Time to Get to Work!!

Hi Everyone! I see the posts are slowing starting to come in. I hope not everyone waits until the last week of summer!

Just FYI stuff - We meet 1st period. That means it is essential that you get to school on time everday. We move ver quickly through a rigorous curriculum. For supplies, all you need to get is a 1.5" binder and a small amount of looseleaf paper. No folders please!! Ask anyone of my former students and they will tell you that I give out handouts everyday, and all of them will be hole punched to go right into your binder.

Enjoy the rest of the summer!
Take care,
Mrs. Raftery

After completing the readings: Analyze the influence of humanism on the visual arts in the Italian Renaissance. Use specific works to support your analysis.

Answer the question in your own words, but also comment on someone else's comment.

Question Four

After completing the readings: Discuss how Renaissance ideas are expressed in the Italian art of the period, referring to specific works and artists.

Answer in your own words but also comment on what someone else said in response to this question - do you agree or diagree with someone else's comments?

Question Three

After completing the readings: To what extent and in what ways may the Renaissance be regarded as a turning point in the Western intellectual and cultural tradition?

Answer the question in your own words, but also comment on someone else's response - do you agree or disagree with what someone else posted?

Question Two

After completing the reading: Explain to what extent is the term "Renaissance" a valid concept for a distinct period in early modern European history?

Answer the question in your own words and also comment on another student's response to this question - do you agree or diagree with what someone else said?

Question One

After completing the readings: Explain the ways in which Italian Renaissance humanism transformed ideas about the individual's role in society.

Respond to the question but also comment on another student's response - do you agree or disagree with their response and why?

Welcome!

Let's get started by just introducing ourselves! I will go first!

I have been teaching at Smithtown for six years. I also teach AP World History, but have looked forward to teaching AP Euro as I am very interested in the subject and studied in Belgium while I was on college. I love to travel and hope I can inspire the same love of travel in each of you.

Why are each of you taking this course?
What do you like to do outside of school?
What are your plans for the summer?