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Introduction to 16th Century Europe
A map and
worksheet activity, with teacher notes
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Key Themes
of the 16th Century
A worksheet
and lesson plan designed to get students thinking about key terminology and
linking their ideas together meaningfully.
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Theological arguments during the Reformation
A full-length
article I wrote for History Review magazine, complete with an accompanying
worksheet.
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The
Development of Luther's thought: Timeline exercise
In this lesson
pack, students use a timeline of Martin Luther's life and career to organise
the development of his theology in a worksheet which follows a thematic
format.
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Analysis of Catholic and Lutheran Theology: The Thorny Issues
A lesson plan
and worksheet in which the class is divided into two groups to consider some
of the more thorny questions which both sides were forced to answer.
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Reformation Terminology: Word List and Quiz
Students fill
the sheet in (a teacher copy is provided) and then this forms the basis of a
hotseat quiz. |
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Reformation Terminology
Crossword
Test understanding of key
terms and concepts of the Reformation with this quiz.
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Causes of the Reformation: Overview
Considers 4
key ideas - the printing press, humanism, the condition of Germany, heresy
and anticlericalism
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Causes of the Reformation:
Erasmus and humanism
In-depth analysis of each of the key factors.
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Causes of the Reformation:
Other
humanists |
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Causes of the Reformation: The printing press
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Causes of the Reformation: The Condition of
Germany |
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Causes of the Reformation: Heresy and
Anticlericalism |
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Workpack: The Knights' and Peasants' Wars
A
self-contained, 10 page workpack covering the causes, course and consequence
of these major events - compete with worksheets, suggested activities and
debates. |
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Impact of
Lutheranism on the Cities
Worksheet and
teacher notes.
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Historiography of the Reformation |
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What time period should be used in a study of the German Reformation?
This worksheet encourages students to compare the views of Bainton, Oberman and Schilling through the means of a classroom debate. |
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Was the Reformation an example of a German Nationalist revolution?
Students compare the views of Ranke, Steinmetz and Reinhard in this worksheet - both in terms of the geographical area which each said the Reformation should cover, and also in terms of whether they regarded the Reformation as being motivated by religious or social factors.
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What was the state of the Catholic Church on the eve of the Reformation?
Historians bitterly argue as to whether the Catholic Church was corrupt and unpopular on the eve of the Reformation. This worksheet allows students to compare the different viewpoints and consider the evidence for each. |
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What were the causes of the Peasants' War of 1524-25?
Marxist historians in the East, and liberal historians in the West, were at odds over the motives of the Peasants' War. Why did their interpretions differ so strongly, and how? |
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Were the Radicals a 'lunatic fringe'?
Some historians have argued that the Radicals were insane and insignificant; others that they were the most enlightened, and also the most significant, part of the Reformation movement. Which side makes the most sense?
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Why did the Imperial Cities adopt the Reformation?
In the 1960s Bernd Moeller called for historians to get away from theological debate and back to historical issues. This was the question he posed to himself, and it generated a great deal of debate. |
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Historiography of the Reformation - Arcade Games! [interactive]
An interactive quiz which testing how much students know about the historiography of the Reformation (draws upon all of the above worksheets!) |
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