Materials

• “Hero or Zero” score sheet (Attachment C)
• Materials to produce posters

Instructional Activities

NOTE: The following Web resources may be helpful in this session:

• “Henry VIII.” <http://www.newadvent.org/cathen/07222a.htm>.
• “Henry VIII.” <http://www.britannia.com/history/monarchs/mon41.html>.
• “Henry VIII.” <http://www.royal.gov.uk/output/Page19.asp>.
• “John Calvin.” <http://www.newadvent.org/cathen/03195b.htm>.
• “Project Wittenburg (Martin Luther).” <http://www.iclnet.org/pub/resources/text/wittenberg/wittenberg-home.html>.

1. Review the previous session’s concepts.
   
   
2. Have students participate in the activity “The Reformers — Hero or Zero?” as follows:
   • Divide students into groups of three. Each student will read about one of the three reformers. Based on their reading, they record notes on the score sheet (Attachment C). Have them share results.
   • Each team will then create three (8½" x 11") posters, one for each of the reformers. Students can reference Web sites to view primary source documents and incorporate those references into the posters. Remedial students may need assistance with interpreting some documents. Posters may include the following information:
   
   Side 1 = HERO (Why the person was loved)
   — Five details from the reading that explain what the person believed and did, why the person was considered a hero, and by whom. (e.g., King Henry VIII…It’s time someone stood up to the Pope!)
   — At least one illustration (depicting beliefs or actions)
   
   Side 2 = ZERO(Why the person was disliked)
   — Five details from the reading that explain why the Catholic Church would call this person a zero and what their objection would have been to the teachings and actions of the individual? (A church official has responded to the heretic by … because ….)
   — Another illustration or possibly a political cartoon (depicting reasons for and/or results of the dislike)
   
   • Allow time for groups to share their posters. As a class, evaluate posters for content and presentation. Provide a rubric based on the activity description, and assign points for each component or category.
   
   
3. Instruct students to write the name of one reformer and one of his actions. If the action is a cause, have them name one effect. One strategy is to place responses on scrap paper and have students submit them as a “ticket out the door.”
   
   
4. Instruct the students to illustrate the class notes, using symbols and pictures drawn by students or downloaded from the Internet.