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The Reformation

By Justin Bergh
Last updated 11 months ago
10 Questions
Note from the author:
To be given after Renaissance but before the Renaissance-Reformation test.
Learning Intention:
I am learning about the Reformation, the new branches of Christianity that arose, and how the Catholic Church responded.
Success Criteria:
I can define the Protestant Reformation and the Counter Reformation.
I can identify the major figures of the Reformation.
I can explain how the Reformation promoted democratic practices and divided Europe along religious lines.
I can summarize how the Reformation changed the political environment of Europe.
Mr. Bergh will give you a 4 Worlds sheet.
You will need this paper before starting the new chapter.
On one side of the paper should already be titled "The Renaissance Begins" on the other side title it "The Reformation" if you haven't already.
Write your name and period as well. Date optional.
If you run out of space ask for another 4 Worlds Sheet.
Rubric (How you will be graded for the 4 Worlds.)
4 - I filled all 4 boxes with relevant notes, drawings, vocabulary, big ideas, and connected them together.
3 - I filled the equivalent of 3 boxes.
2 - I filled the equivalent of 2 boxes.
1 - I filled the equivalent of a box.
0 - I did not fill any boxes.
Required

Protestantism encouraged the growth of democratic practices, although not intentionally.
Organize the sequence of events below as evidence for this claim.
Read through each event looking for key words and dates that connect the story together.
Check out the hint section for awesome picture hints with dates.

  1. The 95 Thesis implies that all people are equal before God. This message of equality encouraged local nobles and peasants to stop following the Catholic clergy.
  2. As governments lost power to force people to believe their official religions, people started thinking for themselves and voting on their church leaders.
  3. By the early 1700s, people who were a part of church councils started to question why they couldn't vote for things outside of church too? City councils started forming, some legally and some illegally in Europe and the Americas. In these city councils people of an area could govern themselves.
  4. Overtime individual churches copied their leaders creating smaller church councils where local people who attend the church could vote on local church matters. Locals to an area would decide who could vote and what could be voted on, giving more power to the common people.
  5. In the 1560s the Calvinists, Anabaptists, and Huguenots started to revolt against government power in order to get their religions recognized as well.
  6. In 1517, Martin Luther openly debates the Catholic Church by posting his 95 Thesis.
  7. Catholic clergy and kings responded to Martin Luther by declaring him and his followers heretics, inciting wars of religion across the kingdoms of Europe between Protestants and Catholics.
  8. In 1555, the wars of religion were paused with the Peace of Augsburg. Lutherans gain the legal right to practice their religion in the Holy Roman Empire and German states were allowed to pick between the two religions. This gave German states independence from central religious authority.
  9. During the Middle Ages, the Catholic Church would work alongside Kings and Queens and did not leave much room for open debate over political matters.
  10. Protestant Churches in the 1600s formed councils formed by local leaders, nobles, elders, and religious officials. This created unequal systems of voting for church matters. This was more democratic then allowing Catholic Clergy or the King to decide things without voting.
WARNING!
The follow video is rated D for Dope.

WARNING!
The following video is rated SC for Silly but a little Cringe.
Required

Drag each nation to the majority religion of it's people as of the end of the Reformation.

  • Switzerland
  • Greece
  • England
  • France
  • Spain
  • Ottoman Empire (Turkey)
  • Denmark
  • South-Western Germany
  • Hungary
  • Ireland
  • Italy
  • Russia
  • Sweden
  • North-Eastern Germany
  • Poland
  • Norway
  • Scotland
  • Portugal
  • Roman Catholic
  • Lutheran
  • Calvinist
  • Christian Mix
  • Anglican
  • Islam
  • Anabaptist
  • Orthodox
Required

Anabaptist stands for "one who baptizes again". In the Reformation it included all smaller more radical Protestants Churches who didn't join the larger movements.
Select each Anabaptist Christian Church below that choose not to join the larger churches.

Extra Credit and or +100 Hours, OPTIONAL
1. Watch this full series on the Thirty Years War and explain in writing or verbally without looking in detail the events of the Thirty Years War.
https://www.youtube.com/playlist?list=PLhyKYa0YJ_5AeklAk5Xfi5P5QeIY47SwE
2. Draw out your own religious symbol based on your own personal beliefs. Martin Luther, John Calvin, the Huguenots, and Catholic Jesuits have symbols to represent their believes. Create your own with at least four distinct parts that have some meaning to your beliefs.