Oct. 31

Writing Portfolio
Students learned about how to write effective summaries. We watched the following video clip: http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=eGWO1ldEhtQ

Then we practiced writing summaries based on Luther's "Address to the Christian Nobility of the German Nation" (Renaissance & Reformation Topic 7).

Core
Bellwrite: How do you think the Protestant Reformation would have influenced politics? Why?

We finished up our study of Bacon's idols of the mind. We considered Ether 3:6-8 in light of these idols and asked ourselves which idol(s) had affected the Brother of Jared.

We looked at the political implications of the Protestant Reformation. We watched some video clips about the Peasant Revolts in England and Germany (Minutes 22-25, 40-42, and 46-49 of the following video: http://www.byutv.org/watch/e0d8c9f3-b3b8-49f7-b139-2ff0c2a52a83/fires-of-faith-part-1-yearning-for-the-word). Then we briefly considered the European wars of religion.

I then lectured on the formation of the Church of England (Anglican Church). I shared background on Henry VIII and his many wives. We learned that it is a misconception that Henry wanted a divorce. Instead, the situation was quite complicated. Henry had married his older brother's wife, Catherine, on the grounds that his brother had never consummated the marriage. The Pope had given a special dispensation for Henry's marriage to Catherine to occur in the first place. Then later, Henry was asking the Pope to declare his marriage unlawful (The Bible taught that a man should not marry his brother's widow.), to annul the marriage. Therefore, Henry was asking the Pope to declare that he had been wrong the first time in granting the marriage. From this emerged the Act of Supremacy of 1534, which stated the monarch was the supreme head the Church of England. We considered the political fallout of this action when Mary I ("Bloody Mary") took the throne. We then traced the English crown through Elizabeth I (The "Virgin Queen") who fought against the Spanish Armada (again, a religious dispute between Protestantism and Catholicism). We noted that in the absence of a clear successor or Tudor heir, Elizabeth's cousin James I took the throne, beginning the Stuart dynasty.

Students in the B Class began reading Renaissance & Reformation Topic 8: The Anglican Church.

Homework:
Remember to turn in your permission slip for our Jail field trip if you have not yet done so.