Students read the essay "Did American Aborigines have Culture?". They discuss culture and what is meant by culture.

Students discuss Ramadan and the practice of fasting. Working in groups, they visit Websites and complete worksheets about the Muslim holiday. Students write letters role-playing as someone unfamiliar with a celebration and then write...

High schoolers explore how religious texts are often used to establish cultural norms and rules of behavior. Through research and discussion, students explain how religious texts can be open to interpretation. High schoolers can apply...

For this reading comprehension worksheet, 6th graders read a 7-paragraph essay about the history of Mother's Day. Students then answer 7 multiple choice questions about the passage.

In this social studies worksheet, students read the description of life under the occupation of Sweden by the Germans during the World War.

For this Incan Civil War worksheet, students demonstrate their knowledge of related terms in ten fill in the blank questions.

In this plains Indians activity, students read a passage about the plains Indians and the "white man," then complete 3 related activities.

Students reinforce numeral recognition by matching and writing the numbers from 1-20. In this numeral recognition lesson, students count aloud sequentially from one to twenty, identify numerals 1-20, write numerals 1-20, and match...

In this ESL comprehension worksheet, students read or listen to a passage, complete warm-up activities, then a wide variety of before, during, after and homework activities. Answers are included.

In this English worksheet, students read "German Election Turmoil," and then respond to 47 fill in the blank, 7 short answer, 20 matching, and 8 true or false questions about the selection.

Students examine how to write article summaries of abstracts. In this writing skills lesson, students edit the noted sections of an abstract that is already written on the Old Testament Abstracts.

In this St. Patrick's Day worksheet, students read a selection about the day, then complete a fill-in-the-blank vocabulary activity and list as many things as they can think of the are green.

An interesting essay about women in early Christianity that includes information from newly found artifacts.

This article is an introductory historical summary of Christianity.

An in-depth study of the Apostle Paul's first epistle to the Corinthians.

[Free Registration/Login Required] A lesson designed to understand perspectives of Muslims and Christians during the First Crusade. Access primary source documents and a PowerPoint presentation to aid in discussion.

A good article describing the roles of women and what status they had under early Christianity. There is another excerpt from Elaine Pagels in which she argues that early Christianity was not so egalitarian when it came to women.

PBS FRONTLINE explores the life of Jesus and the rise of Christianity. Drawing upon new and sometimes controversial historical evidence and interviews with the nation's leading New Testament scholars, the website challenges familiar...

A sociologist examines why the message of early Christianity was so appealing which led to its success and survival. The central message was one of virtue.

Designed by Finnish architect Eliel Saarinen in 1942, the First Christian Church was one of the first modern-style churches in America.

35 messages on 1 John that are divided into five main themes: "Maintaining Fellowship," "Maintaining Truth," Maintaining Righteousness" "Maintaining Love," and "Maintaining Assurance."

Christian Wolmar explains how the London Underground was built at a time when no one had built a railway under a city before.

The author discusses how early Christians turned to Jewish scriptures for interpreting the life of Jesus.

A concise biography of Christiaan Barnard (1922-2001), the famous surgeon who did the first heart transplant. Learn about his early life, education, and his learning process of performing heart transplants.