He became a member of the Church of Christ in Christian Union and was soon teaching Sunday school classes and leading the choir. ... When his case came up for review it was denied at both the local and the state level because the Church of Christ in Christian Union was not recognized as a legitimate Christian sect. ... Alvin's vision was for a school open to any and all underprivileged Tennessee children who wished to pursue an education and proposed that the school provide vocational training as well as the fundamental basics of education. ... Ironically, the Bible school that was built ...

• Word Count: 1575
• Approx Pages: 6
• Grade Level: High School

This was an organization set up to help the newly freed African Americans with a place to live, work, a place to go to school, and better health facilities. ... They state that their purpose is, and always was an "organization that rescued Christian America from the brink of destruction. ... These serpents of the media have been so successful in their campaign of hatred that they have convinced many White Christian Americans that the Ku Klux Klan is an evil institution.""5 Although the Klansmen state that they are around to do good, by just viewing their website you can see how prejudi...

• Word Count: 1283
• Approx Pages: 5
• Has Bibliography
• Grade Level: High School

This idea of Christianizing the Native population by force would continue throughout time, with Mohawk/Haudenosaunee during the late 17th century to early 18th century commenting on how the explorers during contacts "Would always have a minister with them (Grim, 1995, p. 446).... Although the Africans were enslaved over issues of profit, those in the Carlisle School had what they believed to be good intentions. A teacher in 1905 stated that during the school year while living in the "home" environment offered by the Carlisle School that, "The Indian youth learns English and...

• Word Count: 2111
• Approx Pages: 8
• Has Bibliography
• Grade Level: Undergraduate

Meanwhile, Jackson and Johnston, two teachers at a militia school in Virginia arrived with their troops ready to reinforce the battle lines. ... Partially, the lives of his men were so important to him not because of human sympathy only, but because of his longing to see his Christian ministry work in the lives of his men and hopefully convert them to Christianity. ... Jackson was the epitome of what a Christian man should portray. ...

• Word Count: 2109
• Approx Pages: 8
• Has Bibliography
• Grade Level: High School

Lyman Beecher was a domineering, intensely Christian man, and a fiery evangelist who helped to spark the nationwide temperance movement. ... She loved to read, and by age fourteen, she was teaching at her sister's school for girls, as well as attending classes. By age twenty-one, she was a full-time teacher at the school. ... The entire family (except for Catherine, who was still involved with her school), relocated to Cincinnati. ... As she grew older, she moved to Florida with Calvin, where they set up a school for freed, uneducated Blacks. ...

• Word Count: 1635
• Approx Pages: 7
• Grade Level: High School

1. Discuss the novel as a psychological journey. Discuss how Henry Changes throughout the novel. What causes him to change? Henry Fleming is a young solider fighting for the union army during the civil war. Throughout the war Henry ventures on a long psychological journey to discover himself. Ofte...

• Word Count: 2113
• Approx Pages: 8
• Grade Level: High School

Frederick Douglass and Slavery Frederick Douglass's writings reflected many American views that were influenced by national division. Douglass was a very successful abolitionist who changed America's views of slavery through his writings and actions. Frederick Douglass had many achievements thro...

• Word Count: 1987
• Approx Pages: 8
• Has Bibliography
• Grade Level: High School

This led him to work from an early age instead of attending school. ... During his tenure in the military during the Mexican campaign, Jackson developed a strong Christian belief in Calvinism. 13This Calvinistic belief means that everything is predetermined by God and that man is utterly depraved, i.e., all human actions, whether "good" or "bad" can never gain God's favor because the relationship between humanity and God was severed by original sin. ...

• Word Count: 2042
• Approx Pages: 8
• Has Bibliography
• Grade Level: High School

his son is educated at a Northern college, his daughter receives the finishing polish at a Northern seminary; his doctor graduates at a Northern medical college, his schools are furnished with Northern teachers, and he is furnished with Northern inventions." ...

• Word Count: 2247
• Approx Pages: 9
• Has Bibliography
• Grade Level: High School