The Protestant Reformation

Wilcox

Discovery High School

Global Studies

 

 

 

Information:  Do yo’ Grand momma go to Church?  Do yo’ momma go to Church too?  Do they make you go to Church every Sunday when you could be doing something better with your time, like watching the Jets game or chillin’ wit’ yuh peoples?  Do you ever ask yourself why you have to go to church when they the ones that be on that religion stuff anyway?  Do you ever wonder how people came to believe so strongly in religion?  Do you ever wonder why people started going to church anyway?  Well, Wilcox can put you on that info.  The Reformation was a point in history in which much of the rational behind church going today was born.  Real talk.  It was the point where people were just like you, wondering why they were going to church, and if they were going to church for the right reasons.  Just like the crooked preacher or cardinal or bishop who seems like he’s livin’ it up just a little too much to be a man of the church, when your church, which is supposed to be the house of god, got a leaky roof and smell like wet socks.  These folks back in the time of the reformation asked the same questions, except they got shut down by the people in charge.  Because that went down in the early to middle 1500’s, you gotta go to church on Sunday in 2003.  That’s wild right?  Holla.

 

 

Task:  Your mission, if you choose to accept it, and you have no choice is to either sit on or be apart of a panel that discusses the pros and cons of religion, as it was in 1540 and as it is today.  You will either answer questions from the floor (if you are on the panel) or asking questions to the panel if you are on the floor.  Each panelist is required to create an argument according to the voice of your character.  The argument will be 1 full page.  The people on the floor will create, ask and answer 6 questions and answers why (using historical evidence) they are asking the questions.  Their goal is to get the panelists to contradict themselves as much as possible.  Once the panel discussion is complete, you must write a 4-page reflection on the Protestant Reformation and the effectiveness of the panel process. 

 

 

Process:

1)     You will randomly choose an identity out of a bucket.  You may be a panelist like Henry VIII or Galileo, or a person on the floor/ in the audience of the panel discussion.

2)     Once you have your identity, you will either start writing your 1 page argument or your 6 questions with the answers to them

3)     You will use the GHPPA process to obtain evidence for your argument or your questions and answers

4)     When accumulating your evidence, you must follow these important steps:

 

·        Identify Problem

·        Gather Resources

·        Determine Causes

·        Evaluate the Policy

·        Do a Comparative Analysis

 

5)     After you use the GHPPA process to accumulate your evidence, you must formulate your arguments or questions

6)     Next, you must take your position in the panel discussion, on the panel if you are a panelist, and on the floor if you are a member of the audience.

7)     Panelists will give their arguments from left to right (arguments should be no longer than 3 minutes), one after the other without interruption.  As each panelist states their argument, each member of the audience and all other panelists must create questions (people on the floor will create, ask, and answer 6 questions) that will work as counter-arguments to the speaker’s argument.  Arguments formulated during panelist’s arguments must be grounded in evidence.

8)     After each panelist has given their arguments, the audience on the floor and the other panelists are open to question any and each of the panelists.  Panelists are encouraged to ask questions of other members of the panel and audience members on the floor once their position is established

9)     This process will continue until the allotted time has elapsed

10) Finally, you will write a 4-page reflection answering the questions below

 

Questions to consider while writing your reflection:

·        Why were people dissatisfied with the Catholic Church?

·        Why was Martin Luther the Central Figure in the Protestant Reformation?

·        What were Luther’s criticisms of the Church?

·        Why did Luther want the bible to be translated from Latin to German and Other National Languages?

·        How did the Church respond to Martin Luther’s 95 Theses?

·        What wee the roles of John Calvin, John Knox, and Henry VIII during the Reformation?

·        How did the map of Europe Change as a result of the early stages of the Reformation?

 

Vocabulary: Know these words.  Love these words.  Use these words to search for information:

·        Corruption

·        Indulgences

·        Simony

·        Nepotism

·        Worldliness

·        Martin Luther

·        95 Theses

·        Protestant

·        Catholic

·        Reform, Reformation

·        Peach of Augsburg

·        John Calvin

·        Predestination

·        John Knox

·        Henry VIII

·        Thomas More

 

 

Resources.  Use these to gather information:

 

http://www.scholhistory.org.uk/protestantreformation.htm

 

http://www.lepg.org/wars.htm

 

http://www.ricksteves.com/tv/luther.htm

 

http://www.newgenevacenter.org/west/reformation2.htm

 

http://newadvent.org/cathen/07222a.htm

 

http://iclnet.org/pub/resources/text/wittenburg/luther/ninetyfive.txt

 

http://newgenevacenter.org/west/reformation.htm

 

 

Evaluation:  Your Project Rubric

 

Name: ______________                                                                Date: _____________

 

 

Category:               1) Emerging        2) Capable             3) Proficient       4) Distinguished

GHPPA worksheets

 

 

Score: ________

Student in question has not completed the GHPPA worksheets

 

Student in question completes most of the GHPPA question process, but has not completed the GHPPA question process

Student in question completes the GHPPA question process proficiently, answering all of the required questions

Student completes the GHPPA question process, answering all of the question in a fashion that is informative and thought provoking

Panel Arguments

 

 

Score: ________

Student in question has not created an argument

Student in question has an argument written, but the argument is not one full page

Student in question has an argument written, and it is proficient in that it is one full page

Student has created an argument that is more than one page.  The Argument is both thought provoking and informative

Panel Performance: Panelist

 

 

 

 

Score: ________

Student in question has created a one page argument, but did not verbalize it on the panel

Student in question has created and verbalized the one page argument, but does not adequately project his/her voice and has made very little eye contact with audience

Student in question has created and verbalized the one page argument.  Student has also projected his/her voice and made some eye contact with the audience

Student has created and verbalized the one page argument.  Student has also projected his/her voice and made consistent eye contact with the audience.  Students argument is though provoking and informative

Audience Questions

 

 

Score:_________

Student in question has not created questions for the panel

Student in question has created questions for the panel, but did not ask and answer 6 questions

Student in question has created and answered 6 questions for the panel

Student has crated and answered 6 questions for the panel.  The questions and answers are both though provoking and informative

Panel Performance: Questioner

 

 

 

 

Score: ________

Student in question has created and answered 6 questions, but did not ask questions of the panelists

Student in question has created and answered 6 questions, but does not adequately project his/her voice and has made very little eye contact with the panelists

Student in question has created and answered all 6 questions of the panelists.  Student has also projected his/her voice and made some eye contact with the panelists

Student has created and answered all 6 questions of the panelists.  Student has also projected his/her voice and made consistent eye contact with the audience.  Student’s questions are thought provoking and informative

Reflection:

 

 

Score: ________

Student in question has not completed a reflection

Student in question has completed a reflection, but it does not meet the 4-page length requirement

Student in question has completed a 4-page reflection.  Student’s reflection is thoughtful

Student has completed a 4 or more page reflection.  Student’s reflection is thoughtful, informative, and introspective

 

Total: _______         Effort Grade Deserved (circle one):   High      Medium       Low      

 

Letter Grade (circle one): A   B   C   D   F

 

 

Curriculum Standards:

 

Social Studies: 2:1.2:2

·        The student will use a variety of intellectual skills to demonstrate their understanding of major ideas, eras, themes, developments and turning points in world history, and examine the broad sweep of history from a variety of perspectives.

 

 

English L                      Language Arts: 1:1

·        Interpret and analyze information from websites in the Internet and other sources.

·        Compare and synthesize information from different sources in the Internet and other textbooks.

·        Speaking and Writing.

·        Relate new information to prior knowledge and experience.

 

 

Conclusion:

 

            It is the intention of this project to use a variety of skills provided by GHPPA and Wilcox to urge you to push yourself in terms of literacy and public speaking.  At Discovery High School, we believe heavily in performance-based assessment.  The performance piece of the panel will allow you to grasp the feelings of the people during the times of the Protestant Reformation, and contrast them with your own views on faith, religion and the church today, in 2003.