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Khan Academy

Khan Academy: Christianity, an Introduction for the Study of Art History

For Students 9th - 10th
This article is an introductory historical summary of Christianity.
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PBS

Pbs Frontline: : The Roles of Women in the Early Christian Church

For Students 9th - 10th
A good article describing the roles of women and what status they had under early Christianity. There is another excerpt from Elaine Pagels in which she argues that early Christianity was not so egalitarian when it came to women.
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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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PBS

Pbs Frontline: The Rise of Christianity

For Students 9th - 10th
A sociologist examines why the message of early Christianity was so appealing which led to its success and survival. The central message was one of virtue.
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PBS

Pbs Frontline: : From Hebrew Bible to Christian Bible

For Students 9th - 10th
The author discusses how early Christians turned to Jewish scriptures for interpreting the life of Jesus.
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Steven Kreis, PhD

The History Guide: Augustus Caesar and the Pax Romana

For Students 9th - 10th
This site provides a lecture about Augustus Caesar and the Pax Romana. The first part of the lecture is about his life and triumphs.
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Luminarium

Luminarium: Julian of Norwich

For Students 9th - 10th
In addition to the complete works of Julian of Norwich, this site provides several biographies as well as essays and articles analyzing her life and works. Julian was the first woman to write a book in the English language.
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Other

Saint John's University: The Saint John's Bible

For Students 9th - 10th
A demonstration of the art of a twenty-first-century calligrapher working in the medieval tradition of manuscript illumination, the Saint John's Bible is an artist-made version of the of sacred scriptures of Judaism and Christianity....
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PBS

Pbs Frontline: Letters of Pliny the Younger & Emperor Trajan

For Students 9th - 10th
The actual letters written between Pliny and the Emperor about the issue of early Christianity. It was the first time the Romans recognized the religion as separate from Judaism.
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PBS

Pbs Frontline: Pliny's Policy of Execution

For Students 9th - 10th
An nice article which describes the first attempt of the Romans to deal with early Christians in 112 C.E. Pliny the Younger decided to use execution and it marks the beginning of the Roman persecution of the Christians.
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Other

University of Illinois: The Early Centuries of the Greek Roman East

For Students 9th - 10th
Read about the history of the Romiosini, or Greek Middle Ages and the development of the Greek-Roman east. The article is divided into two different sections. The first section includes the foundation of Constantinople as a means to...
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Bible Study Tools

Smith's Bible Dictionary: Adam

For Students 9th - 10th
This resource defines and presents some information about Adam, the first man according to the Christian religion.