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The Italian Renaissance: Origins in Florence and Merchant Patronage
Explain how Mediterranean trade wealth and the Medici banking family fueled humanism and artistic innovation in Florence.
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Medieval Europe, the Renaissance, and the Reformation
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Analyze social hierarchies, religious transformations, humanism, and economic changes in medieval and early modern Europe.
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Learning standards covered
SS.7.1.2Colorado Social Studies Standards · All agesApply an understanding of the historical context of significant current events, individuals, groups, ideas, and themes within regions of the Eastern Hemisphere and their relationships with one another, to draw conclusions, and solve problems.
SS.7.3.1Colorado Social Studies Standards · All agesDescribe how economic systems in the Eastern Hemisphere developed based on access to resources, societal values, and human experiences in order to address the problem of scarcity.
SS.7.5.1Colorado Social Studies Standards · All agesInvestigate the role of consumers and businesses within the Eastern Hemisphere.