Reformation Island
OER PROJECT: WH 1200 / LESSON 2.8 CLOSERREFORMATION ISLANDUnless otherwise noted, this work is licensed under CC BY 4.0. Credit: “Reformation Island,” OER Project, www.oerproject.com/ 1PurposeMatching Reformation figures with big ideas of the sixteenth century will help you evaluate impacts and distinguish how the Reformation in England differed from the rest of Europe.Process1.The sixteenth century sounds a little like a reality TV show:On this episode of Reformation Island, the villa is in chaos! Old flames are breaking up, war consumes Europe, the monasteries are dissolving, and Henry VIII just dropped a bombshell.Let the recoupling ceremony begin... Match each contestant with the impact that best describes them.ContestantImpactMartin LutherSpread religious arguments quickly to a large audience.Henry VIIIMarks the end of the Protestant Reformation and reshaped European politics.Anne Boleyn Dissolved the monasteries, seizing Catholic lands and wealth for the king, helping to centralize government power.Catholic Counter-ReformationGave a book to the king about how religious authority came from the Bible, not the pope; convinced him to leave his marriage and the Catholic Church.The printing pressWrote 95 complaints and nailed them to a church door.The Thirty Years’ WarEstablished a national church controlled by the monarch, not the pope.Thomas CromwellFormed the Jesuit order with the hope of fixing the Catholic Church from within.
OER PROJECT: WH 1200 / LESSON 2.8 CLOSERREFORMATION ISLAND22.One of the above contestants will be dumped from history. Decide which was least important to the course of the Reformation and write a social-media message explaining why you dismissed them. #NoPopeNoProblem3.Final vote! Which contestant most transformed Europe? Explain your choice in 25 words or fewer.