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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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University of Missouri

Famous Trials: The Trials of Mary Dyer (1659 & 1660)

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

Countries and Their Cultures: Tswana

For Students 9th - 10th
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...
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Internet History Sourcebooks Project

Fordham University: Modern History Sourcebook: St Francis Xavier Letter From India.

For Students 9th - 10th
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.
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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.
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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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American Rhetoric

American Rhetoric: Attallah Shabazz: Remarks at Funeral for Coretta Scott King

For Students 9th - 10th
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.
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The Best Notes

The Best Notes: The Poisonwood Bible by Barbara Kingsolver

For Students 9th - 10th
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...
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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...
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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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A&E Television

History.com: The Silk Road: 8 Goods Traded Along the Ancient Network

For Students 9th - 10th
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...
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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...
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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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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.
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Danuta Bois

Distinguished Women of Past and Present: Mother Teresa

For Students 9th - 10th
This is a brief encyclopedia article on Mother Teresa of Calcutta, who was "founder of the Missionaries of Charity."
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Wikimedia

Wikipedia: Jean De Brebeuf

For Students 9th - 10th
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.
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Walled Lake Consolidated Schools

Loon Lake Elementary School: Jacques Marquette

For Students 3rd - 5th
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...
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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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Architect of the Capital: Jacques Marquette

For Students 9th - 10th
A picture of the statue of the French Jesuit missionary and explorer, Jacques Marquette, and a brief explanation of his travels.
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Mocomi & Anibrain Digital Technologies

Mocomi: Mother Teresa Biography

For Students 2nd - 8th
Interesting biographical information about Mother Teresa, a famous missionary who devoted her life to caring for the sick and the poor.
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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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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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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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