Renaissance Research Project

A. GATHERING INFORMATION
1. Do research. Find and use credible resources. (You may not use wikipedia, wikianswers, ask.com, etc.)

 Start with the resources lusted under your person's name from the chart below. 

2. Take notes on the person's accomplishments and impact. Be sure to get copies of art, diagrams, books, summaries of ideas, etc. that reflect this person's contributions.

 describe this person's background (place and date of birth/death), life, etc. 

 explains the major accomplishments of this person
describes the impact the individual had on the Renaissance
answers the focus questions posed for your topic.
uses at least 3 sources
includes a bibliography with your paper (must be cited in MLA format: www.citationmachine.net/) 

Sofonisba Anguissola	Roger Bacon	Boccaccio	Peter Bruegel
Raphael	Cervantes	Chaucer	Christopher Columbus
Nicholas Copernicus	Leonardo Da Vinci	Dante	Descartes
Lorenzo de Medici	Donatello	Durer	Erasmus
Galileo Galilei	Gutenberg	Henry VIII	Henry The Navigator
Kepler	Rembrandt	Petrarch	Niccolo Machiavelli
Michelangelo	Thomas More	Isaac Newton	William Shakespeare

B. CREATING PRESENTATION 

1. Once you have your research completed, you must create a 3-5 minute presentation on this individual. 

 May use PowerPoint, Prezi, or a poster 

 Must cover all of the topics listed above 

 Don't be long winded. Short sentences, bullet points. Do not copy and paste text, doing so is plagiarism and you will receive a failing grade. A single slide should contain NO MORE THAN 40 words.