hist.g7.s.lesson_21
Reformation + Counter-Reformation + Wars of Religion + Capstone Setup — Connecting All Six Formations + 30 Years War + Westphalia 1648 + Capstone Storybook Draft
- CAPSTONE — Renaissance-to-1750 Inquiry Exhibit — Foxfire 3-copy storybook + civic-action letter to descendant-community institutions, with multi-perspective storytelling across MEXICA + INCA + MAYA + PUEBLO + AFRICAN + MUGHAL + MING/QING + TOKUGAWA + OTTOMAN + ITALIAN/REFORMATION-EUROPEAN perspectives applying the FIVE PROMISES — Living-Descendant + Humanity-FIRST + Resilience-FIRST + Connection-FIRST + NEW Encounter-from-MULTIPLE-Perspectives
- Analyze the PROTESTANT REFORMATION 1517-1648 — Luther's 95 Theses, Calvin's Institutes, Henry VIII English Reformation, and the Catholic Counter-Reformation (Council of Trent + Jesuits)
- Analyze the WARS OF RELIGION 1559-1648 — French Wars of Religion (St. Bartholomew's Day Massacre 1572 + Edict of Nantes 1598), Dutch Revolt 1568-1648, and the THIRTY YEARS WAR 1618-1648 ending with the Peace of Westphalia
- Students integrate the Reformation timeline (Luther 1517 + Calvin 1536 + Henry VIII 1534 + Council of Trent 1545-1563 + 30 Years War 1618-1648 + Westphalia 1648) with the broader 1450-1750 chronology on MG-3.
- Students set up the Capstone storybook: each student selects three civilizations + one Indigenous-voiced source + one African-voiced source + drafts 1-paragraph chapter opening applying MG-7 + MG-13 + MG-14 + MG-13a; selects descendant-community institution for civic-action letter.
Lesson plan
Warm-up
5 minDisplay MG-3 with Reformation events overlay. Ask: 'How do Reformation + Wars of Religion + Westphalia relate to encounter/conquest/slave-trade?' Bridge to integration.
- Display MG-3 with overlays
- Ask the integration question
- Open Capstone planning
Direct instruction
15 minToday integrates Reformation timeline with broader 1450-1750 chronology. LUTHER 31 October 1517 Wittenberg 95 Theses → 1521 Diet of Worms excommunication → 1534 German Bible. CALVIN 1536 Institutes + Geneva 1541; predestination + Consistory. HENRY VIII English Reformation — 1533 Restraint of Appeals + 1534 Supremacy + 1535 More martyred + 1536-1541 dissolution of monasteries; Elizabeth I 1558-1603 Anglican settlement. COUNTER-REFORMATION — Council of Trent 1545-1563 (25 sessions over 18 years) + Jesuits 1540 founded by Ignatius Loyola + Society of Jesus expanded to Japan + China + Americas; Index Librorum Prohibitorum 1559; Catholic missions globally. WARS OF RELIGION — French 1562-1598 + St. Bartholomew's Day Massacre 24 August 1572 (~3,000-10,000 Huguenots killed Paris) + Edict of Nantes 1598 (Henri IV); Dutch Revolt 1568-1648; SPANISH INQUISITION 1478-1834 + EXPULSION of Jews 1492 + Muslims 1502/1609. THIRTY YEARS WAR 1618-1648 — Defenestration of Prague 23 May 1618 → engulfs Holy Roman Empire + Sweden + France + Spain + Denmark; demographic devastation ~20% population loss German lands; Gustavus Adolphus 1611-1632 Swedish; Wallenstein 1583-1634 Imperial. PEACE OF WESTPHALIA 1648 — 109 negotiators + 235 protocols; established sovereignty of German principalities + religious choice for rulers; often called 'birth of modern state-system' but Osiander 2001 + Beaulac 2004 argue MYTH — sovereignty AFFIRMED not invented; modern nation-state took centuries more. CAPSTONE SETUP — students select three civilizations + one Indigenous voice + one African voice. Today drafts paragraph opening + selects descendant-community institution from 10 named options.
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MG-12 Connection-FIRST: civilizations and themes were CONNECTED, not isolated.model INTEGRATION: (a) Reformation drove vernacular Bibles (Luther's 1534 German) which interconnected with print revolution (Lesson 7) which interconnected with Bi Sheng/Korean Jikji global print. (b) Catholic missions to Americas (Las Casas) and Asia (Ricci-Xu Guangqi + 26 Martyrs of Nagasaki 1597) connect Reformation/Counter-Reformation to global encounter. (c) Spanish 1492 expulsion of Jews/Muslims is SAME YEAR as Columbus — religious-political consolidation made Castile's overseas expansion possible. (d) Atlantic slave trade conducted by Catholic Portuguese + Spanish, then Protestant Dutch + English + Northern Europeans — religious justifications shifted but trade continued. Reformation-and-Wars-of-Religion arc is co-constitutive with conquest-and-slave-trade arc.prompt How do Reformation + Wars of Religion connect to conquest/slave-trade in this unit?
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MG-7 Q3 CORROBORATION: does 'birth of modern state' corroborate with Habsburg/Ottoman/Mughal evidence? Not cleanly.model Per Osiander 2001 + Beaulac 2004: (a) Westphalia 1648 reaffirmed German princes' sovereignty WITHIN Holy Roman Empire but did NOT abolish Empire (lasted until 1806); (b) modern nation-states (defined territory + uniform sovereignty + state monopoly on violence) took centuries to consolidate; (c) 'Westphalian system' label popularized 1948 marking 300th anniversary; (d) actual Westphalia treaties had varied effects; (e) sovereignty in modern sense was incipient elsewhere too (Ottoman + Mughal mansabdari). Teach Westphalia as MOMENT in long sovereignty arc, not magical break.prompt Why is the Westphalian sovereignty 'birth of modern state' often called a MYTH?
- Order 5 Reformation events on a timeline.
- What was the Council of Trent?
- What is the Westphalian sovereignty myth?
M-7-S-HIS-21-A
Chart
36x12 inch laminated MG-3 Deep-Time Strip 1450-1750 with Reformation timeline overlay: Luther 1517 + Calvin 1536 + Henry VIII 1534 + Trent 1545-1563 + Jesuits 1540 + St. Bartholomew's Day 1572 + Edict of Nantes 1598 + 30 Years War 1618-1648 + Westphalia 1648; color-coded by movement (Protestant + Counter-Reformation + Wars-of-Religion).
MG-3
Chart
Deep-Time Strip 1450-1750 CE — 36x12 inch laminated strip showing six parallel bands for six formations + Atlantic Slave Trade + Conquest + Resistance + Scientific Revolution timeline + Reformation timeline + Counter-Reformation timeline. Each band shows ~300 named events including: 1453 fall of Constantinople; 1492 Columbus + expulsion of Jews/Muslims from Spain; 1494 Tordesillas; 1498 Vasco da Gama Calicut; 1502 first Africans to Americas; 1517 Luther 95 Theses; 1519-1521 fall of Tenochtitlán; 1526 Mughal Babur Panipat; 1532 Cajamarca; 1543 Copernicus + Vesalius; 1545-1563 Council of Trent; 1556 Akbar; 1572 St. Bartholomew's Day + Tupac Amaru I; 1582 Din-i-Ilahi; 1600 EIC chartered; 1602 VOC chartered; 1603 Tokugawa shogunate; 1605 Don Quixote; 1610 Galileo Sidereus Nuncius; 1618-1648 Thirty Years War; 1632 Taj Mahal; 1633 sakoku begins; 1644 Manchu Qing; 1648 Westphalia; 1680 Pueblo Revolt; 1683 Vienna 2nd siege; 1687 Newton Principia; 1697 Itzá Maya Nojpetén; 1707 Aurangzeb dies; 1727 Jai Singh II Jantar Mantar; 1757 Plassey (preview); 1789 Equiano; 1793 Macartney. Color-coded by formation.
M-7-S-CUL-21-B
Diagram
Physical / non-image
18x24 inch wall poster MG-24 showing 4-criterion rubric: (1) MULTI-PERSPECTIVE (3 civilizations + Indigenous voice + African voice); (2) PRESENT-TENSE LIVING-DESCENDANT VOICING per NMAI; (3) CLAIM-EVIDENCE-WARRANT ARGUMENT; (4) CIVIC-ACTION LETTER QUALITY. 5th star: SELF-REFLECTION I-LEARNED/I-CAN/I-STILL-WONDER.
MG-24
Diagram
Physical / non-image
CAPSTONE 4-CRITERION RUBRIC diagram — 18x24 inch wall poster showing the capstone storybook + civic-action letter rubric: (1) MULTI-PERSPECTIVE — at least three civilizations + Indigenous voice + African voice named (0-3 stars); (2) PRESENT-TENSE LIVING-DESCENDANT VOICING — all living peoples referenced in present-tense per NMAI protocol (0-3 stars); (3) CLAIM-EVIDENCE-WARRANT ARGUMENT — at least one claim with at least 2 pieces of evidence + warrant connecting them (0-3 stars); (4) CIVIC-ACTION LETTER QUALITY — letter mailed to a named descendant-community institution with clear what-I-learned + what-I-will-do statements (0-3 stars). Plus 5th star: SELF-REFLECTION I-LEARNED/I-CAN/I-STILL-WONDER assessment-as-learning.
Guided practice
12 min-
Pairs: on MG-3, label 5 Reformation + 5 Counter-Reformation + 5 Wars-of-Religion events between 1517-1648.scaffold Pre-printed event-cards with dates.
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Capstone setup: each student fills Capstone planning worksheet — select 3 civilizations + 1 Indigenous voice + 1 African voice + draft 1-paragraph chapter opening + select descendant-community institution.scaffold Capstone planning worksheet + 10 named descendant-community institution options.
Independent practice
13 min
M-7-S-CUL-21-C
Diagram
18x24 inch handout listing 10 descendant-community institutions for civic-action letter destinations: Museo Nacional de Antropología Mexico City + Museo Inka Cuzco + ASOMUGS Maya + Pueblo Council of Governors Albuquerque + International African American Museum Charleston + NMAAHC Smithsonian + International Slavery Museum Liverpool + Mughal Museum Agra/National Museum Delhi + National Museum of China Beijing + Tokyo National Museum.
Formative assessment
5 min- Name 3 Reformation events.
- Capstone civilizations + sources selected?
- Sticky to MG-23 with Capstone question.
Closure
5 min- Recite FIVE PROMISES with MG-12 Connection-FIRST + MG-13a emphasis
- Show MG-24 Capstone rubric
- Preview Lesson 22 — Capstone presentation (90 min)
Homework
25 min- Complete Capstone chapter draft (1-2 pages) per planning worksheet; bring to Lesson 22.
Exercises in this lesson
Differentiation
- MG-3 with Reformation overlays
- Capstone planning worksheet
- 10 named descendant-community institutions roster
- Sentence frames for chapter opening
- High-ceiling: complete chapter draft today + revise overnight
- High-ceiling: complex 4-civilization integration + multi-perspective argument
- Bilingual Capstone planning worksheet
- Audio sample chapter opening
- Pronunciation guide for institutional names
- Simplified Capstone planning (2 civilizations + 1 Indigenous voice OR 1 African voice)
- Audio source readings
- Extended time
Teacher notes
Today integrates 1450-1750 + sets up Capstone tomorrow. Integration question 'how do Reformation + Wars of Religion + conquest/slave-trade connect?' is unit-wide synthesis. Capstone planning worksheet helps each student make concrete civilization-source-institution choices.