---
title: "SSWH9: Renaissance and Reformation (Georgia Social Studies standard)"
code: SSWH9
cite_as: Georgia Standards of Excellence, Social Studies, SSWH9
subject: social_studies
grades:
  - high-school
language: en
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# SSWH9: Renaissance and Reformation

Analyze change and continuity in the Renaissance and Reformation.

- Subject: Social Studies
- Appears in: High School, https://georgiahomeroom.org/standards/social_studies/high-school.md

## Expectations

- **SSWH9.a**: Explain the social, economic, and political changes that contributed to the rise of Florence.
- **SSWH9.b**: Identify artistic and scientific achievements of the Renaissance.
- **SSWH9.c**: Explain the main characteristics of humanism.
- **SSWH9.d**: Explain the importance of Gutenberg and the invention of the printing press.
- **SSWH9.e**: Analyze the impact of the Protestant Reformation, include: the ideas of Martin Luther and John Calvin.
- **SSWH9.f**: Describe the English Reformation, include: the role of Henry VIII and Elizabeth I.
- **SSWH9.g**: Describe the Counter Reformation at the Council of Trent and the role of the Jesuits.

## Georgia Milestones coverage

No Georgia Milestones blueprint cites this standard.

Source: Georgia Standards of Excellence, published by the Georgia Department of Education at case.georgiastandards.org.