This unit was developed by Barbara Węglarz Bibliography Didactic Comments
Didactic Commentary: Krakow - Renaissance - Capital and Royal Court
1. The presented material includes:
- information text,
- source materials with questions,
- didactical instructions,
- bibliography.
2. Implementation order of materials:
Students will first read the information text on the royal court. Then, the source materials completing the basic information can be introduced.
3. Educational objectives:
- emphasizing the importance of Kraków as the royal court seat,
- familiarisation with events taking place in Kraków and witnessed by its citizens (births of heirs, weddings, coronations, visits of foreign legations, celebrations of victories),
- focusing on the Renaissance ideas present at the court,
- pointing out changes in the structure of the Sejm and its competences - before the 20th century, the term Sejm referred to the entire three-chamber Polish parliament, comprising the lower house (Chamber of Envoys; Polish: Izba Poselska), the upper house (Senate; Polish: Senat) and the King http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Sejm ,
- drawing students attention to the role of the Polish nobility in the nation making process,
- shaping the ability of independent conclusion making, active reasoning, cognitive discovery and justifying one’s choices.
4. Methods of work:
- work with the text (information text, source materials),
- drama performances (the staging of Zygmunt’s coronation),
- decision tree-graph (influence of the Polish landed gentry on the situation in the state),
- for and against arguments (depicting pros and cons of Golden Liberty - Latin: Aurea Libertas; Polish: Złota Wolność) and democratic system,
- essay (a problem to be solved by a contemporary parliament),
- competition (for the best oath),
- group work.
5. Comments:
- the teacher is responsible for choosing methods best suited to students’ interests and level,
- nstead of the staging of Zygmunt’s coronation, students can make a collage on a similar subject.
6. More information may be found at:
www.polska.gov.pl/Bona,Sforza,(1494,%E2%80%93,1557),1824.html
http://www.polskiedzieje.pl/zdjecia/matejko_hold_pruski.jpg
http://pl.wikipedia.org/wiki/Demokracja_szlachecka
http://testwiedzy.pl/test_view/305/Demokracja-szlachecka.html