Thursday, November 29, 2018

Protestant Reformation

Watch and make additions to your notes an/or respond to the following questions.

Protestant Reformation

1. Aside from just splitting the Catholic Church, what are some additional effects of the Reformation?
2. Why was the Catholic Church the most powerful economic and political force in Europe?
3. Who is responsible for the Reformation?
4. When Luther visited Rome in 1505, what was he struck by?
5. With respect to the Church, what are indulgences?
6. On what date did Luther display his Ninety-Five Theses against indulgences?
7. Plenty of radical friars had criticized the Church’s abuses and hypocrisies – why would Martin Luther prove to be so influential?
8. What is perhaps the most revolutionary of Luther’s actions?
9. What are some examples of the spin-off denominations from the Catholic Church as a reaction to the Reformation?
10. What was the biggest revolutionary uprising in Europe before the French Revolution?

One of the features of the Catholic Counter-Reformation was the Index of Prohibited Books.  Study the Index here.  List few books that you know of. Why might they be viewed as dangerous words to be blocked?

https://sourcebooks.fordham.edu/mod/indexlibrorum.asp

Friday, November 16, 2018

The Crusades!

Watch the following video and add to your notes about the Crusades and the relationships between Islam and Europe.

Crash Course World History:  The Crusades

Or here...

PBS

Friday, November 9, 2018

For November 9

5 minutes - First, review your notes with your partner.  Make repetitions as usual.  Be thorough!

10 minutes - Next, design an SAQ related to today's notes.  Write it near your notes.  Have your partner try to answer it.

Remainder of class - form one of EIGHT total groups, 3 or 4 in a group.  Each group has one of the 8 cities. Work with your group for the rest of the period.  
Create a Google Drawing or Slide Show and share with all group members.  Use at least 5 of 9 GRASPED IT categories to show and tell about the significance of the city in the period 600-1450.  You have today to work, the  weekend to keep working, and 10 minutes at the start of class Tuesday to make final touches.