By reviewing and analyzing these nine selected points from Martin Luther's 95 Theses, your young historians will discern the major tenets of the revolutionary challenge made against the Catholic Church in the seventeenth century. This is a great resource for developing primary source analysis skills!

Concepts

primary source analysis, primary sources, martin luther, the protestant reformation

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Additional Tags

indulgences, primary source analysis, protestant reformation, martin luther, edict of worms, social studies

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Pros

• Primary source material has been appropriately chosen and organized for analysis
• Document discussion questions have a nice progression from basic comprehension to ultimately determining a central idea

Cons

• Class should be familiar with the context of the historical situation, and the instructor may need to frontload some vocabulary

Common Core

RH.6-8.1 RH.6-8.2 RH.9-10.1 RH.9-10.2 RH.11-12.1 RH.11-12.2