Name_____________________________ Morelli|WH9 Period___ Date______________
Protestant Reformation Activity List
Essential Questions:
 Can one person change an organization?
 What is the role of the individual in history?
 What role did politics play in religion in the sixteenth century?
Aim: What were the abuses of the Roman Catholic Church (RCC) in the sixteenth
century?
REQUIRED ACTIVITIES (due by Thursday 10/3)
When?
(Order)
Assignment
Go to the History Learning Site: Roman
Catholic Church (RCC) in 1500
http://www.historylearningsite.co.uk/Roman
Catholic-Church-in-1500.htm
Time
Resources
History Learning Site:
RCC in 1500
15
Take Cornell notes on the various abuses of
the Roman Catholic Church in 1500. Be sure
to define the following terms: heresy,
indulgences, tithe, relics
CHOICE ACTIVITIES – PICK ONE (due by Thursday 10/3)
Describe the corruption of the Roman
Catholic Church in the sixteenth century, and
explain what you think is the WORST abuse
of these was, and why. Answer 2 READY
paragraphs.
Draw a political cartoon with a caption of at
least 4 sentences that explains what you think
is the WORST abuse of the RCC in 1500.
This cartoon should be colored in and more
than stick figures, and only ONE picture. You
are not telling a story, but should be a satire of
the RCC. A satire pokes fun with the point of
criticizing a social problem.
20
Notes from Medieval
Corruption
Benchmark, Notes
from History Learning
Site: RCC in 1500
20
Notes from Medieval
Corruption
Benchmark, Notes
from History Learning
Site: RCC in 1500
Teacher
Initials
Aim: What were the causes of the Lutheran Reformation?
REQUIRED ACTIVITIES (due by Tuesday 10/8)
*You will not have class time to work on Monday, 10/7
When?
(Order)
Assignment
Complete the reading and questions for “The
Catholic Church: Point/Counterpoint.” The
last question should be in a READY
paragraph of at least 7 sentences.
Complete the 95 Theses Primary Source
Analysis handout. Answer the questions in
complete sentences on a separate sheet of
paper that you STAPLE to the handout when
done.
Read Leo X’s Papal Bull and complete
SOAPSTone for it.
Time
Resources
15
Handout: The Catholic
Church:
Point/Counterpoint
25
Handout: 95 Theses
Primary Source
Analysis
30
Handout: Leo X’s
Papal Bull
30
Youtube clip from
Luther
1. Label a separate sheet of paper Martin
Luther and the Diet of Worms.
2. Use your textbook and/or tead the
Wikipedia entry on the Diet of Worms.
(While Wikipedia is not PERFECT, this will
give you an overview). Define “Diet of
Worms” on your separate sheet of paper.
3. Watch the video clip from the film Luther.
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=I1YS5Ju
VGUA
Answer the following questions under your
definition of the Diet of Worms.
a.
b.
c.
d.
Why do you think Luther was given an extra
day by the court?
Why is Luther freaking out in the prison cell at
night?
How does Luther respond when he returns to
court?
“Unless I am convinced by Scripture and plain reason,
and not by popes and counsels who have so often
contradicted themselves, my conscience is captive to the
Word of God. To go against conscience is neither right
nor safe.” Explain how these words spoken by
Luther are an example of humanism, in a
READY paragraph.
Internet
access/Textbook
Lined paper
Teacher
Initials
CHOICE ACTIVITIES – PICK ONE (due by Wednesday 10/9)
*You will not have class time to work on Monday, 10/7
Make a children’s book that tells Luther’s
story. You should have at least 6 pages with
pictures and words to tell the story.
Make a Prezi that tells Luther’s story. You
should have at least six “slides” on the Prezi.
Write a blog or journal entry from the
perspective of Martin Luther. You may do
this on paper or on Weebly (go to weebly.com,
make an account, and set up the blog). This
should have three entries (1-2 paragraphs per
entry) explaining Luther’s thoughts during this
experience going up against the Church.
45
45
Colored pencils or
markers, blank paper,
notes and handouts
from required activities
Computer with
internet access
Notes and handouts
from required activities
Computer with
internet access or lined
paper
45
Notes and handouts
from required activities
OPTIONAL ACTIVITIES (due by end of unit)
Read about the social effects of Martin Luther
at the History Learning Site (link below). In a
READY paragraph, explain what the major
social consequences of Martin Luther’s actions
were, and WHY. Then, explain why or why
not you are surprised by this, and WHY.
http://www.historylearningsite.co.uk/Lu+soc.
htm
Read about another Christian sect that broke
off from the Catholic Church, started by John
Calving. Make a Venn Diagram that compares
and contrasts the causes and development of
Lutheranism with the causes and development
of Calvinism
http://www.historylearningsite.co.uk/John_C
alvin.htm
15
30
Computer with
internet access and
lined paper
Computer with
internet access and
lined paper