West Civ Day 21 - Exploring the Italian City-States

Objective:  Identify the political, cultural, social, & economic factors that led to the emergence of the Renaissance in the Italian city-states.

Task:  Good day!  Well met!  When you arrive to class please download and complete "Renaissance & Reformation Trade Activity."  Then,  we'll spend a few minutes reading through an excerpt from Boccaccio's, The Decameron to set the scene in the Italian city-states in the 14th century.  Then, you'll divide into groups to research and create a presentation on one of the Italian city-states.

Use library resources as well as the links below:

• The Italian City-States of the Renaissance
• Italian Renaissance (SparkNotes)
• The Renaissance and the Italian City-States

Homework:

• TODAY - Report directly to the library
• Friday, February 24 - Report directly to the library
• Monday, February 27 - Italian city-state biography presentation due at the beginning of class
• Monday, February 27 - Deadline to complete unit 1 test