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Internet History Sourcebooks Project

Fordham University: Ancient History Sourcebook: Religion in Ancient Rome

For Students 9th - 10th
This site, from the Internet Ancient History Sourcebook, provides a series of primary source documents on Rome's religious history. It includes prayers and hymns as well as writings from Cato, Cicero, Livy, and Plutarch.
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Internet History Sourcebooks Project

Fordham University: Medieval Sourcebook: Edicts Against Christians

For Students 9th - 10th
This site from the Fordham University provides some primary source documents on Emperor Diocletian. Great information, and it shows the level of persecution against the Christians in ancient Rome.
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Other

Catholic News Service

For Students 9th - 10th
The Catholic News Service is a primary news source for the English-language Catholic world press. It publishes daily news briefs and regularly files full-length articles on wide-ranging topics affecting Roman Catholics. Special sections...
Primary
Massachusetts Institute of Technology

Mit: Internet Classics Archive: Plutarch's Life of Gaius Gracchus

For Students 9th - 10th
Dryden's translation of Plutarch's "Life of Gaius (here referred to as Caius, another form of the name) Gracchus". This is a good example of a primary source in translation.
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PBS

Pbs: Peter and Paul and the Christian Revolution

For Students 9th - 10th
A companion website to the documentary about the early Christian movement. Includes interactive activities, timelines, and primary sources.
Unit Plan
Stanford University

Stanford History Education Group: The Dark Ages

For Teachers 9th - 10th
[Free Registration/Login Required] Primary and secondary source documents, timeline, PowerPoint, and lesson plan reinforcing life during the Dark Ages in Europe. Over several days students will come to understand all aspects of this...
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Tom Richey

Tom Richey: The Byzantine Empire: C. 312 1453 a.d.

For Students 9th - 10th
Tom Richey learning module engages us in the history of the Eastern Roman or Byzantine Empire, teaching us about the founding of Constantinople, Christianity and the Byzantine-Arab Wars. Unit learning materials include primary sources,...