1. 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 

2. Example: Newscast Anchor Enter Name: Mr. Varghese: Anchor:
“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. 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.”
“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!

4. 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!

5. WarmUp #4
Complete the Map Analysis on pg. 468 & answer the corresponding questions.
Read & answer the questions on the bottom of pgs regarding exploration & the diffusion of ideas.

6. 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

7. EXPLORATION OF “THE NEW WORLD”

8. 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

9. Civilizations in the Americas

10. 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?

11. Mayan Civilization

12. 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

13. Aztec Civilization

14. 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

15. Incan Civilization

16. 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
Magellan
circumnavigated the entire world

17. “Colonies in the Americas, 1700”
pg. 477
Answer both questions…

18. Portugal (Portuguese)

19. 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

20. Portuguese & Spanish

21. 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

22. Homework 1. “Explorers and their Routes”, pg. 473
Read & answer the following questions from these pages:
1. “Explorers and their Routes”, pg. 473
2. “An Explorer’s Journal”, pg. 474
3. “The Treatment of Native Americans”, pg. 478