Alabama Social Studies SS24.8.10b
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.
Describe the political, religious, and social contributions of reformers in Europe, including Martin Luther and John Calvin.
2024 Alabama Course of Study: Social Studies
Teacher's field guide
What This Standard Means
What Students Need to Do
- Students explain what Luther and Calvin taught and how their ideas changed church life, political power, and daily life. They connect Luther to changes in German states and Calvin to church rules in Geneva.
What Mastery Looks Like
- A student can explain Luther's challenge to indulgences and why some German princes supported him. They can explain Calvin's teaching on predestination and give a social effect, such as stricter conduct rules in Geneva.
Common Misconceptions
- Students may think Luther and Calvin wanted to end Christianity, rather than change Christian beliefs and practices. They may mix up Luther's teaching on faith with Calvin's teaching on predestination. They may miss that religious disputes also changed political power and daily life.
How to Assess It
- On an exit ticket, ask: What did Luther and Calvin each teach? Give one political effect and one social effect of their reforms.
Lesson moves
Ways to Teach It
Give pairs event cards on Luther's Bible translation, German princes, Calvin's predestination, and Geneva's conduct rules to sort by reformer and type of impact.
Ask students to write two sentences answering: Why might a German prince support Luther, and who might lose power as a result?
Play a matching game: students pair faith alone, predestination, German princes, and Geneva's conduct rules with a reformer and an effect.
Show two current Protestant church websites and ask students to identify one difference that may reflect disagreements that began during the Reformation.
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