Reading
Narratives:
Now
that you have researched a world religion, you should have a much stronger understanding
of the beliefs, practices, and teachings of this religion. The next step is
to read narratives that contain information or have a moral promoting a fundamental
belief or practice of this religion. Although these narratives are not perfect
"models" of the stories you will be writing, they will help you in
writing your own religious tale.
You will need to summarize the plot, record religious facts, and explain the
moral of two stories from your world religion. Use the links below to find narratives
for your religion and click on Windows into
Culture to download a worksheet. Please complete this worksheet for the
two religious stories you have read.
Depending
on the narrative, you may not be able to complete all aspects of this sheet
as some of the stories do not contain a religious moral (e.g. creation stories)
or some stories do not have many facts about the religion (e.g. folktales).
However, for all stories, you will be able to summarize the tale, and either
describe the religious beliefs/practices OR explain the religious moral. For
most of the narratives, you will be able to complete all of the sheet. After
you have completed this sheet, please show your teacher and then you are ready
to go to the Writing Narratives link.
Religious Narratives on the Web:
Buddhist Tales:
Christian
Stories:
Stories
from the Bible -- These are biblical stories that have been written for children
and teens.
Confucist Tales:
Korean
Folktales
Hindu
Stories:
Islamic
Tales:
Jewish Stories: Each of the following are one story.
Shinto
Stories:
Japanese
Folktales --
These
are folktales from Japan (not Shinto in origin), but read them to learn about
Japanese life and the style of their folktales.
Sikh Tales: Each of the following are one story.
Taoist Tales: