Design your own Digital Museum: “Renaissance Person” 

 
Task: 
 
To demonstrate your research skills and your use of historical significance and evidence, you will be creating a digital 
museum display to highlight the achievements and contributions of a significant individual from the Renaissance 
period.  
 
Task Breakdown:  
 
Your museum display using Google Sites will contain several components. Each one should be represented by a 
different tab or page. 
 
Task   Task Requirements 

Task 1: Title page  ❏ Name of “Renaissance Person” 

❏ Portrait or Self-Portrait of “Renaissance Person” 
❏ Your name, teacher name, course code, due date 

Task 2: Historical  ❏ Using two credible secondary sources, write a 100 word summary to give historical context about the Renaissance 
Context   period. You must introduce the concept of a “Renaissance Person” and establish the criteria (4-5) for the characteristics 
of a “Renaissance Person”. This should just include the facts. No judgements. Include citations where needed. 

Task 3: Biography of  ❏ Using two credible secondary sources, write a 150 -200 word biography about your chosen “Renaissance Person”. You 
“Renaissance  must use the criteria that you established in Task 1 to justify why they can be considered a “Renaissance Person”. 
Person”  Include citations where needed. 

Task 4: Primary  ❏ Select one primary document (ie. painting, sculpture, drawing,, letter, journal, literature, etc. ) 
Document and  ❏ Create 75- 100 word captions to answer the following questions.  
Analysis  ❏ Explain the context source- name, date, purpose, etc. 
❏ What does it tell us about your “Renaissance Person” ?  
❏ Why is this source significant enough to be included in this display? 

Task 5: Historical  ❏
Significance  response should be supported by research. Facts and example must be included in justification. This response should
Using the 4 Rs of historical significance, explain why your “Renaissance Person” is historically significant. Each 
 
be broken up into 4 parts and be approx 250 words. Include citation where needed. 
❏ Remarkable: ​Was was noticed at the time as having importance? Is there something extraordinary about the 
person?  
❏ Resulted in Change: ​Did their contributions have deep consequences (positive or negative)--immediate 
and/or long term--for many people?   
❏ Revealing: ​How are they symbolic or representative of this period in history? How are they relevant to the 
narrative of this period? 
❏ Relevant/Resonate Today: ​How have they contributed to an understanding of issues in the present day? OR 
What is the person’s legacy? 

Task 6: References  ❏ MLA style works cited page 

❏ Sources are listed in alphabetical order 
❏ A minimum of four sources used, including your primary source  

Final Product  ❏ All 6 tasks will be presented as a Google Site 

❏ Each other task should be in a different tab or page  
❏ Contains consistent text, colour and overall design scheme 
❏ Edited for grammar and spelling  

 
Timeline: 
 
Date  Timeline for Task Completion 

Thursday, February 15  Task assigned- overview provided 

Select person from list provided 

Friday, February 16  Google Sites tutorial in library 

Citations tutorial in library 

Tuesday, February 20  Work Period 

In Class - BYOD 

Wednesday, February 21  Work Period 

Library 

Friday, February 23  Digital Museum due- published and submitted to class site for the beginning of class 
Students will be participating in a gallery walk- task: learn about several “Renaissance People”- Use criteria for 
historical significance to determine who is most significant 

 
 Design your own Digital Museum: “Renaissance Person” Rubric 
Name: _____________________________________ Topic: ____________________________ 
 
Success Criteria (Level 3)  Feedback  Level 

Knowledge /20 
I am able to use the historical inquiry process to investigate and identify important people, events and concepts related to social, political, 
economic and cultural developments in world history since the 15th Century. 

Introduction       
❏ I am able to accurately and thoroughly introduce the      
period of the Renaissance including relevant facts and  /10 
concepts. 

Biography     
❏ I am able to accurately and thoroughly write a biography   
for my selected “Renaissance Person” including relevant   
facts and concepts. 
/10 

Application /20​I I am able 

to select and organize relevant evidence (both primary and secondary sources) that reflect multiple perspectives about important people, 
events and concepts related to social, political, economic and cultural developments in world history since the 15th Century 
 

Primary Document     
❏ I am able to find one effective primary source that   
represents my chosen “Renaissance Person”   
❏ I use evidence and the historical thinking concepts to 
justify my choices in my reflections  /10 
❏ My argument is convincing  

Citations and Works Cited Page     

❏ I am able to properly document my sources in my works    
cited page and by using in-text citations where needed  /10 
(MLA style)  

Thinking /20 
I am able to use historical thinking skills to assess and analyse evidence to draw conclusions about important people, events and concepts 
related to social, political, economic and cultural developments in world history since the 15th Century. 

Characteristics of a “Renaissance Person”     

❏ I am able to establish 4-5 clear and logical criterion for   
the characteristics of a “Renaissance Person”   
❏ I am able to effectively use the criterion for the 
characteristics of a “Renaissance Person”   
/10 

Historical Significance       
❏ I am able to use all 4 criterion to thoroughly justify my   
response   
❏ My response is based on research and includes 
accurate and logical facts    
/10 

Communication /20 
I am able to communicate my ideas, arguments and conclusions about people, events and concepts related to social, political, economic 
and cultural developments in world history since the 15th Century using formats and styles that suit a purpose and audience.   

❏ I express and organize my ideas with considerable      

effectiveness in my final product      
❏ I use relevant graphics and images to enhance my final  /10 
product 

❏ I communicate my ideas formally to help me persuade my     

audience   
❏ My reflection uses proper grammar, spelling and   
terminology with considerable effectiveness 
❏ I effectively use course terminology (final product)   
/10