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Assignment for Women in Church History

Project 4: Women Religious Biography Grading Checklist

 

Instructions: A list of female theologians will be passed out in class.  You will sign up or be assigned one of these female theologians for research; there must be two students in each group; if there is an odd number in the class, there will be one group of three.

  1. Sign up and Research; use print sources and LibGuide (databases)
  2. Create a Bulleted Handout (Content for Script) Investigate:
    1. Historical location
    2. Major tenets/influences on their theology
    3. Influence on the Church/WCB
    4. Other major areas of concern                                                             
      **Parenthetical Citations Required. MLA Works Cited required.                          You will add a link to your unlisted YouTube later in this process.     
       
  3. Extended iMovie Trailer:                                                            
    1. Using your handout create an iMovie with your group member(s) with detailed information for each category with voiceover music, appropriate images, and music. Your portion will be 1.5-2 minutes; the iMovie total time for a group will be 3-4 minutes.
    2. Upload your iMovie to YouTube with unlisted access. Copy link into your Bulleted Handout.
    3. Submit Bulleted Handout to the “Project 4” folder for HWCB on your turnitin.com account.
  4. Presentation: This will be presented in class or the library and a prize will be given for the #1 pick for the “Most Savage Female” in HWCB.                                                                                                                                                                
  5. **You may be asked to post a comment including the You Tube link or 4 facts from the areas required for the paper about the movement you have researched in that “discussion topic” on the Portal as a source of review for the final exam.
    You are welcome to look at samples in class. There you will see that no quotations are needed. Paraphrasing is required to demonstrate understanding.                              
    **Please see YouTube videos to assist you with creating these iMovies including https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=GKu5p4e4CbY. Please see the digital copy of this document to use this link.

 

Peer Editor: ____________________

Women Religious Grading Checklist:

General Paper Requirements

Grammar and Spelling: ____­­______

Usage and Clarity: _______________

Parenthetical Citations: ____________

Organization: ____________________

Header: _________________________
MLA Works Cited:_______________

Specific Content Requirements

• Historical Location/Significance:____

• Major Tenets/Influences on their Theology: __________________________________

• Influence on Christianity/WCB:______

• Other Areas of Interest/Facts:_______

Adequate Investigation/Research:____

Adequate Explana

Database Resources

Religion Webpages

Women In Religion Groupings

Women Religious/Women in Church History -- Research Project

History of Christianity - Instructor: Shaffer

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Juliana of Norwich, mystic (1342 C.E.)

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Margery Kempe, mystic (1373 C.E.)  

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Theresa of Avila, mystic 1st Woman Dr. of the Church (1515 C.E.)

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Helena, first Christian archaeologist, mother of Constantine (274 C.E.)

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Monica, mother of Augustine (331 C.E.)

 

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Olga, influential wife, cruel regent seeking retribution (954 C.E.)  

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St. Quiteria of Portugal, influential wife, Christian rebel with a cause (477 C.E.)

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Katherine von Bora, ex-nun & influential wife of Martin Luther (1499 C.E.)

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Theodora, wife of Justinian (548 C.E.)

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St. Mary of Egypt, seductress and hermit (344 C.E.)

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Claire of Assisi, nursing plague victims (1212 C.E.)

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St. Scholastica, assisting her brother in nursing plague victims (480 C.E.)

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Catherine of Siena (1347 C.E.)

 

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Bernadette Soubirous of Lourdes, lame with visions of Mary, healed others (1844 C.E.)

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Margaret of Castello, born blind, nursed the sick (1287 C.E.)

 

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St. Rita of Cascia, unhappy marriage (1381 C.E.)

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Elizabeth of Many Castles, Sweden unhappy marriage (1231 C.E.)

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Bridget of Sweden, preaching and healing (1370 C.E.)

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Hildegard of Bingen, sickly, tended the sick, multi-talented scholar (1179 C.E.)

 

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Blandina, martyr (177 C.E.)

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Perpetua or Felicitas, martyr (200 C.E.)

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Joan of Arc, Turned the Tide of War (1429 C.E.)

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Marie de Guise, war on England (1515 C.E.)

 

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Eleanor, Duchess of Aquitane and Countess of Poitou (1122 – 1204 CE)

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Catherine de Medici (1519 C.E.)

 

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Mother Anne Lee, founder of the Shakers (1736 C.E.)

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Mary Baker Eddy, founder of Christian Scientists (1821 C.E.)

 

Additional Possibilities:

** These require a match-up.
 

Earlier Saints

Genevieve, Patron Saint of Paris (422)

Walburga, Foremost German Abbess (d. 779)

Saint Solange of Berry

Margaret Revitalizes Scotland (1066 A.D.)

Hildegard, Sybil of the Rhine (1179)

Catherine of Genoa (1473)

Anne Askew (1546)

 

17th Century

Anne Bradstreet, enduring English poetry

Mary Dyer, hanged in Boston
Madame Guyon claimed union with God
 

18th Century

Anna Nitschmann wasn't too young
Selina Hastings, queen of the Methodists

 

19th Century

Rose Hawthorne Lathrop cared for cancer patients

Amanda Smith triumphed despite race barriers

Mary Baker Eddy founder of Christian Scientists
 

20th Century

Helen Roseveare, suffering with Christ