Introduce Martin Luther's 95 Theses to your students using this 10-15 minute activity. Students respond to a pretend "Memo" from the principal regarding a new price for their education and passing classes. Students write a complaint with evidence and good reasoning on a card, cards are collected, and a volunteer tapes them to the classroom door. Then, the teacher introduces the shocking truth about how the Catholic Church was charging money for indulgences. Also, included is bulleted lecture notes about Martin Luther's reasons for and effect of the 95 Theses.

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I have been teaching grades 7 and 8 Language Arts and Social Studies at De Anza Academy of Technology & the Arts in Ventura, California since 2001. I have also briefly taught high school ESL (grades 9-12), and I spent one month teaching English in Moscow, Russia.
