Unit 1

Renaissance: The Origins of a Western Worldview



Activity


  1. Download the document, Reading/Study Guide Unit 1: Chapter 5, Lesson 1.
    Please save your work to a file on your desktop so you will have a copy to refer back to.

  2. Click on one of the links provided to download the document.


    Read


  3. Read pages 106, 107, 109 and the first paragraph on page 110 in your textbook.
      • Answer the following questions in your Reading/Study Guide.

        • How did the Renaissance people (those who had wealth) feel about luxury goods?
        • What was the only way people could get many of those goods?

  1. When you are finished, proceed to the next page.


Read

Encounter, by Jane Yolen, is an excellent book about the Taino people and their first encounter with the Spanish explorers.


The Taino are the people described on page 105 of your textbook.

If you are interested in learning more about the Taino, find this intriguing book at your library. It tells the story from the perspective of a Taino boy.