Agenda January 6• Journal• Preview Questions• Watch PBS’s Medici: Godfathers of the Renaissance• Concluding Questions

• HW: Read Chapter 17 section 2 pages 480-485. – Using the note taking strategy suggested on page

480 take notes on what you read. – Answer questions 3,4,7,and 8 on page 485.

• Begin filling out Comparison Chart and working on your Family Tree

Preview Questions

• What do you already know about the Medici family and the Renaissance?

• Where is Florence or Firenze, as it is known in Europe?

• The Renaissance starts in the quatrocento; what century is that? What years does that include?

• What does the title The Medici: Godfathers of the Renaissance suggest about the series and the family?

• How does a family become rich and powerful?

Focusing Questions

• As you watch, see how the Medici rose from poverty and insignificance.

• Also notice this: Why were art and architecture so important to the rise of the Medici?

• In what ways are accepted beliefs challenged?

Watching the Movie

• Please fill our the viewing guide as we watch

Answering the Focusing Questions

• As you watch, see how the Medici rose from poverty and insignificance.

• Also notice this: Why were art and architecture so important to the rise of the Medici?

• In what ways are accepted beliefs challenged? • What do you have questions about?• What do you like about the way the film presents the

information?• What is going to happen to Cosimo?

Watching Part 2

• Answer page 2 questions

Closure Questions

• What was unique about Cosimo, Brunelleschi, and Florence?

• How did Cosimo, Brunelleschi, and Florence contribute to the birth of the Renaissance?

• What problems do you foresee for the Medici family? Why?

• In what ways were the ancients and the great writers from the East and Orient different from the Christian thinkers of the Middle Ages?

• In what ways does our society discourage or punish people for thinking, believing, and acting differently from the majority?