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Utah Education Network

Uen: Utah History Encyclopedia: The Church of Jesus Christ of Latter Day Saints

For Students 9th - 10th
This resource provides information on the Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-day Saints from the Utah History Encyclopedia. Includes discussion of the Church's organization, teachings, practices, and history.
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New Advent

Catholic Encyclopedia: Devotion to the Passion of Jesus Christ

For Students 9th - 10th
Explains the traditional Catholic devotion to the Passion of Jesus Christ, which is celebrated in solemnity on Good Friday. Please note that ?The Catholic Encyclopedia? is a historic reference source and should be viewed in the context...
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PBS

Pbs Frontline: From Jesus to Christ

For Students 9th - 10th
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...
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Other

A Review of the Book "Jesus Christ Is Not God"

For Students 9th - 10th
This website attacks the premise of Victor Paul Wierwille in his literary rendering which asserts that Jesus is not God in the light of the Bible and historic Christian theology. The refutation and rejection of Wierwilles' dogma appears...
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Other

What You Never Knew About the Pharisees

For Students 9th - 10th
This site discusses the roles that the Sadducees and Pharisees played in society during Jesus' lifetime.
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New Advent

Catholic Encyclopedia: Way of the Cross

For Students 9th - 10th
Explains a traditional Catholic devotional - the Way or Stations of the Cross - one way the faithful remember what happened to Jesus on Good Friday. Please note that ?The Catholic Encyclopedia? is a historic reference source and should...
Handout
Utah Education Network

Uen: Utah History Encyclopedia: Brigham Young

For Students 9th - 10th
This resource provides information about Bringham Young.
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Utah Education Network

Uen: Utah History Encyclopedia: Great Salt Lake

For Students 9th - 10th
This resource provides a natural and human history of the Great Salt Lake.
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Utah Education Network

Uen: Utah History Encyclopedia: Immigration to Utah

For Students 9th - 10th
This resource looks at Mormon immigration into the state of Utah during the 19th century.
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Utah Education Network

Uen: Utah History Encyclopedia: Manifesto

For Students 9th - 10th
This resource examines the history of polygamy--being married to more than one woman--in the Mormon Church.
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University of Missouri

Famous Trials: Carthage (Joseph Smith Murder) Trial (1845)

For Students 9th - 10th
One of the most consequential crimes in American history occurred on a summer day in 1844 when a mob stormed a jail in Carthage, Illinois and murdered Joseph Smith and his brother, Hyrum. The killing of Joseph Smith, the charismatic...
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New Advent

Catholic Encyclopedia: Feast of the Ascension

For Students 9th - 10th
A history of the Feast of the Ascension in Catholic tradition. Includes links to related information. Please note that ?The Catholic Encyclopedia? is a historic reference source and should be viewed in the context of resource material...
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PBS

Pbs: Faq Sheet on the Mormon Faith

For Students 9th - 10th
A series of questions with answers on the Mormon religion such as what are the major beliefs, rituals associated with Mormonism and what it is like to be a Mormon.
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Utah Education Network

Uen: Utah History Encyclopedia: Joseph Smith, Jr.

For Students 9th - 10th
Biography of the Mormon leader Joseph Smith.
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Central Pacific Railroad Photographic History Museum

Cprr Photographic History Museum: Utah's Role in the Pacific Railroad

For Students 9th - 10th
A chapter from John J. Stewart's "The Iron Trail to the Golden Spike" about Utah and the transcontinental railroad.
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Utah Education Network

Uen: Utah History Encyclopedia: Mormon Trail

For Students 9th - 10th
The Utah portion of the Old Mormon Trail remains the best-known and most famous section of the several emigrant trails used by the Mormons in their migrations during the 19th century.

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