Comparing the Middle Ages and Renaissance

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Objective

I can compare and contrast the key characteristics of the Middle Ages and the Renaissance.

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Warm-up video

Captivating History · 8:29

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Practice

7 questions

1

Describe two factors that contributed to the rise of the Renaissance in Florence.

2

Explain the key difference between the focus of art and thought in the Middle Ages and the Renaissance.

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Exit ticket

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Identify one way in which art differed between the Middle Ages and the Renaissance, based on the video. According to the video, what was one key difference between the economy/trade of the Middle Ages and the Renaissance?

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