How did the Protestant Reformation impact Europe?
Furthermore, help lead to Scientific Development
and political freedom?
Mr.
Cruz
INTRODUCTION:
Societies that are open to examining ideas and finding
ways to incorporate rules or principles of truth are the ones that make the
most technological advances. By breaking the power, the Pope
and the Roman Catholic Church held over every aspect of life in Europe,
the Protestant Reformation revolutionized individual responsibility
and thinking. This focus on the individual's responsibility to
analyze a text or evidence (in Luther's case, the Bible) for himself (rather
than have it interpreted to him by the Roman Catholic Church) enabled the
freedom of thinking and evidence-based mindset that led to the Scientific
Revolution. More political freedom also resulted from the
breakup of the centralized power of the Roman Catholic Church. Empowered
to inquire freely and exercise the responsibility to analyze a standard for
truth (the Bible) and develop the political structure that best meet their
needs, set the stage for the development of republican government (the rule of
law).
You are a historian analyzing the effects of the
Protestant Reformation on the technological development of Western
Europe. You will be writing a book about the social problems
during the pre-Reformation period when the Pope and the Roman Catholic Church
exercised power over political and social life and religious
issues. You aim to help students understand how the Protestant
Reformation addressed these social problems and how these new policies set the
stage for the Scientific Revolution and the development of a republican
government, a government of the people based on the rule of law.
TASK:
Go to the websites and answer the questions
assigned to your group. When you have answered, these
questions write a summary of your findings. Construct your
historical analysis citing the documents. Explain how Luther's
or the Roman Catholic Church's policy affected scientific inquiry and political
freedom. You will then share this analysis with the
class. Each group must take notes on the other group's
findings to write a final analysis showing how the policies put into place by
the Protestant Reformation led to more significant scientific development and
political freedom.
Questions:
Define scientific method. Compare the
scientific method and the primary source documents related to the Protestant
Reformation (quotes from Luther, etc.). This comparison shows
how the Protestant reformation set the thinking and evidence-based freedom of
inquiry that leads to scientific and technological discovery. How
did the policies of the Roman Catholic Church stifle such
inquiry? How did the Scientific Revolution undermine the authority
of the Roman Catholic Church? How did the Roman Catholic Church
react to the Protestant Reformation? Did the Church make
genuine reforms, or were its "reforms" merely cosmetic, changes of
style but not addressing the substance (doctrinal issues)? How
did the Church react to the discoveries of the Scientific
Revolution? How does the attitude toward government in the
Declaration of Independence reflect the values of the Protestant Reformation?
PROCESS
In groups of four, analyze the documents assigned
to your group and answer the questions related to those
documents. Then write a summary of your findings in essay form,
using the task questions as a guide for content. Your group will
then present its results to the whole class. You will be responsible
for and tested on the results the whole class develops.
To complete your analysis and conclusion:
A. Research the websites.
B. Scan the documents and quote specific
sections of the documents, and make your responses on a Google
Document
C. Use the 6-step public
policy approach:
1. Define and describe
the problem (social conditions, players, public policy)
a. What was the policy
of Luther?
b. What was the policy of
the Roman Catholic Church?
2. Gather evidence for
this problem. (Use documents)
3. Identify causes for
this problem. (Compare the ideas in the documents.)
4. Describe and evaluate
the existing policy for this problem. (Roman Catholic
Church's
policy)
5. Develop solutions/policies for
the problems of this policy. (Luther's solution,
Roman
Catholic Church's solution.)
6. Select the best
policy for this problem.
D. Complete the six worksheets.
E. Construct your historical analysis citing
the documents. Explain how.
Luther's or the Roman
Catholic Church's policy affected scientific inquiry.
And political
freedom.
Resources:
Websites:
·
https://mtsu.edu/first-amendment/article/1064/protestant-reformation
·
https://www.livinglutheran.org/2017/03/reformation-500-50-reformation-figures/
The Counter-Reformation/Council of Trent
1.
https://www.smu.edu/Bridwell/SpecialCollectionsandArchives/Exhibitions/Luther/CounterReformation
2.
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=xy_M4pDjafo
3.
http://www.lepg.org/religion.htm
4.
https://museeprotestant.org/en/notice/the-catholic-reformation-or-counter-reformation/
The Scientific Revolution
1.
https://www.britannica.com/science/Scientific-Revolution
2.
http://users.clas.ufl.edu/ufhatch/pages/03-Sci-Rev/SCI-REV-Teaching/03sr-definition-concept.htm
4.
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=vzo8vnxSARg
Evaluation
Each
group will be graded according to the following simple table:
Performance |
Needs
improvement 1 |
Satisfactory 2 |
Good 3 |
Excellent 4 |
Completion
of Worksheets (understood the social problem, its causes, and public
policy that arose from it) |
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Completion
of Analysis (analyzed the social problem, created, and considered possible
solutions, and evaluated the historical solution) |
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Oral
Presentation (communicated
facts and ideas clearly from the documents, and showed how they applied to
each step in the public policy process) |
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CONCLUSION:
At the
end of this project, you should demonstrate (through your analysis and oral
presentations) an understanding of how the personal freedom and responsibility
to analyze evidence brought about by the Protestant Reformation contributed to
the technological and political advancement of Europe and the beginning of
the European Enlightenment. You should also be familiar with the
main events and significant figures of this turning point in global
history. In addition, you should be able to make connections to the
world today.
Curriculum
Standards:
9-10 RH.
1 Cite specific textual evidence to support analysis of primary and secondary
sources, attending to such features as the date and origin of the information.
9-10 RH.
2 Determine the central ideas or information of a primary or secondary source;
provide an accurate summary of how key events or ideas develop throughout the text.
9-10 RH 3
Analyze in detail a series of events described in a text; determine whether
earlier events caused later ones or preceded them.
9-10 RH.
4 Determine the meaning of words and phrases as they are used in a text,
including vocabulary describing political, social, or economic aspects of
history/social science.
9-10 RH. 6 Compare the point of view of two or
more authors for how they treat the same or similar topics, including which
details they include and emphasize in their resp
9-10
WKST. 1 Write arguments focused on discipline-specific content. Introduce
precise claims, distinguish the claim from alternate or opposing claims, and
create an organization that establishes transparent relationships among the
claims, counterclaims, reasons, and evidence.
9-10.
WHST 4: Produce clear and coherent writing in which the development,
organization, and style are appropriate to task, purpose, and audience.