RENAISSANCE PATHFINDER

http://www.beachwood.k12.oh.us/bhslmc/bhsref.htm

 

http://www.beachwood.k12.oh.us/bhslmc/CURRICUL/social/history/renaiss.htm

 

Some suggested beginning points for your research in priority order.

 

Biography

            Go to http://www.beachwood.k12.oh.us/bhslmc/datah/index.html

You will need your First Class User Name and Password to access this page.

·        EBSCO

MasterFile Premier – Search by person. Pay special attention to the biographies which include hyperlinks to websites as well as biographical information.

 

·        GALENET          

Discovering Collection – Search by person.  Biography, images and websites

 

·        Encyclopaedia Britannica

Includes biographical information as well as websites.

 

·        Encyclopaedia Americana

Includes biographical information as well as websites

 

Examples of work

·        EBSCO

 

·        Encyclopaedia Britannica

 

 

·        Encyclopaedia Americana

 

·        GaleNet

 

Additional Resources

                 

                  These links are gathered together on one page at: Oh!Teach

                  http://www.oplin.lib.oh.us/oh_teach_infohio

                        Click on Curriculum Links

                                    Click on History

                                                Click on World History you will find:

 

"The End of Europe's Middle Ages is designed to assist those students engaged in Renaissance, Reformation and Early Modern studies who lack a background in medieval European history."

 

Learn about Leonardo da Vinci, the scientist, inventor, and artist.

 

Explore the Renaissance on this page, and visit many sections: Out of the Middle Ages; Exploration and Trade; Printing and Thinking; Symmetry, Shape, Size; Focus on Florence; and Related Resources.

 

Additional Websites

 

·        Renaissance

Features a directory of Web sites on the Renaissance, compiled by the Twin Groves Middle School in Buffalo Grove, Illinois. Links to information on art, architecture, daily life, heraldry, law, medicine, and more.

http://www.twingroves.district96.k12.il.us/Renaissance/GeneralFiles/RenLinksGen.html

 

·        La Renaissance

                    http://www.oir.ucf.edu/wm/paint/glo/renaissance/

This WebMuseum exhibit explores changes that took place during the

                        Renaissance, the period's major artists and thinkers, and its impact in

                        Italy, the Netherlands, France, and Germany.