Topic: Catholic Reformation

Target group

6th‑grade students of elementary school

Core curriculum

IX. „Golden Age” in Poland on the European background. Student:

2. lists the causes and consequences of the Reformation, describes the goals and characterizes the activities of Martin Luther and Jean Cauvin, and presents the circumstances of the emergence of the Anglican Church;

3. explains the goals of convening the Council of Trent and characterizes the reform of the Catholic Church;

General aim of education

The student will learn about the specificity of the reform of the Catholic church.

Key competences

• communication in foreign languages;

• digital competence;

• learning to learn.

Criteria for success
The student will learn:

• when the religious war started and how it finished;

• what were the decisions of the Council of Trent;

• who was Ignatius of Loyola and what he founded.

Methods/techniques

• expository

  • talk.

• activating

  • discussion.

• programmed

  • with computer;

  • with e‑textbook.

• practical

  • exercices concerned.

Forms of work

• individual activity;

• activity in pairs;

• activity in groups;

• collective activity.

Teaching aids

• e‑textbook;

• notebook and crayons/felt‑tip pens;

• interactive whiteboard, tablets/computers.

Lesson plan overview

Introduction

1. The teacher states the subject of the lesson, explains the aim of the lesson and together with students determines the success criteria to be achieved.

2. The teacher plays the recording of the abstract. Every now and then he stops it, asking the students to tell in their own words what they have just heard. This way, students practice listening comprehension.

Realization

1. Reading the content of the abstract. The teacher uses the text for individual work or in pairs, according to the following steps: 1) a sketchy review of the text, 2) asking questions, 3) accurate reading, 4) a summary of individual parts of the text, 5) repeating the content or reading the entire text.

2. On the basis of information presented on the timeline and news from available sources, students in pairs prepare a discussion on the conclusions of the investigation they carried out. They are to pick the most important event in their opinion and explain their reasoning in doing so. Then the students present their discussions. Colleagues evaluate their work, taking into account the manner in which conclusions are presented and the clarity of justification.

3. The teacher together with the students sums up the current course of classes.

4. Students analyze the illustrations and execute Task 2, Task 3 and Task 4. To answer the questions, they can use Internet sources or other publications. The teacher checks the correctness of the answer and provides feedback to the students.

5. Students in pairs solve the Exercise 1. The teacher checks if the task has been correctly completed and gives feedback to students.

Summary

1. The teacher asks a willing student to summarize the lesson from his point of view. He asks other students if they would like to add anything to their colleague's statements.

2. The teacher asks: If there was going to be a test on the material we have covered today, what questions do you think would you have to answer?
   If the students do not manage to name all the most important questions, the teacher may complement their suggestions.

Homework

1. Listen to the abstract recording at home. Pay attention to pronunciation, accent and intonation. Learn to pronounce the words learned during the lesson.

2. Make at home a note from the lesson, for example using the sketchnoting method.

The following terms and recordings will be used during this lesson

Terms

Texts and recordings

Catholic Reformation

In the course of time the papacy realized that staving the crisis off by discussion was impossible, so they tried to prevent development of Protestantism using politics. It did not do any good and between 1530–1555 there was a religious war. It finished with the Peace of Augsburg, where “whose realm, his religion” principle was established.

A few years earlier in 1545 in the Italian city of Trent one of the greatest councils in the history of the Church was held. It was tried to reach agreement with protestants. The Pope invited representatives of reformed faiths but they refused to come. Participants of the council introduced many catholic reforms.

Decisions of the council include: keeping celibacy of priests, the cult of saints, the Virgin Mary and relics, keeping Latin as a liturgical language, the Pope as the head of the Church. Greater attention was paid to clergymen education. It was obligatory for them to attend seminaries. Apart from that the List of Prohibited Books was worked out (recognized as heretic, inconsistent with catholic doctrine). The Holy Inquisition was reorganised. Its task was to combat heretics.

The Society of Jesus, so called Jesuits, founded by the Spanish Ignatius of Loyola, played a great role in the catholic revival. There was severe discipline in the order. The vows of obedience were made to the Pope and the mission of the order was to combat heresy, run schools and christianize other continents.