500 Jahre Reformation!

Introduction

What if someone told you, that one person would be responsible for hundreds of different church denominations, the fact that all bibles aren't published in Latin, the foundation of capitalism, the German Empire, and that people can disagree with the Pope without being executed?

One day in Germany, 500 years ago, a cranky monk started a revolution by nailing some very controversial ideas to a church door. 

Take a trip back through history to see how one man, through a perfect storm of timing, technology, and tenacity, changed millions' relationships with authority, spirituality, and even science.

Task

Your task is to discover some of the causes of the Protestant Reformation, significant points from the life of its most important figure (Martin Luther), how it gained support and spread, and how it affects our modern view of the world and the people in it. 

 

 

Process

In order to complete this task, you will search for information across the internet, in text, video, and images. 

For everything after the first stop, write your answers on a Doc and share it with Herr Coggins when you create it. 

Finally, the numbers next to the stops on the quest indicate the recommended level for completing that stop. If you are in German 1, you have the option of stopping at Stop 3, or continuing if you have time. 

German 2 and 3 are expected to complete all the stops unless otherwise noted. 

First stop (1-3): Crash Course: World History 2: "Luther and the Protestant Reformation". Complete the EdPuzzle questions throughout the video and then continue to the next stop.

Second stop (1-3) : Based on the discussion of how the Reformation changed Europe politically, what political motivations did both the peasants in the Peasant Revolt and rulers like Grandmaster Albert share when rebelling against the Church?



Third Stop (With a partner, 1-3): Check out the list of "Characters" of the Reformation here: http://www.pbs.org/empires/martinluther/char_index.html. 

Who would the heroes, sidekicks, and villains be if you were (A) an Italian merchant in Venice who often trades with the deMedici family. (B) a minor German prince/princess who wants to make their own religious decisions? Support your casting decisions with 1-2 sentences. 

Fourth Stop (2-3, optional 1): Look at the map on this page: http://www.fsmitha.com/h3/h18-eu.html

Where did these people and their rulers have the most success? (Name as many countries as you can, feel free to compare with a standard map of Europe). 

Fifth Stop (2-3, optional 1): According to the map, some areas from the Stop 4 map went back to being Catholic after the first wave of Reformation. Many of these were results of the deliberate Counter-Reformation set in motion by the Roman Catholic Church. Read more about it here: http://school.eb.com/levels/high/article/Reformation/276678

and here: http://school.eb.com/levels/high/article/Counter-Reformation/273832

Name three actions the Church took to counter the Protestant Reformation. 

Final Stop (2-3) : Luther was also an advocate of independent, critical thinking and developing faith on one's own. What two Latin phrases, listed here (http://www.theopedia.com/protestant-reformation) helped drive the Reformation?

How might this tolerance of questioning and criticism have influenced the Scientific Revolution a century after the Reformation? What about later political and civil revolutions?

Evaluation

This WebQuest is worth 20 points.



The EDPuzzle + Crash Course video segment is worth 10 points and is a separate assignment.

German 1:

Stop 2 is worth 6 points, Stops 3 & 4 are worth 7 points each. (Total=20)

German 2-3:

Stops 2-6 (Final) are worth 4 points each and you will receive points based on:

  • Completion (Did you answer the question completely?)
  • Accuracy (spelling/grammar and information accuracy)
  • Use of source (Does the information come from the sources given, or did you make it up?)

 

Conclusion

Answer the following two questions for homework, in complete sentences. Refer back to your work in class. 

1. Why did the Reformation begin? Use explicit information from your reading to support your answer.





2. What do you consider to be the most important part of the Reformation? Use explicit information from your reading to support your answer.

Credits