Standards

Renaissance in Europe 

WHS.1D Identify major causes and describe the major effects of the following important turning points in world history from 1450 to 1750: the rise of the Ottoman Empire, the influence of the Ming dynasty on world trade, European exploration and the Columbian Exchange, European expansion, and the Renaissance and the Reformation. 

WHS.5A Explain the political, intellectual, artistic, economic, and religious impact of the Renaissance. 

WHS.24C Explain how the relationship between Christianity and Humanism that began with the Renaissance influenced subsequent political developments. 

WHS.25A Analyze examples of how art, architecture, literature, music, and drama reflect the history of the cultures in which they are produced. 

WHS.25B Describe examples of art, music, and literature that transcend the cultures in which they were created and convey universal themes. 

WHS.26C Explain the impact of the printing press on the Renaissance and the Reformation in Europe.

WHS.28C Analyze primary and secondary sources to determine frame of reference, historical context, and point of view.

WHS.28E Analyze information by sequencing, categorizing, identifying cause and‐effect relationships, comparing, contrasting, finding the main idea, summarizing, making generalizations and predictions, drawing inferences and conclusions, and developing connections between historical events over time.

WHS.28F Construct a thesis on a social studies issue or event supported by evidence.

WHS.30AUse social studies terminology correctly. 

Protestant Reformation

WHS.1D Identify major causes and describe the major effects of the following important turning points in world history from 1450 to 1750: the rise of the Ottoman Empire; the influence of the Ming dynasty on world trade; European exploration and the Columbian Exchange; European expansion; and the Renaissance and the Reformation.

WHS.5B Explain the political, intellectual, artistic, economic, and religious impact of the Reformation.

WHS.26C Explain the impact of the printing press on the Renaissance and the Reformation in Europe.

WHS.28E Analyze information by sequencing, categorizing, identifying cause and‐effect relationships, comparing, contrasting, finding the main idea, summarizing, making generalizations and predictions, drawing inferences and conclusions, and developing connections between historical events over time.

WHS.30A Use social studies terminology correctly.