Instructional Video5:59
Cerebellum

The Renaissance - Scientific Advancements

9th - 12th
No period of history can boast of greater beauty than The Renaissance. This was the period, from approximately early 14th century to late 16th century, that gave us Leonardo da Vinci, Michelangelo, and Shakespeare. This video looks at...
Instructional Video9:03
Cerebellum

The Renaissance - The Politics Of The Renaissance

9th - 12th
No period of history can boast of greater beauty than The Renaissance. This was the period, from approximately early 14th century to late 16th century, that gave us Leonardo da Vinci, Michelangelo, and Shakespeare. This video talks about...
Instructional Video6:42
Cerebellum

The Renaissance - The Humanist Movement

9th - 12th
No period of history can boast of greater beauty than The Renaissance. This was the period, from approximately early 14th century to late 16th century, that gave us Leonardo da Vinci, Michelangelo, and Shakespeare. The humanist movement...
Instructional Video6:31
Curated Video

Italy, Florence - Boboli gardens

12th - Higher Ed
The Boboli Gardens were laid out for Eleonora di Toledo, the wife of Cosimo I de' Medici. The name is a curruption of "Bogoli", a family from whom land had been bought to construct the garden. The first stage was scarcely begun by...
Instructional Video9:20
Cerebellum

The Renaissance - How It Began And What It Represented

9th - 12th
No period of history can boast of greater beauty than The Renaissance. This was the period, from approximately early 14th century to late 16th century, that gave us Leonardo da Vinci, Michelangelo, and Shakespeare. This video looks at...
Instructional Video4:53
Cerebellum

The Age Of Enlightenment - Introduction

9th - 12th
The Enlightenment may not have left physical evidence behind like the pyramids of Egypt or the Colosseum of Rome, but it has left us an intellectual heritage which is unquestionable in its importance. This video looks at the context...
Instructional Video7:25
Cerebellum

The Renaissance - Music, Literature And Theatre

9th - 12th
No period of history can boast of greater beauty than The Renaissance. This was the period, from approximately early 14th century to late 16th century, that gave us Leonardo da Vinci, Michelangelo, and Shakespeare. This video discusses...
Instructional Video11:00
Two Minute Music Theory

Music and the Reformation: Part 1 - Germany

12th - Higher Ed
A look at how the Protestant Reformation in Germany reshaped music history
Instructional Video16:14
Wonderscape

Art History Kids: Da Vinci and Rembrandt

K - 5th
Learn all about Leonardo Da Vinci and Rembrandt Van Rijn. Explore the major life events and significant works of Da Vinci and Rembrandt. In a time before photographs, both men were known for and called upon to create individual and...
Instructional Video5:29
Cerebellum

Colonization Of North America: Spanish Settlements - Introduction And Background

9th - 12th
Chronicles the exploits of Cortes, De Soto, and Coronado; and Spanish incursions into South & Central America, Mexico and the American Southwest. This video introduces the context of Spanish exploration of North America and their...
Instructional Video5:30
TED-Ed

Is There a Difference Between Art and Craft?

7th - 12th Standards
How do we come to view objects and artifacts as art? What terms and ideas do we associate with craft instead? The distinction between art and craft may be subtle, but has profound roots in art history and the development of western...
Instructional Video4:50
Curated OER

Achievements of Leonardo Da Vinci

6th - 12th
A short clip discusses Leonardo da Vinci's art, inventions, architecture, and amazing mind. Many of his inventions and ideas have actually been built, such as tanks, man-powered flying machines, and a parachute.
Instructional Video4:59
Curated OER

A (Brief) History of Democracy Part 2

7th - 10th
The concluding segment of this two-part student project video begins with the Renaissance and ends with an homage to John Fitzgerald Kennedy and Pierre Trudeau.
Audio
University of Cambridge

University of Cambridge: Sidneiana: Songs and Sonnets

9th - 10th
Musical reconstructions of Contrafacta, "poems written to music" as opposed to "poems set to music," by Philip and Robert Sidney are discussed. The site includes recordings of sample songs in .WAV and Real Audio format.
Instructional Video
Sophia Learning

Sophia: The Italian Renaissance

9th - 10th
A series of resources with follow up questions created to introduce students to the Italian Renaissance period and its implications afterward. [55:24]
Audio
Center For Civic Education

60 Second Civics: Rights in History Pt. 12: The Renaissance

9th - 10th
Today we learn about the Renaissance in Western Europe and how it affected people's ideas about rights.
Audio
Center For Civic Education

60 Second Civics: Rights in History Pt. 13: Capitalism

9th - 10th
Capitalism gained prominence during the Renaissance and gave people more control over their lives.
Audio
Classical Archives

Classical Archives: Pierre Attaingnant [Works]

9th - 10th
Play one-minute clips of thirty Medieval and Renaissance compositions by various (many unknown) composers. These were first collected and printed by 16th century music publisher Pierre Attaingnant. Click on the About/Bio tab to learn...
Audio
Center For Civic Education

60 Second Civics: Episode 105: The Rennaisance Part 2

9th - 10th
On the podcast today, we continue our discussion of the Renaissance. People learned that they did not need to stay within the social class they were born into allowing for opportunities. [1:15]
Audio
Center For Civic Education

60 Second Civics: The Rennaisance Part 1

9th - 10th
Today we begin our discussion of the Renaissance and how it contributed to ideas about rights. [1:19]
Instructional Video
PBS

Pbs: Arts in the Renaissance: About the Bransle

9th - 10th
This video explains the purpose and structure of the Maltese Bransle, a country dance that was popular in the courts of England and France during the Renaissance.
Instructional Video
PBS

Pbs: Arts in the Renaissance: Bransle

9th - 10th
In this video viewers watch as Kentucky students perform the Maltese Bransle, a country dance that was popular in the royal courts of France and England during the Renaissance.
Instructional Video
Sophia Learning

Sophia: Late Gothic/early Renaissance in Italy

9th - 10th
This lesson will explore the transition toward a more humanist style in the arts that occurred in fourteenth-century Italian art.