Analyze the SCIENTIFIC REVOLUTION beginnings — Copernicus, Galileo, Kepler, Vesalius — paired with MUGHAL astronomer Jai Singh II (Jantar Mantar 1727) and OTTOMAN cartographer Piri Reis (1513 world map) — refusing 'Europe alone in science' framing
Exercise Difficulty 3 ~10 min hist.g7.s.ex_15

Source Analysis

MG-7 Diagram
EIGHT-Question Source Card — laminated 8.5x11 double-sided REPLACING G7-Fall 7-Question Source Card with NEW 8th questio

EIGHT-Question Source Card — laminated 8.5x11 double-sided REPLACING G7-Fall 7-Question Source Card with NEW 8th question for G7-Spring multi-perspective encounter analysis. All 7 G7-Fall questions retained + Q8 ENCOUNTER MULTI-PERSPECTIVE: From whose perspective is this encounter told? Whose perspective is missing? How would the same event read from the missing perspective? Includes sentence frames in English + Spanish + Nahuatl/Quechua/Persian/Arabic transliteration glossaries; available in 14pt dyslexic font + audio version.

Prompt

Apply MG-7 Q3 CORROBORATION + Q7 WHOSE GOLDEN AGE to comparing Galileo Sidereus Nuncius 1610 with Xu Guangqi-Ricci 1607 Euclid translation. What do these two sources show about early-modern science?

How it's presented
mode text
Answer criteria
type rubric essay
rubric
points
3
criterion
Both sources contextualized
points
3
criterion
Corroborates parallel scientific work
points
3
criterion
Whose Golden Age refuses Europe-alone
Hints
  1. Galileo 1610 + Xu-Ricci 1607 are 3 years apart.
  2. Both involve mathematical-astronomical work.
Misconceptions to watch
  • Treating Ricci as 'bringing science to China'
  • Ignoring Xu Guangqi's intellectual agency
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