Level: 2
Category: Spiritual Growth, Outreach, & Heritage
Year: 1928

Christian Storytelling

  1. Name one source where you have found material for stories for each of the following categories. Tell a story from each category:
    1. Sacred history
    2. Church history
    3. Nature
    4. Character story
    5. Object lesson with visual aid
  2. For the above stories you tell, do the following:
    1. Tell a story to children not over five years of age for at least three minutes.
    2. Tell a story to a group of children ages 10-12 for at least five minutes.
  3. Make a written outline of a story you are to tell.
  4. State how and under what circumstances course material is to be modified for the following:
    1. Telling the story in first person, second person, and third person
    2. Different audiences, ages, and purposes
    3. Making the story shorter
    4. Making the story longer
  5. Tell why a definite aim is necessary in telling a story. Tell how you obtain a good climax for a story.
  6. Tell one story of foreign missionaries, not less than five minutes in length.
  7. Tell one story teaching health principles.