Social Studies 8 Chapter 4: The Exchange of Ideas.

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Chapter 4: The Exchange of Ideas

Chapter 4: The Exchange of Ideas

The Exchange of IdeasThe Exchange of Ideas

• Our primary Inquiry Question is:

• How did the Renaissance spark the growth and exchange of ideas across Europe?

• Our primary Inquiry Question is:

• How did the Renaissance spark the growth and exchange of ideas across Europe?

The Exchange of IdeasThe Exchange of Ideas

• Read about Galileo on page 79 (light blue area).

• Why was Galileo sentenced to house arrest?

• With which elements of the worldview icon did Galileo’s knowledge conflict?

• Read about Galileo on page 79 (light blue area).

• Why was Galileo sentenced to house arrest?

• With which elements of the worldview icon did Galileo’s knowledge conflict?

Add ‘R’

The Exchange of IdeasThe Exchange of Ideas

• Examine the painting on page 78

• What does Galileo’s experience tell us about how difficult it is to change a worldview?

• Examine the painting on page 78

• What does Galileo’s experience tell us about how difficult it is to change a worldview?

Science: A New Way of SeeingScience: A New Way of Seeing

• How can discoveries in the sciences change people’s worldview?

• How can discoveries in the sciences change people’s worldview?

Here is an awesome ‘scientific’ discovery: you can go down the

stairs incredibly quicker if you sit in a laundry basket.

Here is an awesome ‘scientific’ discovery: you can go down the

stairs incredibly quicker if you sit in a laundry basket.

Science: A New Way of SeeingScience: A New Way of Seeing

• The scientific method– Attitudes toward science changed during

the Renaissance– Humanism and individualism encouraged

people to experiment and question

• The scientific method– Attitudes toward science changed during

the Renaissance– Humanism and individualism encouraged

people to experiment and question

Science: A New Way of SeeingScience: A New Way of Seeing

• Read the quote by Leonardo da Vinci on page 80

• What is da Vinci encouraging us to do? Why?

• Read the quote by Leonardo da Vinci on page 80

• What is da Vinci encouraging us to do? Why?

Leonardo da VinciLeonardo da Vinci

• “We must consult experience in the variety of cases and circumstances until we can draw from them a general rule that is contained in them. And for what purposes are these rules good? They lead us to further investigations of nature and to creations of art.”

• “We must consult experience in the variety of cases and circumstances until we can draw from them a general rule that is contained in them. And for what purposes are these rules good? They lead us to further investigations of nature and to creations of art.”

Science: A New Way of SeeingScience: A New Way of Seeing

– The process of making observations, experimenting, and drawing conclusions based on evidence is known as the scientific method.

– This process led to many new discoveries during the Renaissance.

– The process of making observations, experimenting, and drawing conclusions based on evidence is known as the scientific method.

– This process led to many new discoveries during the Renaissance.

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• Examine figure 4-3 on page 80

• Why is this scientific method so effective?

• Examine figure 4-3 on page 80

• Why is this scientific method so effective?

Science: A New Way of SeeingScience: A New Way of Seeing

• Does the scientific process force us to think in certain ‘constructed’ ways?

• Can you think of any issues about only thinking in this rationale?

• Does the scientific process force us to think in certain ‘constructed’ ways?

• Can you think of any issues about only thinking in this rationale?

Science: A New Way of SeeingScience: A New Way of Seeing

• Astronomy– For thousands of years before the

Renaissance people believed the sun revolved around the earth.

– See figure 4-7 on page 81– Europeans believed God put the Earth in

the centre of the universe.

• Astronomy– For thousands of years before the

Renaissance people believed the sun revolved around the earth.

– See figure 4-7 on page 81– Europeans believed God put the Earth in

the centre of the universe.

Science: A New Way of SeeingScience: A New Way of Seeing

– Galileo and others discovered that the earth actually revolved around the sun.

– Examine figure 4-8 on page 81– This threatened the worldview of the time

– Galileo and others discovered that the earth actually revolved around the sun.

– Examine figure 4-8 on page 81– This threatened the worldview of the time

Albert Einstein (1941)Albert Einstein (1941)

• “Science without religion is lame, religion without science is blind”

• What does this quote make you think about?

• “Science without religion is lame, religion without science is blind”

• What does this quote make you think about?

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• Medicine– Read the first paragraph on page 82.– What does this prescription for treating

wounds indicate about Medieval medicine?

• Medicine– Read the first paragraph on page 82.– What does this prescription for treating

wounds indicate about Medieval medicine?

Science: A New Way of SeeingScience: A New Way of Seeing

– At the beginning of the Renaissance people relied on “natural” cures like the First Nations.

– During the Renaissance medical knowledge grew as people became more educated.

– At the beginning of the Renaissance people relied on “natural” cures like the First Nations.

– During the Renaissance medical knowledge grew as people became more educated.

First Nation’s AttitudesFirst Nation’s Attitudes

• Rely on the wisdom of elders• Use the medicinal power of plants• Focus on the spiritual, emotional and

physical self• Medicine women/men help to establish

harmony between people and nature

• Rely on the wisdom of elders• Use the medicinal power of plants• Focus on the spiritual, emotional and

physical self• Medicine women/men help to establish

harmony between people and nature

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– Most medical advances were made in the study of anatomy because dissection was made legal in many cities for the first time.

– Most medical advances were made in the study of anatomy because dissection was made legal in many cities for the first time.

Genetically Modified (GM) FoodGenetically Modified (GM) Food

• Turn to page 85 and read the section– Idea of producing plants that have

desirable characteristics– We are eating chemically enhanced

foods that are affecting our health

• Turn to page 85 and read the section– Idea of producing plants that have

desirable characteristics– We are eating chemically enhanced

foods that are affecting our health

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• Mathematics– Many Renaissance thinkers saw

mathematics as the basic tool for understanding the universe.

– Turn to page 87 and read about perspective.

• Mathematics– Many Renaissance thinkers saw

mathematics as the basic tool for understanding the universe.

– Turn to page 87 and read about perspective.

Filippo BrunelleschiFilippo Brunelleschi

• 1377 – 1446– The first Renaissance architect

– Rediscovered the mathematical theory of perspective

– He used perspective drawings to show how the buildings would look like when completed

• 1377 – 1446– The first Renaissance architect

– Rediscovered the mathematical theory of perspective

– He used perspective drawings to show how the buildings would look like when completed