Renaissance 2 + Debate line-up

Remember: Debate Tuesday. You know who your partners and opponents are; I'll give you your topic on Friday. (Have you put your second choice for each factor in green?)

HW: Blame Frankie Hearne (or thank him) for tricking me into thinking Thanksgiving Break was a "no-homework weekend." He won that round.

But now I have to win Round Two. I try not to assign over 30-45 minutes of HW as a rule. But by Friday, I need you to watch the entire video below. You'll be quizzed. (It's about Boticelli, Michelangelo, Raphael, Leonardo, and Lorenzo "the Magnificent" Medici, and if you're not a mere moneyed barbarian, you should want a bit of true Cultural and Artistic knowledge anyway.)

Thanks, Frankie :)

Renaissance 1: Culture and Economics

HW: Debate Prep part 1

The debate will be Tuesday of next week. The schedule and rules:


Due Wednesday: Complete Chart + Your Choice for Each Factor

Credit: 15 points. Share this file with me in Gdocs, named "[your name] db".
 
1. Pull out your old notes and charts, and make ONE chart:

• Row headings: Muslims (Abbasid), Mongols, Ming China, Renaissance Europe
• Column headings: Political, Economic, Social, Religious, Science/Technology, Foreign Relations
• fill each cell in the chart. This data will form your arguments. You will share it with your opponent.
• In each column, make the font red for the box that shows your choice of "best" for that factor, and green for your second choice. (You can change your mind once, at the end of the Renaissance unit).
   

Warning: You will write a one-paragraph argument for each of three factors I'll assign you after class on Wednesday Friday (that's three paragraphs total), so make sure you have enough strong evidence to argue for each factor: Three really strong arguments per factor is your goal.

Again, you are not saying "One civilization is best in every way." You're saying,  "Civ. A was best politically and scientifically, Civ. B was best socially, Civ D was best religiously, etc."

Due Friday Tuesday:

Credit: 15 points. Share with me in Gdocs
2. Three 1-minute speeches (written like body paragraphs) arguing for three factors (I'll assign them Wednesday Friday) and against your opponent (I'll assign him/her Wednesday).
Graded for:
a) topic sentence and organization (transitions)
b) persuasive arguments and strongest evidence.



Tuesday: Debate
Credit: 70 points