The Reformation
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TABLE OF CONTENTS
Many of the lessons are homework on the Internet
Introduction
Lesson #1 Graphic organizer How are you connected to the Protestant Reformation?
1. What was the Reformation?
Lesson #1 Lecture The Protestant Reformation
Lesson #2 Group analysis The Protestant Reformation
Lesson #3 Graphic organizer The Protestant Reformation
2. The Causes
Lesson #1 Lecture The Causes
Lesson #2 Create a mobile The Causes
Lesson #3 Videos The Protestant Reformation
Lesson #4 Group analysis Selling indulgences
3. The Leaders
The Forerunners
Lesson #1 Profile John Wycliffe
Lesson #2 Profile Jan Hus
Lesson #3 Profile Erasmus
Lesson #4 Profile William Tyndale
Lesson #5 Video William Tyndale
Martin Luther launched the Protestant Reformation
Lesson #6 Profile Martin Luther
Lesson #7 Lecture Martin Luther and the Bible
Lesson #8 Videos Martin Luther and the Protestant Reformation
Henry VIII and the Church of England
Lesson #9 Lecture Why did England go Protestant?
Lesson #10 Profile Henry VIII
Lesson #11 Videos The English Reformation
Lesson #12 Group analysis The Act of Supremacy, 1534
Lesson #13 Profile Anne Boleyn
Lesson #14 Profile Bloody Mary
Lesson #15 Videos Bloody Mary
Lesson #16 Profile Elizabeth I
Lesson #17 Videos Elizabeth I
Lesson #18 Profile Mary Queen of Scots
Lesson #19 Videos Mary Queen of Scots
Lesson #20 Profile James I
Lesson #21 Chart Henry VIII
Lesson #22 Quotations Elizabeth I
Lesson #23 Profile John Knox
Lesson #24 Profile John Bunyan
Lesson #25 Profile John Wesley
John Calvin
Lesson #26 Profile John Calvin
Lesson #27 Lecture Calvinism led to self-government
Lesson #28 Lecture The consequences of Calvinism
Mapping
Lesson #29 Mapping The Protestant Reformation
Speeches & Quotations
Lesson #30 Writing speeches Leaders of the Protestant Reformation
Lesson #31 Quotations Leaders of the Protestant Reformation
Games
Lesson #32 Game Name that Protestant leader!
Lesson #33 Game Name that Protestant leader!
Compare & Contrast
Lesson #34 Chart Compare the Christian churches
Lesson #35 Group analysis Rank the Protestant leaders
Lesson #36 Group analysis What if your school were run by Martin Luther?
4. The Results
Lesson #1 Create a mobile What were the results of the Reformation?
Lesson #2 Lecture The Results
Lesson #3 Profile Catherine de Medici
Lesson #4 Mapping Map the two religions in Europe
The Counter-Reformation
Lesson #5 Lecture The Counter-Reformation
Lesson #6 Lecture The Jesuits
Lesson #7 Lecture The Council of Trent, 1545
Lesson #8 Lecture The Renaissance Popes
Lesson #9 Group analysis The Counter-Reformation
Lesson #10 Group analysis The Counter-Reformation
Lesson #11 Group analysis The Counter-Reformation
Lesson #12 Lecture Vatican II
The Spanish Inquisition
Lesson #13 Profile Ferdinand & Isabella
Lesson #14 Lecture The Spanish Inquisition
Lesson #15 Profile Torquemada
Lesson #16 Videos The Spanish Inquisition
Lesson #17 Group analysis The Spanish Inquisition
Lesson #18 Group analysis Ferdinand & Isabella
Lesson #19 Group analysis The Spanish Inquisition
Lesson #20 Internet Nobody ever expects the Spanish Inquisition
Lesson #21 Mapping Catholic missionaries around the world
5. Writing essays
Lesson #1 Expressive essay “I am Martin Luther . . .”
Lesson #2 Narrative essay “I am Martin Luther . . .”
Lesson #3 Informative essay “I am Martin Luther . . .”
Lesson #4 Persuasive essay “I am Martin Luther . . .”
Summary
Lesson #1 Group analysis The Protestant Reformation
Lesson #2 Group analysis The Protestant Reformation
Lesson #3 Group analysis Martin Luther
Lesson #4 Group analysis Martin Luther
Lesson #5 Debate Martin Luther
Lesson #6 Group analysis Screaming headlines
Lesson #7 Mapping Draw your mental map of the Protestant Reformation
Lesson #8 Game The ABCs of the Protestant Reformation
Lesson #9 Game Can you speak the vernacular?
Lesson #10 Game Mars / Venus
Lesson #11 Game Honk if you hate history!
Lesson #12 Game Stump the teacher
Lesson #13 Game The Last Man Standing . . .
The Test page 145
The test consists of 411 questions.
The Answers page 206