Reformation, Absolutism, and
Constitutional Government
US/World History I
Mrs. Wiens
Name_______________________ Period________
Absolutism World History I
Mrs. Wiens
2014-15
Protestant Reformation Essential Questions:
1. Where did the Protestant Reformation originate?
2. Who were the key reformers during the Protestant Reformation and the Catholic
Counter Reformation? What were their goals and teachings?
3. What roles did secular rulers like Henry VIII and Elizabeth I of England, and
Charles V of Spain play in the Reformation?
4. How did the Roman Catholic Church and its followers respond to the Protestant
Reformation?
5. How did the religious reforms lead to conflict?
Absolutism Essential Questions:
1. What is the purpose of government?
2. What is absolutism? How did absolutist monarchies gain acquire, use, and justify
power? To what extent were they able to establish an absolutist state?
3. How did absolutist monarchies change life and policy in their countries, both
positively and negatively?
4. What are key characteristics of absolute monarchies? How does it differ from
constitutional monarchies?
5. How was England able to develop a constitutional rather than absolutist state?
Day 1
Wed, October
22
1. Protestant Reformation Intro/Review
www.youtube.com/watch?v=rZ3AFZXXX-k
2. Begin Luther DVD + chart
1-47 min., 1:14-1:32 min., 1:46-1:55 min.
Interview grandparent,
parent, neighbor,
teacher, older friend
Day 2
Thursday,
October 23
Luther DVD
1-47 min., 1:14-1:32 min., 1:46-1:55 min.
The Protestant
Reformation - Reading
#1
Day 3
Friday,
Luther DVD - finish
Reading #2
presentation work.
October 24
Wrap-Up
Day 4
Monday,
October 27
Computer Lab
Assign religious groups:
o Calvinist,
o Lutheran,
o Anglican,
o Anabaptist,
o Counter-Reformation,
Religious and Political Authorities
Protest. Reform. Committee Hearing and
Counter Reformation groups - sharing with
class - fill out chart
Day 5
Tuesday,
October 28
Day 6
Wed, October
29
Day 7
Thursday,
October 30
Day 8
Friday, Oct. 31
Day 9
Monday, Nov.
Read about your
religious group found
in Reading #2 and
prepare to present to
class: Calvinism,
Lutherans, Anglicans,
Anabaptists, CounterReformation
Map: "Philip II and
Height of Sp. Power"
Counter-Reformation
Reading A-G
1. Finish Prot. Reformation Committee
Hearing and Counter Reformation
2. Possible open-note Quiz over Readings #1
& 2 PPT
3. The Spanish Way: The "Spanish
Armada" ppt. and fill-in-the-blank handout
opt. Write and perform dialogues: Philip and
Elizabeth
1. Storytelling: French Wars and Spanish
Rule; maps (overheads) tell the story
2. Documents: Severity of Spanish Rule and
Edict of Nantes
3. 30 Years' War and "Magdeburger"
document
4. Opt. Quiz over Reading #3--ppt
1. (Youtube) Horrible Histories:The Wives
of Henry VIII, Horrible Histories: Mary
Tudor Song, Horrible Histories: The Tudor
Song
2. Primogeniture PPT
3. English Civil War and "Chuck-burger"
using “Kings Against Parliament in England”
handout
Reading #3
1. Read aloud "Cromwell #47" article for
introduction
Reading #5 (back
side)
Reading #4
Reading #5 (front side
only)
3
Day 10
Tues, Nov. 4
Day 11
Wed., Nov. 5
2. Cromwell video (short version) using
guide in unit packet:
The English Way: Cromwell and the Rise of
Parliamentary Democracy
1. The French Way: Louis XIV
2. Storybook
3. Virtual tour of Versailles
4. Write a thesis statement for an essay about
Louis
5. “French Fries”
1. Power point: Peter the Great Power-The
Russian Way
2. Video: Conquerors "Peter the Great" #29
(begin mid-way when Peter goes to W.
Europe)
3. “Shake It Up”
English Bill of Rights
Reading: "An
Absolute Monarch in
Action"
Readings: Peter’s
Edicts, "Peter the
Great's Unworthy
Son" and "In Praise of
Peter"
Write a thesis
statement for Peter the
Great
Day 12
Thurs., Nov. 6
1. How do you get a ruler to obey the law?
Meet John Locke
2. How do you justify absolutism? Meet
Thomas Hobbes
3. Prepare for Round Table
Prepare for
Philosophers Round
Table
Day 13
Friday, Nov. 7
Philosophers Round Table
Study Guide Review
Day 14
Monday,
Nov. 10
1. Finish Philosophers Round Table
2. The Glorious Revolution and the English
Bill of Rights - Activity
Study Guide Review
Day 15
Tuesday, Nov.
11
Review for test--use QUIA Absolutism
Flashcards
"Millionaire" ppt (10 minutes)
Practice Test
Quia
Unit Packet and Study
Guide
Day 16
Wednesday,
Nov. 12
Day 17
Thursday, Nov.
13
REVIEW
Study for Test
TEST
Library Work: You will receive a grade for each day we are in the library.
Everyone will begin with an A. You will have an A at the end of the period
if you do the following:
• sit only with members of your class;
• stay on task during the entire class time;
• require no reminders to keep on task.
Day 18
Friday, Nov. 14
ABSOLUTISM
RESEARCH PROJECT
MONARCH MEMORIAL INTRO.
1. Explanation and samples
2. Library Work - Intro. by Mrs. DeRigne
Computer Lab- A
Day 19
Monday,
Nov. 17
Day 20
Tuesday, Nov. 18
Library Work-Work on Monarch
Research Sheet.
Computer Lab- A
Research Sheet DUE
Library Work - Find sources
Computer Lab-A
Day 21
Wed. Nov. 19
Library Work - Finish Bibliography
Computer Lab-A
Day 22
Thursday,
Nov. 20
Bibliography Due
Library Work - Obituary
Computer Lab-A
Day 23
Friday, Nov. 21
Begin writing Editorial
Computer Lab-A
Day 24
Monday,
Nov. 24
Day 25
Tues. Nov. 25
Obituary Due
Write Editorial Outline
Computer Lab-A
Wrap Up Research. Type Stories.
Computer Lab-A
HOMEWORK
Work on Monarch
Research Sheet using
World textbook,
encyclopedia, Internet
Reference websites
Complete Monarch
Research Sheet. Due
tomorrow:Tuesday.
Bibliography due on
Thursday at the end of
period: alphabetized
and typed.
Bibliography due
Thursday at the end of
class, alphabetized and
typed.
Write Obituary for
Monarch Memorial due
Monday at beginning of
class.
Typed Obituary due
Monday at the
beginning of class.
Write Editorial Outline
Final Project due Wednesday, December 3rd
World History I
The Protestant Reformation
Reading #1 (Red) pages 435-440
The Beginnings of the Protestant Reformation
Identify: Who/What/Why Important
!
Pluralism:
!
Johann Tetzel:
1. Describe how Christian humanists believed people could improve themselves.
2. What were two ways humanists tried to help people improve?
a.
b.
3. What did the Christian humanist, Desiderius Erasmus, believe?
Why the following: “Erasmus laid the egg that Luther hatched.”
4. Describe three factors that called out for a change in the Roman Catholic Church.
a.
b.
c.
5. Mathematically, the Catholic Church’s “Salvation Formula” would have looked like
this: FAITH + GOOD WORKS + CHURCH TRADITION = SALVATION (HEAVEN)
What would Luther’s formula have looked like?
6. What were indulgences and relics? Why was Luther upset by their sale and what did he write
in response to them?
7. What happened at the Diet of Worms in 1521? Why?
8. What agreement was reached at the Peace of Augsburg in 1555? Who were the two sides in
the agreement?
Reading #2 (Red) pages 440-449
The Spread of the Protestant Reformation
Identity
!
Predestination
!
Act of Supremacy (1534)
Zwinglianism
Founder:
When Begun:
Where Begun:
Famous Book:
Why Begun:
Two or More Unique Teachings
Calvinism
Founder:
When Begun:
Where Begun:
Famous Book:
Why Begun:
Two or More Unique Teachings
Anglicanism
Founder:
When Begun:
Where Begun:
Famous Book:
Why Begun:
Two or More Unique Teachings
Anabaptism
Founder:
When Begun:
Where Begun:
Famous Book:
Why Begun:
Two or More Unique Teachings
Catholic Church’s Response / Counter-Reformation
Council of Trent (1545)
1. –Who called it / who attended?
2. –Where it met?
3. –Why it met?
a. –
b. –
c. –
d. –
4. –Results?
a. –Reformed Papacy:
b. –New Orders (ex. Jesuits):
c. –Printed Works:
d. –Heresy:
e. –Teachings:
This is a summary in my own words of how the Protestant Reformation
changed the world, including at least five ways the world was forever
altered.