Big idea = “Renaissance”  Nothing to write on the right side yet.

7. Classical Period  500 BCE- 500CE Height of Greek culture and Roman Empire. Contributed to our present understandings of political science, math, science, philosophy, literature and art

8. You notes should have: Big idea Key points Classic period 500BCE to 500CE Greek empire Arts, culture, math, philosophy etc. Still used as basis today.

9. Medieval/Middle Ages  Fall of Roman Empire- 500 CE- 1300s Social and Political Life Decline in literacy, schools and trade Agricultural Economy

10.  The Black Death, a plague that killed one third of Europe's people = turning towards God and the Church  Primary goal Getting to Heaven rather than life on Earth  End of Hundred Years’ War (France & England)

11. Other factors Growth in world trade Importance of colonial expansion (imports of raw materials) Creation of an intellectual class – discoveries in science

12. Rising power of the church Church takes on a central role in in daily life. Church promotes biblical learning. Earliest scholars are monks. Church helps lead to establishment of universities. Churches become ever more elaborate and decorated. Church is a patron of the arts.

13. Church architecture expresses a devotion to God

16. Sculpture & art

18. Art – changed, new emphasis

19. The Renaissance 1300s-1650 The French word renaissance, meaning rebirth, is used to describe a period of Western European history. A time period in which remarkable artists and thinkers emerged. It marked the transition from medieval times to the modern world.

20. Italy had City-States

21. What’s a city-state?  Small, independent area centered on a city, such as Florence, Venice, Milan, Verona. etc.  Retained aspects of Roman administration – well run.  Promoted trade.  Focal point of merchants.

22.  Financial, artistic, social, scientific and political growth in Europe. Promotion of trade and creative thinking Trade played a key role  Changes from the Medieval way of thought. Religion v Human Experience Sprit of Adventure The “Renaissance Man” Education and the Humanist  Epicenter of the Renaissance – Florence, Italy Up sides to the Renaissance!

23. What Happened?  Financial Growth = creation of art and architecture.  Significant advancements in: Mathematics Machinery Medicine Astronomy Physics.

24. Values  Celebration of the individual- artists and writers finally getting fame, own lives were interesting- Humanism  Enjoyment of worldly pleasures- dressing fancy, using perfume on clothes and hair, food, music and art  Love of classical learning- studying ancient traditions of Greece and Rome, educating themselves on art and architecture.

25. Famous people from this time period  Niccolo Machiavelli – Wrote The Prince.  Michelangelo painted Sistine Chapel (130 ft. long and 44 ft. wide). 300 figures including the “David”  Leonardo da Vinci- painted “Mona Lisa”

26. The view from You Tube  https://www.youtube.com/watch?v =Vufba_ZcoR0&list=PLBDA2E52FB1 EF80C9&index=22 https://www.youtube.com/watch?v =Vufba_ZcoR0&list=PLBDA2E52FB1 EF80C9&index=22

27. Renaissance Quiz  Name three ways the Greeks influenced people in the Renaissance?  How did Humanists affect education today?  Name two values of people in the Renaissance.  Would you want to live in the Renaissance? Why or Why not?