Renaissance Rapture at St. Peter, Covington 

Renaissance week at St. Peter School, Covington was total immersion for all students, grades pre-kindergarten through eight. The Study of the era was incorporated into all areas of the curriculum. And it spilled over into the hallways, as each grade took responsibility for decorating part of the hall in a Renaissance theme. Midweek, there was a special Resourceful Recess, with the students and faculty dressed in clothing representing the era, and games and visiting instructors adding to the fun. 

The Clarion Herald, May 11, 2000 
 

 
Proclaiming Renaissance Week
Fourth-grade Castle Building
Pre-k Knights and Ladies
 
A Priness Enters the Royal Bean-bag Toss
Staff Members Join in the Revelry
 
St. Peter Enters the Renaissance

     Renaissance Week was recently celebrated at St. Peter School in Covington. All classes participated in the cross-curricular thematic unit, which was highlighted by a Renaissance Day on March 1. 
     The school halls were decorated by each grade level. Classroom activiries centered around the Renaissance theme. Students and teachers dressed in appropriate costumes and many had Renaissance feasts. 
     Fifth-graders performed a short dramatization, proclaiming [four students] princes and prinesses of Renaissance Week. Fourth graders researched and bulit replicas of historic Renaissance castles, then displayed them with a castle trivia game. 
     Wednesday's Renaissance Resourceful Recess included musical entertainment and various hands-on Renaissance activities for all students to participate in. 
     St. Paul's Drama Club performed a Shakespeare dramatization for St. Peter's middle school students. 

The Picayune

 
A Castle-Keep 
Ye Olde Royal Bean-Bag Toss
 

Renaissance/Medieval Fair links (Provided by E. Horr, Houston, TX):

http://www.faire.net/SCRIBE/
This is a huge collection of all sorts of stuff, from CVs on virtually everybody who currently works with/for/at any faire in the country...to what is running when, and where, etc. etc. plus tons of links.

http://www.renaissance.dm.net/compendium/home.html
This is a "Compendium of Common Knowledge" targeted toward cast members of Elizabethan period faires.  It was put together by somebody from one of the California Pleasure Faires (**much** more historically v/s theatrically oriented than most) and everybody in the world uses it.

http://www.dnaco.net/~aleed/corsets/general.html
Oddly enough, this address gives onto the "Elizabethan Costuming Page," which is fabulous and fascinating to anybody interested in building an English male/female/noble/peasant costume that's period from roughly 1520-1600.  Everything from underwear to hats, gloves, etc.

http://www.newyorkcarver.com/index.htm
This is a really neat collection of Medieval stuff...tours of cathedrals, newsletters and links to bizarre little factoids, etc.
Level ranges from advanced (postgrad) to extremely general.