September 4 & 8, 2015 Please take out your Baller Sheet, 3-Ring Binder & Something with which to write.

September 4 & 8, 2015

Please take out your Baller Sheet, 3-Ring Binder & Something with which to write

Quote of the Day

“Love all. Trust a few. Do wrong

to none.”-William

Shakespeare

HomeworkUnit 1/Section 2-Renaissance & Reformation

•Read p. 346-350•p. 350 #3,4•Book next class? No

Renaissance Important Figures

Today’s Focusing question

How can we see the influence of Renaissance works/ideas in

our world today?

William ShakespeareWilliam Shakespeare

William Shakespeare

• Born in Stratford-upon-Avon (1564)• Regarded as greatest playwright of all

time• Wrote poems too• Drew upon the classics for

inspiration/plots• Master of the English language

– More on this later

• Examined human flaws

Do you think of this?

This one?

This?

How about this one?

Hamlet’s Uncle kills his father for the throne. Hamlet does not know to fight his Uncle and to seek his rightful place on the throne until his father’s ghost appears to him in the night.

He remains culturally relevant….

Twelfth Night

Hamlet Othello

The Taming of the Shrew

Grab a Quote• Everyone needs a quote• What famous modern-day phrase

comes from this Shakespeare excerpt?

• Turn to your table partner and discuss your excerpts

• Class Share Out

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“Dead as a doornail”

• From King Henry VI, Part 2• 1592

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“(Fight) Fire with fire”

• From King John• 1595

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“Good Riddance”

• Troilus and Cressida• 1606

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“Band of Brothers”

• Henry V• 1598

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“Wild-Goose Chase”

• Romeo and Juliet• 1592

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“I have not slept one wink”

• Cymbeline• 1611

Warm Up #5Answer the following in your 3-Ring Binders:

Two Paragraphs/Proper Grammar

1.Shakespeare wrote 500 years ago. What works of art (books, movies, tv shows, architecture, etc) from YOUR GENERATION do you think will still matter to people’s lives 500 years from now?

2.Explain why the works you identified in #1 will still matter to people’s lives 500 years from now.

Grab a Quote #2• Everyone needs a quote• Think about what your quote is

saying• Can you provide an example?• Turn to your table partner and

discuss your quotes• Class Share Out

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Themes/Main Ideas• What themes do you see in the quotes?

• Do you think this is good or bad advice?

• Who do you think this advice is meant for?

• Do you recognize the author or book?

Niccoló Machiavelli• The Prince (1513)• Takes form of political guidebook• How to gain power & keep it• Not concerned with what is morally right…• …but with what was politically effective

• The end justifies the means

Modern Day Machiavelli?http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=SseGZNMujXs

Sir Thomas More• Utopia (1516)• The ideal society• Satire• What would your ideal society look like?

Miguel de Cervantes• Don Quixote (1605)• Mocks Medieval ideals of chivalry• What is something you would like to mock in

today’s society?

How do these writings spread?

• http://www.history.com/shows/mankind-the-story-of-all-of-us/videos/mankind-the-story-of-all-of-us-the-printing-pre

http://www.history.com/shows/mankind-the-story-of-all-of-us/videos/mankind-the-

story-of-all-of-us-the-printing-press?m=512651279ab48

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Johann Gutenberg• German craftsman• ~1440 developed the printing press• Combined existing technology from

Asia and Europe• Could now produce books quickly and

cheaply• Rapid spread of new ideas• Gutenberg Bible (1455)

Renaissance Important Figures

HomeworkUnit 1/Section 2-Renaissance & Reformation

•Read p. 346-350•p. 350 #3,4•Book next class? No