Ninth grade world history students have been studying the Renaissance, which culminated in simulating artistic activities of the era.
The students were challenged to carve the statue of David, but they used a bar of soap rather than white marble. They also had to include a museum label for their statue which included the name of the sculptor, the time period in history, where it was sculpted, who David was, and why Michelangelo would choose to carve a statue of David.
Students also had to write a sentence about something they learned about the Renaissance, but the challenge was they had to write like Leonardo DaVinci, who used mirror writing.
Lastly students had to do a drawing of their choice, but had to use the technique of perspective, which was popularized during the Renaissance period.
In addition, after a week of learning, the students self-checked their knowledge of Renaissance artistic works by working in pairs to match pieces of art with their artists, writings with their writers, as well as the definition of terms important to the era such as secular, vernacular and Machiavellian.
Thank you to the senior class who took a trip down memory lane and judged the freshmen’s carvings of David. Congratulations to the following winners they chose, from second period, Layla Southern; Jenni Yates from sixth period; and Stevenson Hoyett from seventh period.
