Grade 7 Spring — The Early-Modern World c. 1450-1750 CE in Six Simultaneous Formations: Italian + Northern Renaissance, the Reformation and Wars of Religion, the Scientific Revolution, the Age of Exploration with Zheng He Precedence and Multi-Perspective Encounter, the Conquest of Mexica and Inca from Indigenous Perspectives, Ongoing Indigenous Resistance through Pueblo Revolt 1680 and Itzá Maya 1697, the Atlantic Slave Trade Origins with African Voices Centered, the Mughal Empire (KS3 Non-European Society Study), Ming/Qing China with Zheng He 1405-1433, Tokugawa Japan, and the Ottoman Empire — Whose Renaissance? Whose Discovery? Whose Conquest?
Lesson 21 55 min 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

Objectives
  • 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.
Vocabulary
Reformation timelineCouncil of Trent 1545-1563Jesuits 1540 Ignatius LoyolaSpanish InquisitionSt. Bartholomew's Day 1572Edict of Nantes 159830 Years War 1618-1648Defenestration of Prague 1618Gustavus AdolphusPeace of Westphalia 1648capstonecivic-action letterFoxfire 3-copy

Lesson plan

Warm-up

5 min

Display MG-3 with Reformation events overlay. Ask: 'How do Reformation + Wars of Religion + Westphalia relate to encounter/conquest/slave-trade?' Bridge to integration.

Teacher moves
  • Display MG-3 with overlays
  • Ask the integration question
  • Open Capstone planning

Direct instruction

15 min

Today 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.

Key examples
  • 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?
  • 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?
Checks for understanding
  • Order 5 Reformation events on a timeline.
  • What was the Council of Trent?
  • What is the Westphalian sovereignty myth?
Media
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

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

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
Tasks
  • 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.
  • 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
Media
M-7-S-CUL-21-C Diagram
18x24 inch handout listing 10 descendant-community institutions for civic-action letter destinations: Museo Nacional de

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
Exit ticket
  • Name 3 Reformation events.
  • Capstone civilizations + sources selected?
  • Sticky to MG-23 with Capstone question.
scoring 3 correct = mastery snapshot; 2 = practicing; 0-1 = reteach

Closure

5 min
Moves
  • 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
Tasks
  • Complete Capstone chapter draft (1-2 pages) per planning worksheet; bring to Lesson 22.

Exercises in this lesson

hist.g7.s.ex_54
Order 5 Reformation events: (a) Luther 95 Theses 31 October 1517; (b) Council of Trent begins 1545; (c) Edict of Nantes 1598; (d) St....
ordering · diff 2
hist.g7.s.ex_55
CAPSTONE: Write a 6-8-page storybook chapter 'Renaissance-to-1750 in Many Voices' integrating at least 3 civilizations + at least 1...
capstone synthesis · diff 5

Differentiation

Scaffolds
  • MG-3 with Reformation overlays
  • Capstone planning worksheet
  • 10 named descendant-community institutions roster
  • Sentence frames for chapter opening
Extensions
  • High-ceiling: complete chapter draft today + revise overnight
  • High-ceiling: complex 4-civilization integration + multi-perspective argument
English Learners
  • Bilingual Capstone planning worksheet
  • Audio sample chapter opening
  • Pronunciation guide for institutional names
Ieps 504s
  • 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.