9th Grade Research Project

2015_2016

Writing for History 10 Commandments of Historical Writi

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5 steps

Topics The Black Death Martin Luther & the Protestant

Reformation The Printing Press Tudor Monarchs of England (Henry

VIII, Elizabeth I, etc) Renaissance Art & Artists

The Black Death The Black Death arrived in Europe by

sea in Mid 1340s Killed more 20 million people in

Europe–almost one-third of the continent’s population.

History Channel Black Death from Ratatouille

Martin Luther & the Protestant Reformation 16th-century religious, political,

intellectual and cultural upheaval that splintered Catholic Europe, setting in place the structures and beliefs that would define the continent in the modern era.

John Green Protestant Reformation The Reformation

The Printing Press Johannes Gutenberg was the first

European to use movable type printing, in around 1439.

The Printing Press

Renaissance Art & Artists

14th -17th century Europe saw changes in art, science, culture

Based on idea of Humanism, or human-beings unparallel ability

Renaissance Crash Course

Tudor Monarchs of England

Henry VII, Henry VIII, Edward VI, Mary I, and Elizabeth I

Ruled England for 118 eventful years

Tudors Live

Live Binder On Edline

“Live Binder-Research Project”

Homework Do a little of your own research to

determine which topic you might be interested in researching.

Pick a topic Write a proposal (1 page)

What topic your choosing Why you are interested in that topic How you might narrow your topic 3 things you want to learn about your topic.

Bring in 2 sources on your article (must be in hand for next class ..printed..book, etc)