Using stories for purposes of religious education

This material is from the out of copyright book
STORIES AND STORY- TELLING IN MORAL AND RELIGIOUS EDUCATION
COPYRIGHT, 1910
BY EDWARD PORTER Sr. JOHN
It needs to be modernized and to have some parts removed to there proper articles, for example moving the definition of fairy tail to its own article and putting information on practice into its own article, as it applies to all kinds of writing not just religious writing. This book has interesting matter on oral story telling.
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THE stories which we may use for purposes of moral and religious education may be grouped in two great classes, with several subdivisions under each. These classes may be distinguished as the idealistic and the realistic stories.
Using idealistic stories for purposes of moral and religious education
Using realistic stories for purposes of moral and religious education
idealistic stories includes those that are recognized as imaginary in origin or which take liberties with facts, but which embody and set forth principles or truths; the realistic storie is made up of those that are or profess to be strictly conformed to fact. The two kinds of stories make their impressions upon the moral nature in somewhat different ways, and that they may be most helpful the distinction between them must be kept clearly in mind by the teacher and certain points must be reguarded in the use of each.
SOME VITAL CHARACTERISTICS OF GOOD STORIES-religious
LEARNING TO TELL A STORY -religious
HOW TO USE STORIES-religious
THE SOURCES OF THE STORY'S POWER-religious
THE STORY - INTERESTS OF CHILDHOOD
SOME TRICKS OF THE STORY - TELLER'S TRADE