Teacher: Lindsey Brown
Grade Level: 12 

Objective:

Students will critique and describe the reasons for the Protestant Reformation.  Students will also explain the historical differences between Catholicism and Protestantism and how these two religions impacted European politics.  Additionally, students will evaluate the causes and effects of the English Reformation.  A presentation assignment will be given in which students will discuss effects of the Protestant Reformation on world history and how it shaped Britain as an emerging world power in front of the class.  We will know that we have achieved this goal when students can pass a unit exam with a minimum of 80% proficiency. 

Essential Questions:

1) How did the Protestant Reformation seriously affect Christianity and Catholicisms' dominion over Europe?
2) How did England change from a Catholic country to an Anglican ruled country?  How did this impact future colonialism in the Americas?
3) How do religious movements shape social/religious/economic reform?

New Mexico Standards & Benchmarks: 

9-12 Benchmark 1-C - World: analyze and interpret the major eras and important turning points in world history from the age of
enlightenment to the present, to develop an understanding of the complexity of the human experience.

• Grade 9-12 Performance Standard #1: Describe and explain how the renaissance and reformation influenced education, art, religion and government in Europe, to include: development of protestantism (e.g., Martin Luther, John Calvin). 
  

Monday

Lesson One: Introduction-
Students will be introduced to the background information about the Protestant Reformation, including information about the Pope and Roman Catholicism.  They will also be given a vocabulary worksheet that we will refer to throughout the unit.  The vocabulary will include terms such as, "Protestantism," "Catholicism," "indulgences," "papacy," and other related terms.  At the end of the unit there will be a vocabulary quiz.  In addition, students will be introduced to the geography of the region that we will be studying.  A type of map game will be played, where students have to locate certain countries on a map (England, Germany, Italy, etc.) and eventually explain why these countries were significant in the Protestant Reformation.   

Tuesday

Lesson Two: Martin Luther & John Calvin -
Students will learn about the "founding fathers" of the Reformation and their beliefs.  They will also learn about the effect that these two thinkers had on the later English Reformation.  A "Prezi" presentation will be used, and after this presentation is shown and discussed a short assignment will be given for students to complete during the class period.   

1. Prezi Presentation

2. Assignment Page

3. Assignment: These instructions are also on the "Assignment Page" that I linked to right above this (#2) - it's probably easier to read on that separate page.

Complete the following ten questions using the Prezi slideshow.

1. Martin Luther hung the ________________ on the door of the Castle Church at Wettenberg, Germany in __________ (date). 

2. Luther argued that it is not through the ____________________ that one will find eternal salvation, but through ________________________.
 
3. Name one thing that Luther challenged in his 95 Theses (I mentioned three): ___________________________.

4. John Calvin believed in something called ________________________, or that God has already decided whether each individual person will go to Heaven or Hell before they were even born. 

5. One of Calvin's most influential works was called _________________________ and it was published in 1536.

6.  The "Diet of Worms" was held in _________________ (date) and had Emperor _________________  V presiding over it.  

7. Which city in Switzerland became the new central location for the Reformation movement? ____________

8. Martin Luther insisted that the __________________ be translated so it could be read widely. 

9. The term "protestant" was first used in _____________ (date).  

10. Short Open Ended Question: Briefly discuss two important contributions that either John Calvin or Martin Luther made to religion or the politics of Western Europe (three to five sentences is plenty.)

Wednesday

Lesson Three: 95 Theses and Institutes of the Christian Religion-
Students will be given a handout of selected theses from Luther's "95 Theses" so that they will be exposed to a primary document for this period as well as selected passages from Calvin's Institutes of the Christian Religion as part of a primary source document packet.  A short written assignment will be assigned to both of these, asking students to reflect on these theological thinkers' ideas (roughly half a page.)  We will read these documents as a class and discuss them and students will complete the assignment as homework. 

Thursday

Lesson Four: We will continue with our reading of the 95 Theses and/or Institutes of the Christian Religion.  We will also continue with our class discussion, and students will turn in their reflection papers.  


Lesson Four, Part II: Students will use the Prezi presentation to also add more information to their reflection papers.  They will be asked to discuss how the history of these documents has shaped their influence on Western theology.  

Friday 

Lesson Five:  We will begin discussing the Protestant Reformation in England, and applying what we have learned about the foundations of the movement to its impact on the rest of Europe.  Students will begin to prepare a PowerPoint presentation to show the rest of the class as a unit project.  Students will have to choose an effect of the Protestant Reformation and explain its significance. 


Lesson Five, Part II: Students will also use this time working on their PowerPoint to select a book in the library that has something to do with the Protestant Reformation (either the Reformation itself or an effect of it) and begin to look through and analyze it.  By doing this, students will begin to learn valuable research tools that will benefit them in higher education.  They will need to reference this book in their presentation.