Reformation

Protestant Reformation

Students will examine the causes of the reformation including important people, documents and inventions. Students will determine the cause for the separation from the Catholic church in Europe.

Big Idea: How did one man's disagreements with the Catholic church lead to separation?

Essential Question: What factors led to the weakening of the Catholic Church and the beginning of the Reformation?

Reformation Standards:

- Causes of the Reformation
  - Standard 7.9.1 - . List the causes for the internal turmoil in and weakening of the Catholic church (e.g., tax policies, selling of indulgences).
- Creation of new Christian Religion and their beliefs
  - Standard 7.9.2 - Describe the theological, political, and economic ideas of the major figures during the Reformation (e.g., Desiderius Erasmus, Martin Luther, John Calvin, William Tyndale).
  - Standard 7.9.3. - Explain Protestants’ new practices of church self-government and the influence of those practices on the development of democratic practices and ideas of federalism.
- Counter-Reformation

Standard 7.9.5 - Analyze how the Counter-Reformation revitalized the Catholic church and the forces that fostered the movement (e.g., St. Ignatius of Loyola and the Jesuits, the Council of Trent).

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