Unit 1

Renaissance: The Origins of a Western Worldview



Chapter 3 Overview

At the end of Chapter 3, you should be able to answer the following Big Question.

  • How could shifting ideas change a society's worldview?


The following smaller questions will help you to answer the Big Question.

  1. Which traditional classical ideas helped form the Renaissance humanist worldview?
  2. How can thinkers and philosophers bring about change in society?
  3. What do the arts tell us about a society?
Chapter 3 of the textbook, Worldviews: Contact and Change.