Newscast: The Protestant Reformation & Counter Reformations

• With your group, you are going to create a newscast on the Protestant & Counter Reformations. – (think 5 W’s…Who, What, When, Where, Why?)

• You need:– Anchor(s)– Interviewer(s) in the “field”– Guest(s) to interview

• Write (at least) a 1-page dialogue for your newscast.• Make sure every person has their own part recorded, so you

can perform it easier. THIS WILL BE PERFORMED TODAY!• Have fun with it

Example: Newscast• Anchor Enter Name:

– “From the studio, we are going to our Special Correspondent who is standing by with a protester! Mr. Varghese, please tell us about this protester!”

• Mr. Varghese:– “Yes, Hello _______. Here I find myself on this cold, dark & dreary day, talking to none

other than the man who started this whole thing…Mr. Martin Luther!”

• Anchor:– “Oh, wow, so you are actually conversing with THE Martin Luther? Tell us what he has

been doing today while protesting & what exactly is his motivation for protesting this seemingly holy organization of the Roman Catholic Church.”

• Mr. Varghese:– “Mr. Luther, what is your motivation for protesting & how have you been protesting?”

• Martin Luther:– “Greetings & God bless to everyone listening. Due to the corruption within the Roman

Catholic Church & the wrongful leading of the innocent to the depths of hell, I find myself nailing my 95 Theses on the door here at the local church in Wittenberg, Germany.”

• Mr. Varghese:– “And what response has the Church given you, Mr. Luther?”…….“Oh, my goodness,

Anchor _______, we have some angry people shouting at Mr. Luther”…..”Wait….. I think my sound has been disconnected….hello?”

BREAKING NEWS: The Counter Reformation is beginning!

Reformation Posters -Create a poster from either the Protestant Reformers’ perspective OR the perspective of the Catholic Church:• Example:

– Choose a specific Protestant Reformer & show what they believed (Martin Luther, John Calvin, Zwingli, Henry VIII, Anabaptists etc.)

OR– Choose a reason, the Roman Catholic Church

thought the Protestant Reformers (groups) were radical & heretical.

Must(s): Use the entire piece of paper, with correct spelling, legible, neat, accurate & full of color!

WarmUp #4

• Complete the Map Analysis on pg. 468 & answer the corresponding questions.

• Read & answer the questions on the bottom of pgs. 470-471 regarding exploration & the diffusion of ideas.

Objective:• The learner will be able to: examine the causes

of European exploration & the effects on the native peoples they encounter.– Guided Instruction– Activity– Discussion

EXPLORATION OF“THE NEW WORLD”

Europeans “on the move”• throughout high Middle Ages & Renaissance,

Europeans became more wealthy because of trade– fascinated by the Far East (Marco Polo) – most conflicts had settled down & kings had now

consolidated power– new inventions/ideas from the East: astrolabe, compass,

deep-draft ships, caravel etc…help with navigation!• The 3 G’s of European expansion: God, glory, gold!

– conversion of the heathen for God– glory for the nation & monarch– gold for merchants & adventurers

Civilizations in the Americas

Mayan Civilization (~300-900 AD)• Central America• large cities centered around pyramids with shrines to

the gods• city-states with hereditary rulers, nobles,

artisans/merchants, peasants & slaves• polytheistic: used human sacrifice to appease gods &

celebrate events • sophisticated calendar used both solar calendar

(365 days) & sacred calendar• cause of decline unknown?

Mayan Civilization

Aztec Civilization (~1100s-1500s AD)• Mexico: capital at Tenochtitlan• powerful warriors• believed in human sacrifice• scientific: calculated movement of many planets• believed sign of arrow through a tree (Spanish cross)

meant the gods were returning• conquistador: Spanish military leader who fought

against the Native Americans• Hernan Cortes landed in 1519 AD & was welcomed

by Montezuma (king) but soon took him hostage & destroyed the Aztec Civilization

Aztec Civilization

Incan Civilization (~1400-1535 AD)• Peru/Chile area• used llamas to transport goods• great builders: roads & bridges & monuments without

mortar (Machu Picchu)• no written language• kept records with knotted rope (quipu)• Francisco Pizarro landed in 1531 & defeated the Incas

after their leader Atahualpa would not convert• Incas & Aztecs were defeated by disease (smallpox)

as much as by the use of weapons

Incan Civilization

Portugal (Portuguese)• Prince Henry the Navigator financed expeditions

down the western coast of Africa• discovered gold & African slaves• 1488 Bartholomeu Dias

– rounded tip of Africa (Cape of Good Hope)• 1498 Vasco da Gama

– went around the Cape of Good Hope to India & back– set up trading posts throughout South & Southeast Asia– controlled spice trade

• 1519-1522 Magellan– circumnavigated the entire world

“Colonies in the Americas, 1700”pg. 477

Answer both questions…

Portugal (Portuguese)

Spain (Spanish)• Christopher Columbus (Italian) was convinced

Earth was not very big– could reach Asia by sailing west from Europe– journey financed by Ferdinand & Isabella

• Anna, Pinta & Santa Maria reached Hispaniola (Haiti/Dominican Republic): October 1492

• Spain & Portugal: main exploring nations• Treaty of Tordesillas (1494): line of

demarcation: the East was controlled by Portugal & the West by Spain

Portuguese & Spanish

England & France

• Cabot: coast of Canada• Drake: Pacific Northwest• Hudson: New England for England• Amerigo Vespucci: explorer/mapmaker/cartographer

– journals of the New World (“the Americas”)• French explored St. Lawrence Seaway

– traders > settlers (worked with the Native Americans)• English settled into colonies (mercantilism)

– Roanoke, Jamestown, Plymouth Bay– distrusted the Native Americans– the English expanded & came into conflict with the French,

as well as, the Native Americans

HomeworkRead & answer the following questions from these pages:1. “Explorers and their Routes”, pg. 4732. “An Explorer’s Journal”, pg. 4743. “The Treatment of Native Americans”, pg. 478