Women in World History Curriculum Showcase SPINDLE STORIES CURRICULUM UNIT

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The Needle And The Brush: Renaissance Florence

Sample Portion from an Art Interpretation Activity

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Images of Women in Renaissance Art
Study paintings below, then do to the following Discussion Questions.

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Discussion Questions:

 -  Which of the activities shown would be done by upper class women?
      -  Which by town women?
      -  Which by peasant women?

 -  Which activities were necessary for the survival of the woman's family?

 -  Use the paintings to describe the clothes women wore, and how they dressed their hair.

ASSISTING AT BIRTH	PLAYING A DULCIMER
CARRYING WHEAT TO A MILL	SELLING JEWELS IN A SHOP

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