Research+-+Nativity

Research Notes

 * 1) Nativity Scene
 * Tells story of birth of Jesus
 * Mary is unable to find a room at the inn, finds shelter in a barn.
 * After the birth, Mary and Joseph visited by shepherds and Wise Men
 * Livestock
 * Nativity crèche - manger
 * Tradition of displaying scene started in Germany in the 1600's
 * Nativity Scene: Born in cave near Bethlehem
 * 1) Searching For Jesus
 * Appearance of the star of Bethlehem - announced birth
 * Adoration of Wise men and shepherds
 * 3 wise men from the east brought gifts
 * 1) Christmas Customs and Origins
 * Christmas commemorates the birth of Jesus - Messiah, Christ
 * "A divinely conceived Son of G-d made human to teach the way to salvation for mankind."
 * Nativity stories told in the Gospels of Mathew and Luke
 * Christ's resurrection is at the heart of Christianity, but the nativity remains important.
 * Relating to doctrine of Incarnation - that g-d assumed human flesh and dwelled on earth among mankind
 * Celebration - feasts, presents, time of giving
 * 1) The Birth of Jesus
 * In the beginning
 * Mary and Joseph are engaged and REALLY CLOSE to being married
 * an angel told Mary that she would have a baby
 * this baby would be Gods son
 * Mary becomes pregnant
 * In the middle
 * God tells Mary and Joseph that they must travel to Bethlehem
 * they finally arrive but all of the inn's are full. there is no where levft for them to stay.
 * a nice inn keeper allows them to stay in her stable type thing

Research Strategy Paragraph
The first thing we did was Google nativity scene. This search gave us the website, [|www.stcharleschristmas.com/nativityscene.htm]. This website was bery helpful. Under "sources," a link to a page entitled "American Christmas Origins and Traditions" was listed. After finding these to sites, We decided to look for databases.First, we looked at an art database, but most of the information we got was very art specific, so we decided to look through the history databases. We tried the CQ researcher database, which turned out to be very helpful. We searched nativity and were given two articles. The first article was about Christmas customs and tradition. The second one was titled //Searching for Jesus.// To keep track of what the other person was doing, we used Diigo to bookmark, highlight, and leave sticky notes for each other on the pages. This was a useful way of keeping in touch.