The Renaissance

National Gallery of Art – Teacher Resources
This section of The National Gallery of Art website allows teachers to access lessons and resources by curriculum, topic, or artist. For information and activities relating to the Renaissance, click on Renaissance under "Topics" and then click on the long button labeled, "Search for Resources.
Level: Teacher

The Renaissance Connection
With the simple click of a mouse button, students can travel into the past to discover many Renaissance innovations and explore the life of an artist. Students will love the chance to investigate Renaissance artworks in depth and discover how past innovations shape life today.
Level: Grades 5-8

Explore the Renaissance
This site helps students look at the forces that drove the rebirth in Europe, and in particular in Italy. Topics include Out of the Middle Ages Exploration and Trade, Printing and Thinking, Mathematics, and a focus on Florence.
Level: Grades 6-8

Europe and the Age of Exploration – 15th and 16th Century
This web site from the Metropolitan Museum of Art lets students look intently at historical artifacts and works of art to help them gain an understanding of the Age of Exploration. (Note: The site is text based.)
Level: Grades 6-8

Investigating the Renaissance
This interactive program demonstrates the ways in which computer technology can be harnessed to add to our knowledge about Renaissance paintings and how they were made. The site walks students through the process of examining several paintings in–depth.
Level: Grades 6-8

Illuminating the Renaissance
This site allows visitors an opportunity to explore details of these books by clicking on the thumbnail sketches. Once a selection is made, you can zoom in further, pan left and right, and gather more detailed information about the Renaissance. An amazing opportunity to explore at the Getty!
Level: Grades 5-8