Alabama Social Studies SS24.8.10a
The Standard
- SS24.8.10
- Analyze the factors that contributed to the Reformation and explain how it affected the religious and political unity of Europe.
Summarize the policies and practices within the Roman Catholic Church that led to conflict with both religious reformers and secular authorities.
2024 Alabama Course of Study: Social Studies
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What This Standard Means
What Students Need to Do
- Students identify practices, such as selling indulgences and church offices, that drew criticism from reformers. They explain why rulers clashed with the pope over church taxes, bishop appointments, and political control.
What Mastery Looks Like
- A student can explain why Luther objected to indulgence sales and why selling church offices damaged trust in clergy. They can explain how the pope’s refusal to annul Henry VIII’s marriage became a struggle over who held authority in England.
Common Misconceptions
- Students may think an indulgence bought forgiveness, rather than reduced punishment for sins already forgiven. They may assume reformers and rulers had the same goals, missing the difference between religious objections and struggles for political control.
How to Assess It
- Exit ticket: Name one church practice a reformer criticized and one church policy a ruler challenged. Explain each objection in one sentence.
Lesson moves
Ways to Teach It
Pairs sort cards labeled indulgence sales, sold church offices, church taxes, and bishop appointments into reformer, ruler, or both piles.
Ask: Why might Luther protest indulgence sales while a king protested the pope naming bishops? Write two separate reasons.
Play a match game with cards labeled indulgence sales, annulment refusal, and taxes to Rome; match them to Luther, Henry VIII, or German princes.
Show a sample property tax bill and a church tax exemption form; ask who collects less revenue and compare that with rulers’ complaints.
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