The history of the Christian religion is not likely to be studied in public secondary schools.  Some of the reasons for this is the lack of emphasis on world history in schools.  In some schools there is little emphasis on history in general.  Where history is taught it is often American history.  In some schools there is a bias against teaching about the Christian religion. 
 

The A&E Television Networks has produced a documentary on the early history of the Christian religion which is generally a fair presentation.  You will find both liberal and conservative scholars commenting on historical events. 

I have included additional information in the curriculum materials below.  I use this as worksheet for students so blank spaces are filled in as we watch and discuss the documentary. 
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The Great Depression of the 1930s.
By C.K.Shannon 

Remembering the New Deal.  (1) 

There is a history and remembrance of the New Deal that obscures what took place during the 1920s and the 1930s.  The New Deal was President Roosevelt’s program to bring America out of the economic depression of the 1930s.  The New Deal was filled with hundreds of programs to stimulate the American economy.  Millions of people worked in the New Deal to bring to life the American economy.  But the New Deal did not work to bring the American economy out of depression. 

Historians and politicians tend to glorify the New Deal.  They argue that the New Deal preserved democracy in America which was threatened by Communism and Fascism.  This tends to obscure the problems with the New Deal and its programs that did not work. 

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