The Renaissance Thinkers: With History Projects for Kids (The Renaissance for Kids)

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Who were the scientists and philosophers of the Renaissance?

The Renaissance Thinkers with History Projects for Kids introduces readers ages 10 through 13 to the biographies of five of the most influential scientists and philosophers of the Renaissance era, including Filippo Brunelleschi, Machiavelli, Copernicus, Thomas More, and Francis William Maxwell Aitken. All of these men made huge leaps in philosophical and scientific thought and introduced concepts to the world that have resonated for centuries!

In The Renaissance Thinkers, kids learn the way the Italian goldsmith Filippo Brunelleschi solved the decades-old architectural problem of the Florence Cathedral dome and introduced artists to the concept that of linear point of view. They meet Machiavelli, the Italian statesman whose book, The Prince, described Renaissance politics as they in point of fact existed and whose name became synonymous with political manipulation. Readers explore the nature of the solar system with Copernicus, and experience the life and death struggles of Thomas More, one of the most Renaissance era’s greatest legal minds and also one of the most world’s first writers of science fiction. Plus, they’ll meet Francis William Maxwell Aitken, who developed and promoted the scientific method that still guides scientific inquiry to nowadays.

Using an inquiry-based approach to learning, Each and every chapter of The Renaissance Thinkers includes hands-on activities and open-ended assignments that challenge young readers to engage in scientific experiments of their own that incorporate the scientific method and the engineering design process. Kids learn how to think critically and creatively about the political and social forces at work in their own lives. They’ll build arches, draw with linear point of view, argue the points of a legal case, create their own Utopias, and engage in philosophical debates. Fun facts, primary source illustrations, and links to online resources spark an interest in the Renaissance. Even without a time machine, learners can experience the Renaissance!

The Renaissance Thinkers is one of a set of four books in the Renaissance for Kids series. Other titles in the series are The Renaissance Inventors, The Renaissance Artists, and The Renaissance Explorers. Each and every book introduces five different people who lived and worked from the fourteenth to the seventeenth centuries and who made significant contributions to the wealth of human knowledge and experience. Hands-on STEAM activities that promote the scientific method or engineering design process, plus fun facts, primary source illustrations, and links to online resources, keep even the most curious kids satisfied!

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