If you haven't already looked in your e-mail, check for a group message I sent to the whole
class.
That is the message which will serve as a template for your responses as you do this Internet
assignment. The instructions are below:
1) Delete the contents of my message.
2) Search the Internet for sites pertaining to the Renaissance--individual authors and historical
figures/events (More, Machiavelli, Erasmus, Marguerite de Navarre, Rabelais, Firenzuola,
Francis I of France, Henry VIII of England, Tudor England, Reformation, etc.); artwork and
artists (Sistine Chapel, the Vatican, Leonardo da Vinci, Michelangelo, Donatello, Raphael,
Titian, etc.); courses given at colleges having to do with the Renaissance--history, literature,
art, and the like.
3) Decide whether or not these sites (or links within these sites) are useful. If they are useful
or "cool," include a link to them in your response to the whole class. Explain why you think
they are useful. Encourage others to go there.
4) Don't take other people's word for it! Check out your colleagues' suggestions for
yourself and take issue with the choices! Agree and disagree!
If you are one of the first one or two people to make suggestions for interesting information
and sites, go back to your e-mail after several others have done their work and re-engage in
the dialogue with everyone.
When you receive a message with answers from several people, add your comments at the
top of the message. Don't change any of the addresses. Just "reply" to all recipients of the
message. I will (I hope) automatically receive a copy of the message. Don't forget to sign
your name at the end of your e-mail!
Just to be on the safe side, keep a copy of your own message.
We should end up with one very long message with lots of possible links to Internet
resources for our class and you will have had a useful learning experience.
The complete list should be circulated by next Friday, May 1st. I'll be adding your
suggestions to our class web page--with your comments and full attributions!
Remember, even though this is e-mail, the rules of good writing still apply! Informal does
not mean illiterate!
The site on my web page for our class has some Shakespeare links, but check inside those
pages for the Shakespeare course at Penn for other Renaissance sites.