Reformation Web Quest:
Name:_______________________________________________________________________
Section 1: Life of Martin Luther
Life of Martin Luther
Why did he decide to become a Monk?
When did he decide to become a Monk?
When did he become a professor at Wittenberg (Germany) university?
What did he do as a professor?
Answer these questions using the map at http://www.korcula.net/history/mmarelic/luther.htm
Section 2: Luther’s Beliefs
What faith IS according to Luther
What faith is NOT according to Luther
Section 3: Luther Posts his 95 Theses
What did he do about it?
What was the reaction to the 95 Theses?
What is an indulgence?
What were the 95 Theses?
Section 4: Effects of the Reformation
Luther is excommunicated (explain what happened)
Diet of Worms (explain what it was)
Section 5 – KING HENRY VIII –
ttp://www.kidspast.com/world-history/0304-church-of-england.php
The Church of England -
14. Why did King Henry VIII want the Pope to grant him a divorce?
15. What did King Henry VIII convince the Parliament to do?
16. Who was the head of the Church of England?
17. What happened to Henry's wife when she did not produce a male heir (son)?
18. How many more times did Henry marry?
19. How did Henry's daughter Mary attempt to bring the Catholic Church back to England?
20. Why did Mary become known as "Bloody Mary?"
21. What religion was Queen Elizabeth I?
22. How did Elizabeth bring all the people of England together?
Section 6: Changing Europe
Section 7: Evaluation
Task: You are going to become a reporter during the early 1500's. You will be creating a newspaper article based on an event, the key figures, or problem.
http://www.bbc.co.uk/history
John Calvin
http://www.newadvent.org
http://www.ccel.org
http://www.mrsedivy.com
http://www.wsu.edu
Desiderius Erasmus
http://www.gospelcom.net
http://en2.wikipedia.org
http://www.studyworld.com/
Martin Luther
http://www.pbs.org
http://www.countrystudies.us
http://www.u-s-history.com
Spreading of Luther’s Ideas
Church Dissatisfaction
Luther’s Criticism
http://www.ucalgary.ca
http://www.mrsedivy.com
http://www.wikipedia.org *
Newspaper Article:
Name:_______________________________________________________________________
Section 1: Life of Martin Luther
- Fill out the graphic organizer using http://www.luther.de/en/moench.html
Life of Martin Luther
Why did he decide to become a Monk?
When did he decide to become a Monk?
When did he become a professor at Wittenberg (Germany) university?
What did he do as a professor?
Answer these questions using the map at http://www.korcula.net/history/mmarelic/luther.htm
- Where did followers of Martin Luther’s ideas (Lutherans) live?
- Where did followers of another reformer, John Calvin (Calvinists) live?
- Was the majority of Europe Catholic or Protestant during the reformation?
Section 2: Luther’s Beliefs
- Find out what Martin Luther believed about Faith. Read the passage in the following link and fill out the chart. http://www.iclnet.org/pub/resources/text/wittenberg/luther/luther-faith.txt
What faith IS according to Luther
What faith is NOT according to Luther
Section 3: Luther Posts his 95 Theses
- Use the following website to fill in the table below on Luther’s 95 Theses. http://www.luther.de/en/anschlag.html
What did he do about it?
What was the reaction to the 95 Theses?
What is an indulgence?
What were the 95 Theses?
Section 4: Effects of the Reformation
- Complete the following chart using http://www.luther.de/en/bann.html and http://www.luther.de/en/worms.html
Luther is excommunicated (explain what happened)
Diet of Worms (explain what it was)
Section 5 – KING HENRY VIII –
ttp://www.kidspast.com/world-history/0304-church-of-england.php
The Church of England -
14. Why did King Henry VIII want the Pope to grant him a divorce?
15. What did King Henry VIII convince the Parliament to do?
16. Who was the head of the Church of England?
17. What happened to Henry's wife when she did not produce a male heir (son)?
18. How many more times did Henry marry?
19. How did Henry's daughter Mary attempt to bring the Catholic Church back to England?
20. Why did Mary become known as "Bloody Mary?"
21. What religion was Queen Elizabeth I?
22. How did Elizabeth bring all the people of England together?
Section 6: Changing Europe
- Use the map found at the following link and what you have learned so far to answer the questions below: http://globalhistorycullen.wikispaces.com/Everything+Europe
- How would a map of the year 1400 be different? (Hint: think religions…)
- Why is northern Europe mainly Lutheran, while southern Europe is mainly Roman Catholic?
- What impact did Luther have on this map?
- What impact did the printing press have on this map?
Section 7: Evaluation
Task: You are going to become a reporter during the early 1500's. You will be creating a newspaper article based on an event, the key figures, or problem.
- You are to write an article on one of the topics listed below:
- Complaints with the Church
- Key figures: Calvin, Wycliff, Erasmus
- Martin Luther and his 95 Theses
- Compare and contrast common beliefs of the Catholic and Protestant Church (language, ultimate authority & salvation)
- Research and answer the following questions using the suggested websites in #3.
- Why were people dissatisfied with the Catholic Church in the 1500s?
- What were Luther’s criticisms of the Church?
- How did the printing press affect Reformation ideas?
- Why did Luther want the Bible translated from Latin into German and other languages?
- How did the Church respond to Luther’s 95 Theses?
- How did the ideas of John Calvin, John Wycliff, and Desiderius Erasmus influence the Reformation?
- How was Europe affected by the events following Luther’s excommunication? How did the map of Europe change?
- Suggest website resources:
http://www.bbc.co.uk/history
John Calvin
http://www.newadvent.org
http://www.ccel.org
http://www.mrsedivy.com
http://www.wsu.edu
Desiderius Erasmus
http://www.gospelcom.net
http://en2.wikipedia.org
http://www.studyworld.com/
Martin Luther
http://www.pbs.org
http://www.countrystudies.us
http://www.u-s-history.com
Spreading of Luther’s Ideas
Church Dissatisfaction
Luther’s Criticism
http://www.ucalgary.ca
http://www.mrsedivy.com
http://www.wikipedia.org *
Newspaper Article: