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Learning the Story
Learning about religion can be a very delicate matter for public school teachers and students. The endeavor must be based on scholarly interests. The use of online resources requires that students rigorously apply their media literacy skills. The first question students must ask is: Why does this site exist? If the site exists to proselytize, then teachers and students must carefully consider the value, from an academic perspective, of the material contained within. We would like to suggest two online resources which, we believe, are not directed at advancing religious or faith-based message. Both are secondary resources about the Southern Baptist Church, which Ethel and Asaph belonged.
The first site is a hypertext presentation of the history of the Southern Baptist Convention from 1880 to 1920 titled, Incorporating "Our Southern Zion:" The Southern Baptist Convention, 1880 to 1920. The second site is a history of Baptist in Georgia presented on the Jack Tarver Libraries: Special Collection Department at Mercer University.
We think both of the websites might be used to help students understand
the role of Southern Baptist institutions in the lives Baptists such as
Ethel and Asaph.
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