sst5-Europe

=Europe and Northern Eurasia=


 * Introduction and Regional Study**
 * Remember to use [|Geography Online Games] to study for the map test.
 * [|Toporopa: Geography of Europe]: self-test your geography knowledge (countries, capitals, mountains, bodies of water, etc.)
 * [|World Atlas]: explore your world
 * Mr. Diener's YouTube Channel: [|Europe]
 * Misc sites about Europe
 * National Geographic: [|Europe-Physical Geography] | [|Travel Europe] |
 * Rick Steves' Europe: [|YouTube Playlists]
 * [|panoramas.dk]: [|Venice Gondolas] | [|Eiffel Tower] | [|St. Peter's Basilica-Vatican City] | [|Versailles Hall of Mirrors] | [|London Eye]
 * [|Lonely Planet: Europe]


 * Historical Perspective**
 * **Renaissance**: See these sites for the Renaissance Timeline project. The dates begin with the Italian Renaissance (1330-1550), and continue across Europe through 1650.
 * [|HyperHistory Online]: explore all of the links (on the left side and on the bottom)
 * [|Renaissance Timeline]: tie-in with Renaissance Faires across the country
 * [|Student Center] for history textbook: see Unit 5 | Chapter 17
 * See also, the [|External Links] from the Wikipedia article about The Renaissance
 * Important **people** of the //Renaissance/Reformation//
 * [|Leonardo Da Vinci] - artist, inventor, scientist, etc.
 * [|Michelangelo] - painter, sculptor, architect, engineer, etc.
 * [|Johannes Gutenberg] - inventor of the printing press
 * [|Shakespeare] - the Globe Theatre
 * [|Galileo] - scientist and astronomer; the father of modern science
 * [|Catherine de Medici] - queen of France who brought the Italian Renaissance to France
 * [|Mary I] (or Mary Stuart) (or Bloody Mary) - remembered for restoring England to Roman Catholicism
 * Important **artifacts** of the //Renaissance/Reformation//
 * [|Mona Lisa] at the Louvre
 * [|Sistine Chapel] by Michelangelo / See also, [|Sistine Chapel] at [|Christus Rex]
 * [|The Last Supper] by Da Vinci / See also, [|Artwork at Forest Lawn Memorial Park]
 * [|The Statue of David] by Michelangelo
 * [|St. Peter's of Rome] - center of the Catholic Church
 * [|The printing press]- by Johannes Gutenberg
 * **Reformation**: See these sites for information about the Reformation.
 * [|Martin Luther] at PBS.org - [|Learn about Luther's life and times]. | See also, [|Timeline of Martin Luther].
 * [|The 95 Theses] - A request for a scholarly debate (95 Theses) became the spark of the Protestant Reformation.
 * A comprehensive list of links at [|Reformers of the 16th Century].

Current Issues
 * [|CNN: Europe]
 * [|BBC News: Europe]
 * //Disaster at Chernobyl// (p. 281) - [|Long Shadow of Chernobyl] (National Geographic) / [|A photo tour of Chernobyl and Pripyat] (see **Image 14** and note the connection with Ray Bradbury's //There Will Come Soft Rains//)