| Students explain the social, political and economic impacts of the Black Death/ Bubonic Plague (i.e., labor shortages, scapegoating of Jewish populations). Students evaluate Italy's role in the development of the Renaissance, with an emphasis on the economic conditions in Italy, its Greco-Roman past, the writings of Machiavelli. Students compare and contrast arts and philosophies of the Renaissance and the Medieval period, with an emphasis on the role of patrons, secularism, and humanism. |