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The Gospel of Wealth by Andrew Carnegie: A Close Reading
Andrew Carnegie's "The Gospel of Wealth" provides high schoolers an opportunity to engage more complex text. After a close reading of the essay and an analysis of Carnegie's argument that the rich are superior because they earn money,...
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New Testament of the Bible
In this online interactive reading comprehension worksheet, students respond to 14 multiple choice questions about the New Testament of the Bible. Students may submit their answers to be scored.
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The Easter Story
After hearing the Passion, Jesus' suffering, death and resurrection, through an account of the gospel writer St. Mark students will comprehend the saving story of our Christian faith. They comprehend their language skills by writing and...
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Stylistic Aspects of Spiritual Singing
Students sight-read a piece of music and analyze two unfamiliar pieces of music. They discuss performance aspects of a piece of music.
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Ireland Quiz 2
In this Ireland worksheet, students answer short answer questions about the history and geography of Ireland. Students complete 20 questions.
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African American Poetry: Family and Traditions
Students are introduced to the elements of African-American poetry. As a class, they are read different types of poems to discover there are different styles of poems and practice rhyming words. They share information on their family...
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Stop the Bus: Confronting Our Assumptions About Muslims in America
Learners explore Virginia Interfaith Center's A More Perfect Union "Misunderstanding" Ad Campaign, view two episodes of PBS America at a Crossroads series, examine historical context of colonialism and geo-political tensions in Middle...
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Bible Activities-- The Easter Story
In this Bible activity worksheet, students learn the story of the first Easter from the Bible and complete a variety of puzzles, codes and coloring pages.
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Early Christian Illuminated Manuscripts
In this illuminated manuscripts worksheet, students read about illuminated manuscripts, answer short answer questions, draw a picture, and make their own ink. Students complete 4 activities.
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Bible Activities
In this religious worksheet, students complete various activities related to the Bible. For example, students solve a word search related to Jesus and the Fishermen.
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Monastic Settlements
In this monastic settlements activity, students read facts, draw a monastic plan, complete 2 creative writing assignments and short answer questions. Page references chapters, but no text is mentioned.
New Advent
Catholic Encyclopedia: Gospel of Mark
This site provides detailed information on the book of Mark in an essay form. It is an excellent site to research the Gospel of Mark. Please note that ?The Catholic Encyclopedia? is a historic reference source and should be viewed in the...
Other
New Testament Study Helps: Mark's Gospel
An analysis of the Book of Mark which provides historical information, a short description of the book along with details about the possible author.
University of Toronto (Canada)
University of Toronto: Five Gospel Parallels
Unbelievable site which has all five gospels on the page at one time so you can do a text by text comparison. Very interesting and helpful.
Bible Study Tools
The 1599 Geneva Study Bible: Mark
This is a very scholarly commentary on the Gospel of Mark. This would be interesting to compare with modern translations and is a good resource to use as part of a word or in-depth study.
Christian Classics Ethereal Library
World Wide Study Bible: Mark
Provides 50 different resources on the New Testament Book of Mark, including scripture, audio scripture, commentaries and so on.
Bible Study Tools
John Darby's Synopsis of the New Testament: Mark
A commentary by John Darby on the Book of Mark. It includes a thorough discussion of each chapter. It is scholarly and has some interesting things to contribute.
Other
The Book of Jesus: The Life of Jesus From the Gospels..
This is a book on-line that consolidated the life of Jesus from the four Gospels of the New Testament. Simply click on the Table of Contents and you can read about a specific time within Jesus' life.
Other
Bible Basics: Mark
This site gives a good introduction to the Gospel of Mark with highlights and a discussion of the author of the book. Includes links to other sites about Mark on the Internet.
Other
Introduction to the Christology of Mark's Gospel.
This site examines Biblical Christology from the theological discourse as given by Saint Mark. Mark's gospel approaches the work and life of Jesus from a theological platform,and appears to have been written with the intent to bring the...
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Rowan University: Mark, the Evangelist
This article looks at the life and writings of St. Mark, one of the twelve apostles of Jesus, and an author of the Gospel.
Bible Study Tools
People's New Testament: Mark
This is a great basic site that anyone can use. It includes a commentary on each chapter complete with many linked cross-references.
PBS
Pbs: The American Experience in the 1900s
This site presents a general picture of what life was like in the United States at the turn of the century. Content includes compelling images, information, and documents about American life.
New Advent
Catholic Encyclopedia: St. Mark
This article looks at the life and work of St. Mark, one of the twelve apostles of Jesus, and an evangelist, or author, of a Gospel. Please note that ?The Catholic Encyclopedia? is a historic reference source and should be viewed in the...