If you are teaching the Italian Renaissance after your Middle Ages unit, this interactive virtual field trip will help you bring history to life in your classroom!
The Italian Renaissance is best taught when your students can visualize this cultural movement. During this period of time there was a renewed interest in the art of ancient Greece and Rome. Scholars and artists wanted to recapture these ancient cultures in their own way. For example, Renaissance artists focused on capturing the dignity and majesty of the human form through realistic sculptures and paintings.
Through this interactive virtual field trip, your students will get to experience some of the architecture and artistic works of this period up close using Google Earth.
This virtual field trip will take your students to Florence, Italy to learn about the Medici family and tour one of their palaces--the Palazzo Pitti and Boboli Gardens. Your students will also learn about famous artists including Giotto, Donatello, Michelangelo, and Leonardo di Vinci.
Here's the deal though. Because the art of this time focused on humanism (the human form), I did my best to make sure that all of the artistic works and links are school-appropriate. I recognize that teachers have different approaches to covering this topic, but I wanted to make sure that everything provided within the trip is school-appropriate.
This virtual field trip is structured with built-in links and response questions to keep your students accountable for their learning.
You can easily conduct this trip whole group by projecting the Google Slides and serving as a tour guide to navigate the 360 degree views. Or you can set this up in Google Classroom or your school's learning management system and have your students work on this independently or with partners. It's a versatile activity, so you can even leave this as sub plans.
Instead of reading a textbook and looking at a few images, this interactive trip is designed to help your students get an up-close look at this time period through architecture and artistic works.
Plus, everything is set up and ready to go to save you prep time! This is a great addition to your Italian Renaissance unit!
What Teachers Have to Say About Virtual Field Trips:
"A fantastic addition to our Social Studies curriculum. There's an easy to use format that my student got the hang of quickly, remained engaged, and didn't feel repetitive or overwhelming." M. W.
"My students love the virtual field trips. It is a great introduction to the units of study and allows students to use multi media." H.K.
You can find this activity here: Italian Renaissance Virtual Field Trip
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