Mystery+Plays

=1. Questions= 1. What were some popular mystery plays? 2. Did the church approve of them? 3. Who would put on the plays?

= = =2. Inferences= 1. I think that some popular mystery plays were Noah and the flood and the Crossing of the Red Sea because they are two well-known Bible stories. 2. I think that the church disapproved of them because they seem like the sort of thing that would contradict the church's teachings. 3. I think that there were main casts that put on shows because that is what happens in theaters today.

= = =3. Resources= [|www.luminarium.org] [|www.freehosting.net] SS book

= = =4. Summary= In my research about mystery plays, I learned a lot about drama during the middle ages. I learned that some popular mystery plays included the creation of the world, the fall of man, Noah and the flood, and the story of Abraham and Isaac. Something else I learned about mystery plays was that the church actually came up with the idea of drama to teach Bible stories, but they used to teach people who could only understand a certain language about the mysteries of the Bible and of faith. As time went on, they were adapted into a form of entertainment shown to anyone that wanted to see them. One more thing I learned was that mystery plays were put on by guilds. They usually performed Bible stories that were relevant to what the guilds were. For example, in the story of Noah and the flood, Noah had to build a very large boat to survive the flood God had sent. I would expect the boat builders to perform this particular story. In conclusion, mystery plays were very entertaining for the people in Europe.

= = =5. References= [] [] [] History Alive! The Ancient World by Wendy Frey, Teacher's Curriculum Institute