Renaissance Ball Project Reflection

~Name~
Sofia Garcia

~Project~
Renaissance Ball Project

~Class~
BD

~Dates~
June 5th 2008

Purpose:
The purpose of this project was to go back in time to the Renaissance and become a famous Renaissance character. In order to become an important Renaissance figure we had to research them, create a biography on them, and lastly we had to become them in a Renaissance Ball. To prepare for the Renaissance Ball we had to learn about how they dressed and danced back then, and while we were at the ball we got to learn all about other famous Renaissance figures.

What I learned:
In this project I was Ferdinand Magellan, so I learned all about him. Magellan was the first explorer to lead a voyage that went all around the world. Before this project I had never heard of Magellan before, now I know all about his life. In this project I didn't only learn about Magellan, but I also learned about other things in the Renaissance, we learned about many aspects of the Renaissance including literature, the arts, science, mathematics, cartography, engineering, the human anatomy, all of these aspects were advanced in the Renaissance. We learned about Florence , which was one of the main city-states of the Renaissance and we learned about what it was like to live there. We also learned about so many other things but it would take forever for me to write it all.

Reflection:
Overall I liked this project because I learned so much about the Renaissance. My least favorite part was taking all of the notes on the Renaissance because it took a long time and it hurt my hand. My favorite part was getting ready for the Renaissance ball because it was fun to chose what we were going to wear. If I were to do this project again I would probably spend more time on my biography because I felt that it could have been longer.

Artifacts:
here is a link to my Magellan biography-
http://docs.google.com/Doc?docid=dg7dxkbh_33hg2j39g5&hl=en