Indeed, that intergenerational transmission of values has always been the most important work of a civilization. There are a number of reasons why stories are so effective in communicating values.
Stories are interactive.
No doubt these are the reasons why the world's greatest moral teachers have always used stories to teach eternal principles and truths. The Cornerstone Values Curriculum recognizes the importance of stories in values, or character education, and places their use at the heart of its teaching strategies. There are three ways stories can be used. Read until a values issue is raised. A series of Cornerstone Values Readers, a resource using the third method, will be published, as funds become available.