Year 8
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Lesson details
Key learning points
- In this lesson, we will learn about how the English Church changed during the sixteenth century. We will build up the big picture of the changes made by each monarch, before looking at it in more depth over the subsequent lessons of this unit.
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9 Questions
Q1.
What was the Catholic Church?
A group of people, like Martin Luther, who protested against the teachings of the Catholic Church.
Q2.
Who were the Protestants?
The universal Church, led by the Pope.
Q3.
What did Catholics believe?
They believed churches should be plain and simple and that people should read the Bible and have church services in their own language.
Q4.
What did Protestants believe?
They believed churches should be beautiful and decorated and that church services should be done in Latin.
Q5.
How did Henry VIII change the English Church?
He made the English Church Catholic again, telling people to worship in the traditional Catholic way.
He made the English Church Protestant, but wasn’t as strict so that everyone felt included.
He made the English Church Protestant, forcing churches to destroy statues and use a new Protestant prayer book.
Q6.
How did Edward VI change the English Church?
He made himself Head of the Church and made churches buy an English Bible.
He made the English Church Catholic again, telling people to worship in the traditional Catholic way.
He made the English Church Protestant, but wasn’t as strict so that everyone felt included.
Q7.
How did Mary I change the English Church?
She made herself Head of the Church and made churches buy an English Bible.
She made the English Church Protestant, but wasn’t as strict so that everyone felt included.
She made the English Church Protestant, forcing churches to destroy statues and use a new Protestant prayer book.
Q8.
How did Elizabeth I change the English Church?
She made herself Head of the Church and made churches buy an English Bible.
She made the English Church Catholic again, telling people to worship in the traditional Catholic way.
She made the English Church Protestant, forcing churches to destroy statues and use a new Protestant prayer book.
Q9.
What was this period of religious change called?
The Religion
The Restoration
The Revolution