History: Renaissance / Age of Exploration

1. What can found artefacts tell us about the Renaissance and the european explorers?
2. What do written sources, such as myths, diaries, annals, chronicles, tell us of the above?
3. What factors provoked or encouraged the development of the Renaissance Age?
4. Who are some of the key figures of the Renaissance?
5. Why was there an Age of Exploration?

A series of 7 YouTube videos about the Renaissance & the Age of Exploration. Find out more about the Spanish and Portugese explorers and the times in which they sailed.

1. Turning points in history : the age of exploration by Bill Blakemore (3:20)
2. Rock in the classroom : the explorers of the Caribbean by Jerry Appell (5:55)
3. Explorer song slideshow by J. Winstead (3:51)
4. The Renaissance : was it a thing? by John Green (11:33)
5. Age of exploration notes [1 of 3] by Mr Roughton (5:07)
6. Age of exploration notes [2 of 3] by Mr Roughton (9:56)
7. Age of exploration notes [3 of 3] by Mr Roughton (7:05)

Listed below is a selection of non-fiction books about the Renaissance & two key figures that are in the SHGC Library collection. Check the Library catalogue for other relevant titles.

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National Geographic Feb. 2014

Brunelleschi's Dome by Tom Mueller, p. 84

National Geographic Oct. 2009

Treasured ship by Roff Smith, p. 116