Children’s class kit
bullying — Teens (13–17)
Auto-assembled from the Bahai Story Library
Stories
- At first, on going to her aunt''s, my mother would take me with her
At first, on going to her aunt's, my mother would take me with her; but one day, returning unusually late, we found Abbas Effendi surrounded by a band of boys who had undertaken to personally molest him. He was standing in their midst as…
— Various, bahaistories.com archive
- My mother tied a two-qiran silver piece in the corner of a
My mother tied a two-qiran silver piece in the corner of a handkerchief and asked me to go out and buy some food. As I was passing through the streets in the Karbila'i `Abbas-'Ali marketplace of Tihran, one of the youngsters cried out:…
— Various, bahaistories.com archive
- Nabíl-i-A''zam, in his narrative history of the early days of the
Nabíl-i-A'zam, in his narrative history of the early days of the Faith, The Dawn-Breakers, gives this account of the treatment of Bahá’u’lláh after His arrest in the district of Shimírán: From Shimírán to Tihrán, Bahá’u’lláh was several…
— Various, bahaistories.com archive
Discussion questions
- Who is someone you know who lives out devotion the way this story describes?
- If you were going to tell a friend this story in two sentences, what would you say?
- Who is someone you know who lives out devotion the way this story describes?
- If you were going to tell a friend this story in two sentences, what would you say?
- What is one quality you'd want to carry forward from this account?
Quote to memorize
“At first, on going to her aunt's, my mother would take me with her; but one day, returning unusually late, we found Abbas Effendi surrounded by a band of boys who had undertaken to personally molest him.”
From At first, on going to her aunt''s, my mother would take me with her
Coloring page
Persian Rosette
An eight-fold symmetric rosette in the Persian decorative tradition. The Bahá'í Holy Places of Iran are decorated with such patterns.