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; but one…
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 handkerchief and…
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 Faith, 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; but one…
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.