1. Imagine … There are candles lit everywhere in dark spaces
The date… is 1500 you’re in a Medieval Catholic Church
You walk… in from south side (from the light)
You see… dark stained glass (red/brown)
On the walls… beautiful paintings
On the floor… of stone with straw upon
There are benches… at side for elderly
On the ceiling… beams painted gold, angels look down
A rood screen…can walk no further
The screen…painted with saints in gold leaf
The floor…brass inscriptions of dead
Beyond…screen is alter of stone
Priest…finely dressed clothes
Look above to see …rood beam & minstrels gallery

2. WHY? Imagine … The music stops … The candles are blown out …
The Priest swaps his clothes for plain garments
The stone alter changes to a simple wooden one
The screen is chopped up…
Saints faces are scoured out…
The rood beam is destroyed and crosses so none survive
WHY?

3. The Reformation:
Key question- Why did people criticise the Catholic Church in the early 1500’s?
L.O.
To be able to describe the problems in the Catholic Church in 1500
To be able to explain the criticisms that people made
To be able to develop the counter argument and see a different perspective
To be able to explain the connection between Renaissance and Reformation
Intro – enquiry question & LOs
ISM – ‘heaven and hell’ picture and discussion with feedback using post-its
Starter / recap – quick recap on essentials with verbal gap fill (students write down enbolded key words in their exercise book)
Visual learning stimulus task – close eyes and imagine … verbal recap with partner on what they saw / can remember and what changes … discussion and feedback initial thoughts on why such changes might happen
Active learning development task: give out heads and tails cards & task to find as many criticisms as possible in 3mins … quiet recall as students sit down to write out as many criticisms as they can remember in spider diagram
Plenary: Work in pairs to make a protest banner (catchy slogan) … show to class … discuss how they think the Church would respond / arguments in their favour
Hwk: write a short letter to a friend criticising or supporting the church

4. Pope- Rome- Purgatory- Indulgence- Salvation- Reformation New words ?
To be able to describe the problems in the Catholic Church in 1500
To be able to explain the criticisms that people made
To be able to develop the counter argument and see a different perspective
To be able to explain the connection between Renaissance and Reformation
Pope-
Rome-
Purgatory-
Indulgence-
Salvation-
Reformation
New words ?

5. Why was the Church so important to people in Medieval times?
Power, fear
Why was the Church so important to people in Medieval times?
Heaven and the afterlife
Health
Village life
Education
Birth, marriage, death
Monks and monasteries
Tax / tithes

6. Why criticise the Church?
People began to criticise the Church in the 1500s …
Find your ‘match’ to discover what these criticisms were …
Once you are matched find out as many criticisms made about the church as possible in the time you have
Independently write down all the criticisms you can remember on your sheet
Ready, steady, go countdown clock

7. Luther decided to make an official Protest.
Martin Luther was a key person who felt that some priests, bishops, archbishops, even the Pope himself did not behave well and devote themselves to their duties in the ways they should.
Luther decided to make an official Protest.
He drew up a list of 95 complaints which he called his ‘95 theses’ and posted them on the church door at Wittenburg in 1517 hoping for a debate with the educated university people of the town.
I started my protest with a list of 95 points, which I pinned to the Church notice
board!

8. What did I – Luther - believe? Why do you think I was so significant?
What impact would my ideas have on ordinary people?
What impact would my ideas have on the Catholic Church? …
What do you think my next step is?

9. My Protest Banner … Work in pairs to create your own protest banner
Catchy slogan? Key criticism? Sweeping criticism?

10. Pope is God’s representative on earth
My Protest Banner …
Work in pairs to create your own protest banner
Catchy slogan? Key criticism? Sweeping criticism?
Priests are link to God
Traditional, familiar, 1000 years
How do you think the Catholic Church might respond? What arguments would defend the Church?
Work in pairs ready to feedback to the class
Priests understand Bible
Decoration shows glory of God

11. Pope- Rome- Purgatory- Indulgence- Salvation- Reformation New words ?
To be able to describe the problems in the Catholic Church in 1500
To be able to explain the criticisms that people made
To be able to develop the counter argument and see a different perspective
To be able to explain the connection between Renaissance and Reformation
Pope-
Rome-
Purgatory-
Indulgence-
Salvation-
Reformation
New words ?

12. Homework
It’s 1517
Write a letter criticising some of the practices and ideas of the Catholic Church
You should try to use the terms and keywords from today’s lesson ( if you feel you need some help or want to double check then see next slide)
Try to stretch your thinking by considering what you think the response of the catholic church would be and bring that into your letter in some Maybe read of the Luther article from the BBC History magazine?

13. Homework- some words to help if you need them
Remember to look back at your sheet for ideas and the cards we used in the walking around activity are on a word document on the VLE
It’s 1517
Write a letter criticising some of the practices and ideas of the Catholic Church
indulgences pardons
Martin Luther theses
Latin The Bible
Wealthy Heaven
Monasteries
Reform