Muslim stories: the Crying Camel
Lesson details
Learning outcome
I can retell the story of the Crying Camel and explain its deeper meaning.
Key learning points
- The Prophet Muhammad taught using stories with a deeper meaning.
- Many are recorded in the hadith, which is a collection of his sayings and stories.
- The Prophet told a story of a camel who cried because he was overworked.
- The deeper meaning of this story for many Muslims is to have compassion for animals.
Keywords
Hadith - a collection of sayings and actions of the Prophet Muhammad
Overworked - making someone work too hard or for too long
Compassion - treating people and animals with kindness
Common misconception
Animals are just for humans to use as they wish.
The Prophet Muhammad taught that we should be kind to all animals.
Teacher tip
Muslim stories do not usually include images of the Prophet Muhammad. The slide illustrations follow this convention.
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Prior knowledge starter quiz
4 Questions
Q1.What is a parable?
Q2.In the Parable of the Lost Son, what did the father do when the son came home?
Q3.What are the deeper meanings of the Parable of the Lost Son?
Q4.Match the keywords to the correct definitions.
Assessment exit quiz
4 Questions
Q1.In the story of the Crying Camel, what did the Prophet give the camel?
Q2.The __________ is a collection of the sayings and actions of the Prophet Muhammad.
Q3.Match the keywords below to the correct explanations.
Q4.What is the deeper meaning of the story of the Crying Camel?
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