Students make history come alive in the Renaissance Faire Eminent Person Project! (11 pages attached here including directions, student notes, evaluation, etc.) Students research an important person during the Renaissance, Reformation, Scientific Revolution, or Exploration. Then, they create a poster with 3-part biography, timeline, primary source, and pictures, as well as construct artifacts and costume to use to present as if they are that eminent person!

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I have been teaching grades 7 and 8 Language Arts and Social Studies at De Anza Academy of Technology & the Arts in Ventura, California since 2001. I have also briefly taught high school ESL (grades 9-12), and I spent one month teaching English in Moscow, Russia.
