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Vatican Museums: Ethnological Missionary Museum

For Students 9th - 10th
The Ethnological Missionary Museum was founded in 1926. The present collection amounts to over 80,000 works made up of religious artifacts from four different geographical areas.
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Evangelical Lutheran Church in America

For Students 9th - 10th
This is the homepage of the Evangelical Church in America and gives detailed information about the churches, missionaries, programs, and services provided by the ELCA.
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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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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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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...
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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.
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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.
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Virtual Museum of Canada

Virtual Museum of Canada: Community Stories: Seeking the Story of Mission Beach

For Students 9th - 10th
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...
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Nobel Media AB

The Nobel Prize: The Nobel Peace Prize 1979

For Students 9th - 10th
At this site read about Mother Teresa (1910-1997 CE), the 1979 recipient of the Nobel Peace Prize, and the charitable works through which she helped the poor of Calcutta. This website includes texts of original documents and speeches, a...
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The Paul Page

For Students 9th - 10th
By Mark M. Mattison: Features dissertation, articles and a review on the life and ministry of the Apostle Paul.
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Library of Congress

Loc: Meeting of Frontiers

For Students 9th - 10th
A collaborative effort between the Library of Congress, the University of Alaska at Fairbanks, the Russian State Library, and others. Compare and contrast the frontier stories and practices of the United States and Russia. There are...
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University of Pennsylvania

University of Pennsylvania: History of Kenya

For Students 9th - 10th
Mainly an article concerning Kenyan independence, there is a brief section about colonial rule in the 1800s.
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North Georgia History: Chattanooga

For Students 9th - 10th
This site from North Georgia.com provides a thought from Abraham Lincoln about the importance of Chattanooga to the Union forces. He said "taking Chattanooga is as important as taking Richmond."
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Typee: A Peep at Polynesian Life

For Students 9th - 10th Standards
This site includes publishing history, excerpts,contemporary criticism and reviews for the Herman Melville work.
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Houghton Mifflin Harcourt

Harcourt: Biographies: Gail Borden, Jr. 1801 1874

For Students 3rd - 8th
Good resource for biographical information on Gail Borden who was a teacher, soldier, surveyor, tax collector, missionary, but most of all an inventor. Best known for his invention of condensed milk.
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Library of Congress

Loc: African American Odyssey: The Civil War

For Students 9th - 10th
Prints, photographs and documents form the Library of Congress collections tell a story of African Americans and the Civil War including contrabands of war, emancipation, soldiers and missionaries, and fighting for freedom.
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BBC

Bbc: Africa & Europe (1800 1914)

For Students 9th - 10th
Part of the BBC's "Story of Africa" series, this article covers 19th century exploration and colonization. Archived.
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Civil War Home

Home of the American Civil War: Chattanooga Campaign

For Students 9th - 10th
Find a timeline of the Chattanooga Campaign as well as battle descriptions, maps, and the official records of both the Union and Confederate commanders. Information comes from a variety of sources.
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PBS

New Perspectives on the West: Marcus Whitman & Narcissa Whitman

For Students 9th - 10th
PBS site detailing the Whitmans' journey to Oregon country, their establishment of a mission, and their death at the hands of the Indians. Also includes some background information.
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Mother Teresa in Memory of Mother Teresa

For Students 9th - 10th
This site describes Mother Teresa's life and includes links to many other important sites about Mother Teresa on the Internet.
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Nobel Media AB

The Nobel Prize: The Nobel Peace Prize 1952: Albert Schweitzer

For Students 9th - 10th
Read about the 1952 recipient of the Nobel Peace Prize, Albert Schweitzer (1875-1965 CE). This website from the The Nobel Foundation is organized into the following sections: "Presenation Speech," "Biography," "Nobel Lecture," "Swedish...
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Dictionary of Canadian Biography Online: Pommier

For Students 9th - 10th
Online article describing the life of Hugues Pommier who was a priest, missionary, painter, and portraitist. He spent much of his life in New France serving parishes and painting religious art.
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Ducksters

Ducksters: Holidays for Kids: Saint Patrick's Day

For Students 1st - 9th
Kids learn about Saint Patrick's Day. The history and facts about this holiday which celebrates a missionary who brought Christianity to Ireland.
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University of Groningen

American History: Essays: French and Indian War

For Students 9th - 10th
This resource is an essay on the war between Britain and Indian allies and France and Indian allies in 1750s and 1760s. It discusses background, progress, and effects of the French-Indian war.

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