And another way to teach History like a Sailor

I just thought of this the other day, as I taught about Francis of Assisi, originator of the Stations of the Cross. A tiny book of 14 pages plus cover, 1.25 inches by 1.5 inches provides an engrossing and miniscule art project.

For the artist and the one not-so-skilled, it is both challenging and forgiving. Tiny pen & ink drawings, sketches, or colored miniatures can fill its pages.

Here are the 14 stations. A bit of Scripture on the left page can be written in or the old prayer: We adore you, O Christ, and we praise You, because by Your Holy Cross, You Have Redeemed the world.

1. First station: Jesus is Condemned to Death
2. Second Station: Jesus Takes up His Cross
3. Third Station: Jesus Falls the First Time
4. Fourth Station: Jesus Meets His Afflicted Mother
5. Fifth Station: The Cross is Laid on Simon of Cyrene
6. Sixth Station: A Woman Wipes the Face of Jesus
7. Seventh Station: Jesus Falls a Second Time
8. Eighth Station: Jesus Meets the Women of Jerusalem
9. Ninth Station: Jesus Falls a Third Time
10. Tenth Station: Jesus is Stripped of His Garments
11. Eleventh Station: Jesus is Nailed to the Cross
12. Twelfth Station: Jesus Dies on the Cross
13. Thirteenth Station: The body of Jesus is Placed in the Arms of His Mother
14. Fourteenth Station: Jesus is Laid in the Tomb