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HOW CHILDREN LIVE IN … THE RENAISSANCE by Teri Brown
Introducing Lorenzo and Lisabetta, lucky twins in Florence who
spend their birthday watching their father make frescos in a
local church
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AN INTERVIEW WITH JOHANN GUTENBERG by Adele Dueck
Listen to Mr. Gutenberg describe how his invention of movable
type works, his first printing job - the 42-line Bible, and
what he thinks his invention will ultimately mean for the world
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THE MEDICI: GETTING TO KNOW THE GLITTERATI by Jay Hammond
Meet the Medici family, the most celebrated and influential
Italian dynasty of the Renaissance, and learn how they are still
expanding knowledge today, centuries after their death
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MEDICI QUIZ - WHICH MEDICI ARE YOU? by Jacquelin Cangro
You probably have more in common with the Medici than you think
- take this quiz and find out which Medici you are most like
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HIGH SEAS ADVENTURES: RENAISSANCE EXPLORERS by Megan Enzlin-Dixon
Hit the high seas with the explorers of the Renaissance and
find out what life was like on board and how their findings
changed the world
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RENAISSANCE TRADE HUBS, SHIPS AND SAILORS by Mark Lardas
Learn about the two major trading hubs - the Italian trading
cities and the Hansa of the North - and how they transported
and traded goods across the known world
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CARNIVAL! WHEN THE WORLD IS TURNED UPSIDE DOWN by Shannon Shepherd
Carnival was one of the most important and popular festivals
in southern Europe. Read about what you could expect at a typical
Carnival festival
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MARTIN
LUTHER: EXCERPTS FROM THE WITENBERG DAILY CHRONICLE
by Tanya Roth
Read articles from the Wittenberg Daily Chronicle
to learn about the life of famous scholar and theologian,
Martin Luther as chronicled in the newspaper
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SOUND IT OUT - RENAISSANCE MUSIC by LuAnn Howe
See what musical instruments were played during Renaissance
times and imagine what they sounded like
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THE
LEONARDO LETTERS: GLIMPSES OF GENIUS
by Peggy Kitchner
Discover the genius of Leonard da Vinci in this series of
letters written by his young apprentices
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DARED TO DISAGREE - GALILEO GALILEI by Lisa Goins
His books were banned, he was put on trial and later imprisoned
in his own home. Find out what theories got the famous scientist,
Galileo, in such hot water with the Catholic Church.
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THE LEGEND OF THE PISA EXPERIMENT by Mark Moehlman
Find out the who, what, where, and why of the Pisa Experiment
conducted first by Galileo and later by NASA
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FILIPPO BRUNELLESCHI, FLORENCE'S ARCHITECT by Lin Ho-You
Meet Brunelleschi, the multi-talented man behind the greatest
architectural endeavor in Florence - Santa Maria del Fiore,
known simply as the Duomo
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POOF!
IT'S MAGIC ... OR WAS IT RENAISANNCE CHEMISTRY? by Laura Harrison McBride
Were Renaissance
alchemists frauds and cheats or early chemists? We uncover
evidence for a little bit of both
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THE PLAY' S THE THING: RENAISSANCE PLAYWRIGHTS by Jim Cort
Building upon the foundations of ancient Rome, the English playwrights
- Marlowe, Shakespeare and Jonson - set the stage for modern
literature
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THE INQUISITION - SUMMONED FROM HOME by Melinda Rothouse
Can you imagine being summoned from home without explanation
and held in prison without any explanation? Enter the scary
world of the Inquisition and find out how and why this could
happen
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ARTS & CRAFTS
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CARNIVAL MASKS
by Shannon Shepherd
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STITCH A RENAISSANCE
POUCH by Kimberly Johnson
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MINIATURE PORTRAITS
by Laurie Whitman
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LITERATURE STUDY GUIDES
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THE SECOND MRS GIACONDA (Ages 9-12) by Linda Dougherty
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THE SEVEN AGES OF MAN (Ages 12+) by Kerri S. Mabee
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PRESCHOOL
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PRE-SCHOOL UNIT by Karen Frisch
Activities and narrations to learn about the Renaissance: explorers,
da Vinci, printing presses, Galileo and Shakespeare
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