DeGolyer Students Research Renaissance
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E.L. DeGolyer students in the 4th and 5th grade Gifted and Talented classes shared their knowledge of the Renaissance period by writing original biographical poems of some of the individuals who lived during the Renaissance. The poems were part of an exhibit the students created for students and parents at the school.
WILLIAM SHAKESPEARE
Brave, Passionate, Creative, Intelligent,Related to wife Anne Hathaway,Who cares deeply about his poetry,Who feels horrible about the Globe Theater that burned,Who needs his wife to believe in him,Who gives love to his three children,Who fears losing his talent of writing,Who would like to hear poetry in all parts of the world,Resident of Stratford Upon Avon in England
Allison King
NICCOLO MACHIAVELLI
Theorist, political philosopher, diplomat, politician,Related to father, Bernardo di Niccolo di BouninsengaAnd mother Bartolema di Nelli,Who cares about writing literature, historical treaties,Poetry, short stories, and comedies,Who feel that it is better to be feared than loved,Who needs the public to read his stories,Who gives his time for writing and researching history,Who fears that people will use weapons even when they aren’t needed,Who would like to see people interested in his writings,Resident of Florence, Italy Alvaro Michael
LEONARDO DA VINCI
Generous, charming, vain, talented,Related to his mother and father,Who cares deeply about his bronze horse and his good looks,Who feels strongly about learningWho needs more time for his inventions and scientific investigations,Who gives the world beauty through his artistic masterpieces,Who fears people will continue to think of old ways, old ideas,Who would like to see himself as the most creative man in the Renaissance PeriodThe Renaissance PeriodResident of Florence, ItalyAnna Crowling
JOHANNESS KEPLER
Unique, intelligent, skillful, and a revolutionist,Related to grandfather Selbald Kepler, son to Heinrich Kepler,And husband to Barbara MullerWho cares deeply about his family and theories,Who feels angered by people accusing his mother of practicing witchcraft,Who needs people to believe in his law,Who gives his all to his work,Who fears someone will disprove his law,Who would like to see people practice the religion of their choice,Resident of GermanyJustin Nash
JOHANNES KEPLER
Discoverer, astronomer, German, Mathematician,Related to father Heinrich, who deserted his family,Who cares deeply about his mother, who was accused of witchcraft,Who feels his theories about the universe are correct,Who needs to prove Copernicus’s theory that theEarth is only one of a group of planets moving around the sun,Who gives defense for his mother’s alleged crimes,Who fears what will happen to him during a Thirty Year War,Who would like to see his theories proved correct,Resident of the Holy Roman Empire (now Germany)Amber Capshaw
GERADUS MERCATOR
Flemish, hard worker, geographer, cartographer,Related to son who completed and published his father’s atlas in 1954,Cared deeply about the world in which he lived,Who feels he wants to understand what covers the surface of the earth,Who needs time to survey land and produce maps,Who gives his knowledge to others in maps and books,Who fears he won’t be able to finish his work,Who would live to see others become interested in creating maps,Resident of FlandersBianca Banuelos
GALILEO GALILEI
Creative, intelligent, dedicated, teacherRelated to father Vincenzo Galilei and mother Giulia AmmannateWho cares deeply about scientific mysteries,Who feels strongly about making people knowledgeable about the world,Who needs to keep making scientific discoveries,Who gives only good to the field of science,Who fears the world will end unless changes are made,Who would like to see the world in modern times,Resident of Italy on the planet earth Sophie Corless
