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The Bab
For each topic under the Bab, you can also find downloadable Core Curriculum Storybook Stories at http://www.core-curriculum.org/story.html; and an index of Brilliant Star stories and activities from May 1991 - Apr 2007 for all Core Curriculum topics at http://education.usbnc.org/child_spir_ed/doc/2007_0315_eso_bstarindex.doc.
SOCIAL AND POLITICAL CIRCUMSTANCES AT TIME OF COMING OF THE BAB
Religious Awakening in Anticipation, Mulla Husayn's Search
Level 1 Lesson Planning Guide: http://www.core-curriculum.org/downloads/lpgs/LPG%20Bab1%20G1.pdf
"Mulla Husayn's Search" (activity), BrilliantStar, Jul-Aug 1994, p.25
"An Amazing Treasure Hunt" (story), BrilliantStar, May-June 2001, p.2
"Finding the Promised One" (activity), Brilliant Star, May-June 2003, p.23
Game "Finding the Promised One," Linden Qualls' New World Order Games Manual: http://home.earthlink.net/~l.qualls/sitebuildercontent/sitebuilderfiles/1agamesrules.pdf
Historical and Social Context of the World, and of Iran of the 19th Century
Level 2 Lesson Planning Guide: http://www.core-curriculum.org/downloads/lpgs/LPG%20Bab2%20G1.pdf
"Tahirih and Elizabeth," Brilliant Star, Jul-Aug 1993, p.10
"Herstory of Equality," Brilliant Star, Jul - Aug 1993, p.12
Children's Stories from the Dawnbreakers
The Dawnbreakers & Nabil's Narrative of the Early Days of the Baha'i Revelation: http://www.bahai-library.com/books/dawnbreakers/
BaHistory.net: http://www.bahistory.net/person3.php?pp=38
Becoming American: The Chinese Experience (PBS Teacher's Guide): http://www.pbs.org/becomingamerican/ap_viewersguide.html
Child Labor: http://www.kentlaw.edu/ilhs/hine.htm
Chinese Exclusion Act: http://www.mtholyoke.edu/acad/intrel/chinex.htm
The Dred Scott Decision: http://www.pbs.org/wgbh/aia/part4/4p2932.html
Indian Removal Act & Trail of Tears: http://www.pbs.org/wgbh/aia/part4/4p2959.html and http://www.pbs.org/wgbh/aia/part4/4h1567.html
National Geographic - The Underground Railroad, History of Slavery: http://www.nationalgeographic.com/railroad/
Underground Railroad Web Quest: http://www.greece.k12.ny.us/ath/library/webquests/underground/default.htm
Voices from the Days of Slavery (Library of Congress recorded interviews ): http://memory.loc.gov/ammem/collections/voices/
Costumer's Manifesto - 18th - 19th Century Persia: http://www.costumes.org/HISTORY/100pages/BOOKS/racinet/orient.htm
Glimpses of Life and Manners in Persia by Lady Mary Leonora Woulfe Sheil with illustrations (1856): http://digital.library.upenn.edu/women/sheil/persia/persia.html
Land of Iran : http://www.teachertube.com/view_video.php?viewkey=493c8c45d7f6d1fb46cb&page=1&viewtype=&category=
Persia 's State of Decadence in the Middle of the Nineteenth Century (from Dawnbreakers): http://www.bahaindex.com/writings/DawnBreakers/preface/prefpersiaA.html
STATION OF THE BAB
Titles of the Bab
Level 1 Lesson Planning Guide: http://www.core-curriculum.org/downloads/lpgs/LPG%20Bab1%20G2.pdf
Herald of Baha'u'llah and Harbinger of Most Great Light
Level 2 Lesson Planning Guide: http://www.core-curriculum.org/downloads/lpgs/LPG%20Baha2%20G2.pdf
"Baha'u'llah's Gift to the World" (activity), Brilliant Star, Nov-Dec 1995, p.19
"Travel the Globe on the Net" (activity), Brilliant Star, Sept-Oct 1997, p.28
"The Joy and Wonder," Brilliant Star, Nov-Dec 1998, p.10
"Glimpses of the Bab," Brilliant Star, Sept-Oct 1999, p.18
"Ants-Eye View" (puzzle), Brilliant Star, Sept-Oct 2004, p.13
"Mystic Herald," Brilliant Star, Sept-Oct 2004
"Serving Humanity" (puzzle), Brilliant Star, Nov-Dec 2004, p.1
Islamic Prophecies Predicting Coming of the Bab and Describing His Station
Level 3 Lesson Planning Guide: http://www.core-curriculum.org/downloads/lpgs/LPG%20Bab3%20G1.pdf
"A Day to Celebrate," Brilliant Star, Sept-Oct 2003, p.11
LIFE OF THE BAB
Early Life, Youth and Manhood of the Bab, Declaration of the Bab
Level 1 Lesson Planning Guide: http://www.core-curriculum.org/downloads/lpgs/LPG%20Bab1%20G3.pdf
Meyer, Zoe. (2000). Children's Stories from the Dawnbreakers. Evanston, IL: Bellwood Press.
Sahba, F. (1982.) The Green Years, New Delhi: Baha'i Publishing Trust.
Lloyd, Ivan. (2001). Mulla Husayn: Unfurling the Black Standard. Chattanooga, TN: Images International.
Johnson, Lowell. (1982.) Mulla Husayn. Cape Town, South Africa: National Spiritual Assembly of the Baha'is of South and West Africa.
"The Birth of the Bab" (activity), Brilliant Star , Sept-Oct 1991, p.11
"A Birthday Gift for the Bab" (game), Brilliant Star , Sept-Oct 1993, p.22
"Afnan Stories," Brilliant Star , Jul-Aug 1994, p.8
"The Life of the Bab" (activity), Brilliant Star, Jul-Aug 1994, p.12
"Birth of the Bab" (activity), Brilliant Star, Jul-Aug 1994, p.13
"That Memorable Night," Brilliant Star, Jul-Aug 1994, p.22
"Afnan Stories/The Thief," Brilliant Star, Nov-Dec 1994, p.22
"O God, My Beloved" (activity), Brilliant Star , Jul-Aug 1995, p.26
"Connection" (activity), Brilliant Star , Sept-Oct 1995, p.12
"One World" (activity), Brilliant Star , Sept-Oct 1995, p.18
"Seeds of Faith" (activity), Brilliant Star, Sept-Oct 2000, p.23
"A City with a Secret," Brilliant Star , Sept-Oct 2001, p.6
"Holy Day Prayer Pals" (activity), Brilliant Star , Sept-Oct 2002, p.8
"A Noble Child," Brilliant Star , Sept-Oct 2002, p.8
"The Hospitality of the Bab," Brilliant Star, Sept-Oct 2002, p.8
"Celebrate the Birth of the Bab" (activity), Brilliant Star, Sept-Oct 2003, p.11
"The Bab Prepared the Way," Brilliant Star , Jan-Feb 2002, p.6
"Tenderness & Radiance of the Bab," Brilliant Star , Jul-Aug, p.20
"The Twin Messengers," Brilliant Star , Nov-Dec 2002, p.8
"The Bab's Early Years," Brilliant Star , Sept-Oct 2004, p.8
"Mystery in Tehran" (puzzle), Brilliant Star, Sept-Oct 2004, p.1
"The Bab's Life and Mission" (timeline), Brilliant Star , Sept-Oct 2004, p.4
"Chameleon Crossword" (puzzle), Brilliant Star , Sept-Oct 2004, p.28
Letters of the Living, Ministry of the Bab, Conference at Badasht
Level 2 Lesson Planning Guide: http://www.core-curriculum.org/downloads/lpgs/LPG%20Bab2%20G3.pdf
Martyrdom of the Bab, Upheavals Associated with the Ministry of the Bab, Shrine of the Bab
Level 3 Lesson Planning Guide: http://www.core-curriculum.org/downloads/lpgs/LPG%20Bab3%20G2.pdf
WRITINGS OF THE BAB
Some Major Prayers of the Bab
Level 1 Lesson Planning Guide: http://www.core-curriculum.org/downloads/lpgs/LPG%20Bab1%20G4.pdf
Development of the Baha'i Calendar
Level 2 Lesson Planning Guide: http://www.core-curriculum.org/downloads/lpgs/LPG%20Bab2%20G4.pdf
A Year of Feasts, 19-Day Feasts, Baha'i Calendar in Arabic, Calendar Match-up, My Baha'i Birth Date, activities, pp. 86-90, The Baha'i Children's Workbook: 140 Fun Exercises and Lessons for Children, by Sara Clarke-Habibi: www.bahaichildrensworkbook.net
Major Writings of the Bab
Level 3 Lesson Planning Guide: http://www.core-curriculum.org/downloads/lpgs/LPG%20Bab3%20G3.pdf
Baha'i Reference Library: http://reference.bahai.org/en/