Writing Children’s Stories for the Unreached
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- Description
- Programme
Learn how to write engaging stories for children that introduce, share, and celebrate the teachings of Jesus as a way of creatively teaching about the Gospel of God’s Kingdom. The course focuses on, but is not limited to, writing stories for children in Unreached People Groups. You will learn how to use Bible passages & stories and adapt them to children from different cultural backgrounds in a contextually relevant way.
Understanding Worldviews for Contextualized Storytelling
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Section 1: Teaching Summary
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Cultural Self-Awareness -
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Uncovering Worldview
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Honour, Power, & Innocence - Part 1
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Honour, Power, & Innocence - Part 2
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Bridges and Encounters
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Individual vs Collective
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Examples of Contextualizing Stories to Meet Different Worldviews
These examples are from CREATE International Films,
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Syncretism
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Quiz - Section 1
Biblical Foundations of Storytelling
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Section 2: Teaching Summary
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Lesson 1 – Introduction: Living Word and Biblical Literary Styles and Genres
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Lesson 2 – How to Select Passages Suitable to Your Culture
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Question and Answer Session
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Lesson 3 – How to adapt a story to modern setting
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Lesson 4 – How to Use a Parable’s Plot as the Basis of a Story
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Question and Answer Session
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Quiz - Section 2
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Preparatory Work – Continue Researching Your Audience
Childhood Development
The Art of Storytelling - Getting Started
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Section 4: Teaching Summary
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Lesson 1a – Introduction to Storytelling
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Lesson 1b – Foundation in Children’s Writing
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Lesson 1c – Understanding your audience
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Question and Answer Session
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Lesson 2a – Children’s Book Genres
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Lesson 2b – Tips of Holding Children’s Interest
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Lesson 2c – Creating and Writing
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Lesson 2d – Getting Ideas for Stories
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Question and Answer Session
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Bonus Lesson - Applying the Teaching
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Quiz - Section 4
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Preparatory Work – Getting Your Story Ideas
The Art of Storytelling - Building an Outline
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Section 5: Teaching Summary
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Lesson 3 – The Difference between Plot and Stories
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Question and Answer Session
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Lesson 4 – Finding Cultural Bridges
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Question and Answer Session
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Lesson 5a – Character Building
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Lesson 5b – Character Point of View
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Question and Answer Session
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Lesson 6 – Understanding the Three Act Structure
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Question and Answer Session
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Quiz – Section 5
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Preparatory Work – Building a Story Outline
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Preparatory Work – Developing Your Characters
The Art of Storytelling - Writing and Editing
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Section 6: Teaching Summary
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Lesson 7 – How to Write a Basic Plot
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Question and Answer Session
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Lesson 8a – Choosing a Title for a Picture Book
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Lesson 8b – Editing
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Lesson 8c – Final Stage
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Lesson 8d – Additional Resources
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Question and Answer Session
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Quiz - Section 6
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Assignment - Writing Your Story
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Assignment – Editing Your Story
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