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St. Patrick Word Search
In this holiday worksheet, students learn the origin of St. Patrick's Day by reading a paragraph about its history. Students complete a 20 example word search puzzle. Note: There are some religious references in the paragraph and the...
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Confirmation
In this Confirmation worksheet, students color the picture of a Confirmation and write about it using words from a word bank. Students use 5 words.
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Breaking News! Hopi-Spanish Relations
Students explore early contact between the Hopi and Spaniards. In this social studies lesson, students research the establishment of Spanish missions on Hopi lands and the influences of the Spanish on Hopi culture. Students write a news...
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The White Man's Opinion of the Plains Indians
In this plains Indians worksheet, learners read a passage about the plains Indians and the "white man," then complete 3 related activities.
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Introducing the Olympian Gods
Students compare and contrast characteristics of the Olympians with the character of the One True God. In this mythology activity students work in groups and are assigned one god and one myth to compare and contrast to God.
National Humanities Center
National Humanities Center: Teacher Serve: Foreign Missionary Movement in the 19th and Early 20th Centuries
Article detailing the movement aimed at converting non-European populations to Christianity during an age of Imperialsim and Western Dominance. Discussion on who the missionaries were and how they went about their missions. Includes...
University of Florida
Baldwin Library: The Missionary in Many Lands by Erwin House
This is an online photocopy of the original text of the children's book The Missionary in Many Lands by Erwin House (1861), a series of sketches of missionary life.
BBC
Bbc: The Story of Africa: The Missionaries
This article talks about the presence of European missionaries in 19th century Africa. It mentions the efforts of David Livingstone to try to suppress the slave trade. It offers examples of the humanitarian work done by other...
Alberta Online Encyclopedia
Alberta Online Encyclopedia: Methodist Missionaries in Alberta
Following the arrival of European fur traders and explorers, Christianity and religion soon followed to convert the aboriginal peoples. churches and missionaries spread throughout the prairies.
Countries and Their Cultures
Countries and Their Cultures: Tswana
Batswana are divided into a number of subgroups or "tribes", There are approximately twenty-five totems, which crosscut "tribal" boundaries. Although Batswana received Christian missionaries in the early nineteenth century and most...
Then Again
Then Again: Web Chron: The Beginnings of German Christianity 500 1000.
While conventionally the period after the fall of the Roman Empire in the West is thought of as an age of darkness, in fact it was the formative period of a new culture. Christian missionaries brought a form of Christianity to the...
C3 Teachers
C3 Teachers: Inquiries: Imperialism
A learning module on foreign imperialism in China that includes several supporting questions accompanied by formative tasks and source materials, followed by a summative performance task. Topics covered include the role of the Opium Wars...
Nebraska Studies
Nebraska Studies: The Conversion Struggle
The story of the problems on converting native Americans to a Christian religion. It uses the example of Christian missionaries who were trying to convert the Pawnee tribe in the 1830s.
Society of Archbishop Justus
Onesimos Nesib, Translator and Missionary: 21 June 1931
A detailed introduction to the life and religious work of Onesimos Nesib. This is an excellent place to begin research on this Christian missionary.
Virtual Museum of Canada
Virtual Museum of Canada: Community Stories: Seeking the Story of Mission Beach
Mission Beach, Alberta has a history of Aboriginal people of different tribes and Christian missionaries of different faiths meeting together, making it the first mission west of the Red River Settlement.The exhibit includes historic...
Khan Academy
Khan Academy: Arrival of a Portuguese Ship
In 1543, three Portuguese travelers aboard a Chinese ship drifted ashore on Tanegashima, a small island near Kyushu. They were the first Europeans to visit Japan. In 1548, Francis Xavier, a Jesuit, arrived from Goa to introduce...
Other
American Journeys: Background on Francisco Palou and Father Junipero Serra
Find background information about the life of Father Junipero Serra and his biographer, Father Francisco Palou. Read about the missions they established in California and their work in converting Native Americans to Christianity. Click...
PBS
Pbs Learning Media: Primary Source Set: American Indian Boarding Schools
This collection uses primary sources to explore American Indian boarding schools.
Other
Holy Trinity Orthodox Mission: The Orthodox Church
This missionary leaflet offers a complete outline of the prominent features of Eastern Orthodox Christianity. While it is certainly designed to be persuasive, it also provides much depth in describing the religion, an overview of its...
Other
Exploring the Atlantic World: 1450 1850: Conversion Tactics
The Europeans tried to convert Native Americans to Christianity in a variety of ways ranging from the brutal force methods of the conquistadors to acceptance of the other's spirituality and way of life.
New Advent
Catholic Encyclopedia: St. Francis Xavier
This article from The New Advent contains biographical information on the Jesuit missionary, St. Francis Xavier, thought to be the first to bring Christianity to Japan. Please note that "The Catholic Encyclopedia" is a historic reference...
Mocomi & Anibrain Digital Technologies
Mocomi: Mother Teresa Biography
Interesting biographical information about Mother Teresa, a famous missionary who devoted her life to caring for the sick and the poor.
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Wikipedia: National Historic Landmarks in Massachusetts: Mission House
This house was built in c. 1742 by Reverend John Sergeant, the first Christian missionary to the Stockbridge Indians. It is now owned and operated by The Trustees of Reservations as a house museum.
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Monks in Jingzhen.
This 1998 archive article reports on Christian missionaries "flooding" into post-Mao China.