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California Missions Resource Center
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...
University of Missouri
Famous Trials: The Trials of Mary Dyer (1659 & 1660)
Mary Dyer was on a spiritual quest to Boston, to Portsmouth, to Newport, and to the northwest coast of England, where she became an ardent member of a new religion - a Quaker, or a member of the Society of Friends. Determined to spread...
Countries and Their Cultures
Countries and Their Cultures: Tswana
Batswana are divided into a number of subgroups or "tribes", There are approximately twenty-five totems, which crosscut "tribal" boundaries. Although Batswana received Christian missionaries in the early nineteenth century and most...
Internet History Sourcebooks Project
Fordham University: Modern History Sourcebook: St Francis Xavier Letter From India.
This Fordham University page is a primary source piece - a letter written by Jesuit missionary St. Francis Xavier from India to his superiors in 1543.
University of Florida
Baldwin Library: Little Tot Series: Grandma's Happy Hour by Henry Kinnersley
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.
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The First Twenty Years of the Imc
A review of the first twenty years of the International Missionary Council is presented.
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Vatican Museums: Online Tours
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.
American Rhetoric
American Rhetoric: Attallah Shabazz: Remarks at Funeral for Coretta Scott King
This is the text and audio of Attallah Shabazz's remarks at the funeral of Coretta Scott King on February 7, 2006, at New Birth Missionary Baptist Church, Atlanta, Georgia.
The Best Notes
The Best Notes: The Poisonwood Bible by Barbara Kingsolver
This is an online study guide/notes for the novel of The Poisonwood Bible by Barbara Kingsolver including author information, literary elements, chapter-by-chapter summaries/notes, study questions, and analysis. This is the story of the...
CommonLit
Common Lit: Book Pairings: "The Poisonwood Bible" by Barbara Kingsolver
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...
Khan Academy
Khan Academy: Arrival of a Portuguese Ship
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...
A&E Television
History.com: The Silk Road: 8 Goods Traded Along the Ancient Network
The vibrant network opened up exchanges between far-flung cultures throughout central Eurasia. The Silk Road wasn't a single route, but rather a vibrant trade network that crisscrossed central Eurasia for centuries, bringing far-flung...
Countries and Their Cultures
Countries and Their Cultures: Nyakyusa and Ngonde
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...
Virtual Museum of Canada
Virtual Museum of Canada: Community Stories: Seeking the Story of Mission Beach
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...
Texas Public Broadcasting
Texas Pbs: Texas Our Texas: Spanish Colonial 1689 1821
Learn about the struggle between the native tribes and the Spanish missionaries during the Spanish Colonial era in Texas from 1690 until 1821.
Danuta Bois
Distinguished Women of Past and Present: Mother Teresa
This is a brief encyclopedia article on Mother Teresa of Calcutta, who was "founder of the Missionaries of Charity."
Wikimedia
Wikipedia: Jean De Brebeuf
Looks at the life of the French Jesuit missionary Jean de Brebeuf and how he impacted the New World. Discusses his life and why he came to Canada.
Walled Lake Consolidated Schools
Loon Lake Elementary School: Jacques Marquette
A biography of Jacques Marquette (1637-1675), a French explorer and Roman Catholic missionary who was one of the earliest European explorers in North America. He joined the French explorer Louis Jolliet on a trip down the Mississippi...
New Advent
Catholic Encyclopedia: St. Francis Xavier
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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Architect of the Capital: Jacques Marquette
A picture of the statue of the French Jesuit missionary and explorer, Jacques Marquette, and a brief explanation of his travels.
Mocomi & Anibrain Digital Technologies
Mocomi: Mother Teresa Biography
Interesting biographical information about Mother Teresa, a famous missionary who devoted her life to caring for the sick and the poor.
Curated OER
Web Gallery of Art: Portrait of a Jesuit Missionary
An image of "Portrait of a Jesuit Missionary", created by Jusepe De Ribera in 1638 (Oil on canvas, 196 x 112 cm).
Curated OER
Web Gallery of Art: Allegory of the Jesuits' Missionary Work
An image of "Allegory of the Jesuits' Missionary Work", created by Andrea Pozzo from 1691-94 (Fresco).
Curated OER
Web Gallery of Art: Allegory of the Jesuits' Missionary Work
An image of "Allegory of the Jesuits' Missionary Work", created by Andrea Pozzo from 1691-94 (Fresco).
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