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University of Florida

Baldwin Library: The Missionary in Many Lands by Erwin House

For Students 3rd - 5th
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.
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Bullock Texas State History Museum

Bullock Museum: Missionaries

For Students 9th - 10th
Immerse in the campfire stories of the people who defined Texas. Learn how small the separation between church and state in 17th century Spain affected Texas.
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BBC

Bbc: The Story of Africa: The Missionaries

For Students 9th - 10th
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...
Handout
Civil War Home

Home of the American Civil War: Missionary Ridge, 25 Nov. 63

For Students 9th - 10th
An account of the bloody battle of Missionary Ridge from "The Civil War Dictionary" by Mark Boatner III.
Primary
University of Florida

Baldwin Library: Matty's Hungry Missionary Box

For Students 3rd - 5th
A scanned copy of the 1872 publication of Matty's Hungry Missionary-box by Emily Steele Elliott, a fiction book for children.
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Other

Salem Online History: Jason Lee 1803 1845

For Students 9th - 10th
This website provides a brief biography of Jason Lee, early Methodist missionary and doctor and was the founder of Salem, Oregon.
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Alberta Online Encyclopedia

Alberta Online Encyclopedia: St. Vincent and St. Paul

For Students 9th - 10th
The history of Franco-Alberta is explored on this site through information about the fur trade, arrival of the missionaries, settlement, schooling, arts and culture and much more.
Primary
University of Pennsylvania

University of Pennsylvania: Missionary Travels and Researches in South Africa

For Students 9th - 10th
Copies of the work by David Livingstone that can be downloaded at this site from the University of Pennsylvania. No additional information is given. Both text and zip files are available.
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Oklahoma State University

Oklahoma Historical Society: Missionary Tour in the Chickasaw Nation [Pdf]

For Students 9th - 10th
A primary source account by a Catholic priest who visited and worked with the different Native American groups in the Indian Territory in 1885. He spent some time with the Chickasaw tribe.
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Other

American Journeys: French and English Approaches to Exploration [Pdf]

For Teachers 9th - 10th
A lengthy lesson plan that examines French and English approaches to exploration and colonization in reference to religious factors. Using primary sources from French missionary Gabriel Sagard and Wiliam Bradford, first governor of...
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Nebraska Studies

Nebraska Studies: The Conversion Struggle

For Students 9th - 10th
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.
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Curated OER

Etc: Maps Etc: Vicinity of Missionary Ridge and Lookout Mountain, 1863

For Students 9th - 10th
"Missionary Ridge and Lookout Mountain. These two sanguinary conflicts of the civil war were fought Nov. 23-25, 1863, between Gen. Bragg, Confederate, and Gens. Hooker and Rosecrans, Federal. The latter were completely victorious, and...
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Other

California Missions Resource Center

For Students Pre-K - 1st
Peruse this thorough resource featuring historical California missions stretching from San Diego to San Francisco as the Spanish established themselves on the west coast of North America between 1768-1853. Read stories of the early...
Primary
University of Florida

Baldwin Library: Little Tot Series: Grandma's Happy Hour by Henry Kinnersley

For Students 1st - 4th
This is an online photocopy of the original text of the children's book Little Tot Series: Grandma's Happy Hour by Henry Kinnersley (1892), a novel about children making a missionary scrapbook.
Website
Other

The First Twenty Years of the Imc

For Students 9th - 10th
A review of the first twenty years of the International Missionary Council is presented.
Website
Other

Vatican Museums: Online Tours

For Students 9th - 10th
The Vatican Museums Online provides an online tour of each Vatican Museum including the Gregorian Egyptian Museum, the Gregorian Etruscan Museum, the Sistine Chapel, Raphael's Rooms, the Pinacoteca, and the Ethnological Missionary Museum.
Unit Plan
CommonLit

Common Lit: Book Pairings: "The Poisonwood Bible" by Barbara Kingsolver

For Students 9th - 10th
Selected (11) reading passages (grades 8-11) to pair with "The Poisonwood Bible" by Barbara Kingsolver. This story follows the wife and four daughters of a Baptist preacher who moves them to the Belgian Congo in 1959, setting the...
Article
Khan Academy

Khan Academy: Arrival of a Portuguese Ship

For Students 9th - 10th
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...
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Countries and Their Cultures

Countries and Their Cultures: Nyakyusa and Ngonde

For Students 9th - 10th
The Nyakyusa of southwestern Tanzania are known from missionary and traveler's records since the beginning of European contact with the East African interior in the 1870s. The Nyakyusa are especially noted for their system of "age...
Unit Plan
Texas Public Broadcasting

Texas Pbs: Texas Our Texas: Spanish Colonial 1689 1821

For Students 9th - 10th
Learn about the struggle between the native tribes and the Spanish missionaries during the Spanish Colonial era in Texas from 1690 until 1821.
Handout
New Advent

Catholic Encyclopedia: St. Francis Xavier

For Students 9th - 10th
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...
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Curated OER

Web Gallery of Art: Portrait of a Jesuit Missionary

For Students 11th - 12th
An image of "Portrait of a Jesuit Missionary", created by Jusepe De Ribera in 1638 (Oil on canvas, 196 x 112 cm).
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Curated OER

Web Gallery of Art: Allegory of the Jesuits' Missionary Work

For Students 11th - 12th
An image of "Allegory of the Jesuits' Missionary Work", created by Andrea Pozzo from 1691-94 (Fresco).
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Curated OER

Web Gallery of Art: Allegory of the Jesuits' Missionary Work

For Students 11th - 12th
An image of "Allegory of the Jesuits' Missionary Work", created by Andrea Pozzo from 1691-94 (Fresco).

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