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Stories and deeper meanings

Religious education

The story of the Lost Son

The Parable of the Lost Son: hidden meanings

Muslim stories: the Crying Camel

Muslim stories: The Ants

The story of the Starfish Thrower

In this unit pupils will explore the idea that stories in religious and non-religious traditions often have a deeper meaning beyond the simple narrative. They will examine stories from Christianity, Islam and Humanism and act as interpreters to find these hidden meanings.

Stories: how do different people find deeper meanings?

sang songs and played music instead of working.

worked hard to store food for the winter.

Match the sentence beginnings below about the story of ‘The Ant and the Grasshopper’ to the correct sentence endings.

He pretended there was a wolf and shouted for help.

The villagers came to help, but there was no wolf.

When a real wolf came, the boy shouted for help again. 

Nobody came to help because they did not believe the boy. 

Put these parts of the story of 'The Boy Who Cried Wolf' in the correct order.

What is the deeper meaning of the story of 'The Boy Who Cried Wolf'?

Match these holy books to the correct places of worship for each religion.

A __________ is an agreement to do or not to do something.

Starter Quiz

What is a parable?