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Teach participants these sounds and actions. Invite them to listen for your cues to act them out during the story. 1. Gallop a gallop a gallop (slapping hands on legs) 2. Clippity Clop, Clippity Clop (slapping hands on floor) 3. Taking care of you (patting your neighbor on the shoulder) 4....Story | By Betsy Hill Williams | October 27, 2011 (reviewed June 2025) | For Grades K-1, Grades 2-3, Families | From Faith Curricula LibraryTagged as: Anti-Oppression, Children's Faith Development, Compassion, Courage, Dignity, Health, Inclusion, Prophetic Words & Deeds, Salvation, Service, Universalism, UU History, War, WomenCurriculum page -
From The Broken Tusk by Uma Krishnaswami (Atlanta, GA: August House Publishers Inc.). Used by permission of the publishers. Hard times starve people's spirits, as well as their bodies. (Play all instruments.) So it was once, when the Buddha lived and famine struck the land....Story | October 27, 2011 | For Children, Grades K-1 | From Love Surrounds UsTagged as: 6th Principle (World Community), Buddhism, Children, Commitment, Conflict, Courage, Food Justice, Generosity, Greed, Interdependence, Poverty, PrivilegeCurriculum page -
When Ruby Bridges was six years old and in the first grade, just like many other children, she went to a new school. Ruby's school was called William Frantz Elementary School. It was in the City of New Orleans in the state of Louisiana.Story | By Janeen K Grohsmeyer | October 27, 2011 | For Children, Grades K-1 | From Love Surrounds UsTagged as: 5th Principle (Conscience & Democracy), Anger, Anti-Oppression, Children, Conscience, Courage, Inclusion, Justice, Multiculturalism, Multiculturalism, Power, Prophetic Words & Deeds, Race/EthnicityCurriculum page -
(Leader: Invite the group to join you in singing the chorus of "Follow the Drinking Gourd." Teach the words and tune, if needed. Tell them that any time during the story they hear you start to sing, they should join in.) ...Story | October 27, 2011 | For Children, Grades 2-3 | From Love Will Guide UsTagged as: Conscience, Courage, Freedom, History, Human Rights, Justice, Leadership, Love, Oppression, Prophetic Words & Deeds, WomenCurriculum page -
Utility | October 27, 2011 | For Grades 2-3 | From Love Will Guide UsTagged as: Courage, Freedom, History, Justice, Leadership, Love, Oppression, Prophetic Words & Deeds, WomenCurriculum page
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Reprinted from Life Tides by permission of Sarah Tarbox. Copyright (C) 1993. Published by Skinner House Books, an imprint of the Unitarian Universalist Association. Hollow bones, streamlined feathers, and wings shaped to push aside the viscosity of air are not what make birds fly. Birds let go of...Story | By Elizabeth Tarbox | October 27, 2011 | For Adults | From Spirit of LifeTagged as: 4th Principle (Truth & Meaning), Animals, Awe, Beauty, Brokenness, Courage, Direct Experience, Fear, Freedom, Hope, Joy, Letting GoCurriculum page
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Utility | October 27, 2011 | From Spirit of LifeTagged as: 4th Principle (Truth & Meaning), Acceptance, Belief, Brokenness, Challenge, Choice, Community, Courage, Freedom, Growth, Hope, HumanismCurriculum page
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By Elie Wiesel, from The Gates of the Forest.When the great Rabbi Israel Ba'al Shem-Tov saw misfortune threatening the Jews, it was his custom to go into a certain part of the forest to meditate. There he would light the fire, say a special prayer, and the miracle would be accomplished and the...Story | October 27, 2011 | For Adults | From Spirit of LifeTagged as: 3rd Principle (Acceptance & Spiritual Growth), Acceptance, Challenge, Conflict, Courage, Failure, Faith, God, Grace, Judaism, Leadership, LimitationsCurriculum page
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Activity time: 10 minutes Materials for Activity A copy of the story, "Hard Truths" Preparation for Activity Read the story and prepare to share it with the group. Review the discussion questions....Activity | October 27, 2011 | For Children, Grades 4-5 | From Love Connects UsTagged as: Courage, Humility, Race/Ethnicity, Reconciliation, ShameCurriculum page -
Activity time: 10 minutes Materials for Activity Beads in silver, purple, and gold colors, one of each color for each participant Elastic thread, preferably black or silver; scissors Preparation for Activity Set out materials at work tables....Activity | October 27, 2011 | For Children, Grades 4-5 | From Love Connects UsTagged as: CourageCurriculum page
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Activity time: 10 minutes Materials for Activity A copy of the story, "Serenity, Courage, and Wisdom" Preparation for Activity Read the story and prepare to share it with the group....Activity | October 27, 2011 | For Children, Grades 4-5 | From Love Connects UsTagged as: Courage, WisdomCurriculum page
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Activity time: 10 minutes Materials for Activity A copy of the story, "The Christmas Truce" Preparation for Activity Read the story and prepare to share it with the group....Activity | October 27, 2011 | For Children, Grades 4-5 | From Love Connects UsTagged as: Courage, Trust, WarCurriculum page
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Activity time: 10 minutes Materials for Activity A copy of the story "The First Supporter" A bell, chime, rain stick or other musical noisemaker Preparation for Activity Read the story, "The First Supporter," a few times. Consider telling it dramatically, rather than reading it from the page.Activity | October 27, 2011 | For Children, Grades 4-5 | From Windows and MirrorsTagged as: Courage, Doubt, IslamCurriculum page -
Our hearts should be too warm and too large for hatred. More than one hundred fifty years ago, back when trains were new and airplanes and cars hadn't been invented, back when women always wore long skirts and everyone wore hats, a girl named Fannie Barrier lived in a town in New York State....Story | By Janeen K Grohsmeyer | October 27, 2011 | For Children, Grades 2-3 | From Faithful JourneysTagged as: 1st Principle (Worth & Dignity), 2nd Principle (Justice, Equity, & Compassion), Acceptance, Anti-Oppression, Challenge, Courage, Diversity, Equity, History, Inclusion, Justice, Prophetic Words & Deeds, Race/Ethnicity, UnitarianismCurriculum page -
Utility | October 27, 2011 | For Grades 2-3 | From Faithful JourneysTagged as: 1st Principle (Worth & Dignity), 2nd Principle (Justice, Equity, & Compassion), Acceptance, Anti-Oppression, Challenge, Courage, Diversity, Equity, Inclusion, Justice, Prophetic Words & Deeds, Race/Ethnicity, Unitarianism, WomenCurriculum page
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Utility | October 27, 2011 | For Grades 2-3 | From Faithful JourneysTagged as: 1st Principle (Worth & Dignity), Acceptance, Brokenness, Caring, Challenge, Courage, Dignity, Diversity, Empathy, Inclusion, LimitationsCurriculum page
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Adapted from "A Week at SOS Children's Village, Tlokweng, Botswana," by Annie Arnzen, on the "A Precious Cause" website. Used with permission. Annie first went to Botswana in 2006, when she was in eighth grade. She and her family attend the North Parish, Unitarian Universalist, in North Andover,...Story | October 27, 2011 | For Children, Grades 2-3 | From Faithful JourneysTagged as: 1st Principle (Worth & Dignity), 2nd Principle (Justice, Equity, & Compassion), 6th Principle (World Community), 7th Principle (Interconnected Web), Brokenness, Challenge, Change, Commitment, Compassion, Courage, Faith, History, Interdependence, Prophetic Words & Deeds, Service, Unitarian UniversalismCurriculum page
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By Ellen Gold. Based on information in the book, Maglipay Universalist, by Fred Muir (Annapolis, Maryland: Unitarian Universalist Church of Annapolis, 2001) and a 2002 review of Muir's book by Rosemary Bray McNatt in UU World magazine. I bet some of you love to read. Maybe you have a favorite book.Story | By Ellen Gold | October 27, 2011 | For Children, Grades 2-3 | From Faithful JourneysTagged as: 1st Principle (Worth & Dignity), 3rd Principle (Acceptance & Spiritual Growth), 4th Principle (Truth & Meaning), Brokenness, Challenge, Change, Christianity, Commitment, Courage, Faith, History, Multiculturalism, Multiculturalism, Prophetic Words & Deeds, UniversalismCurriculum page
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Adapted from multiple sources including a 2005 article, "Mrs. Mott, 'The Celebrated Female Physician,'" in Historic New England online magazine. Harriot Kezia Hunt, 1805-1875, was barred from medical study at Harvard College because male students objected to her presence....Story | October 27, 2011 | For Children, Grades 2-3 | From Faithful JourneysTagged as: 1st Principle (Worth & Dignity), 4th Principle (Truth & Meaning), Brokenness, Challenge, Change, Commitment, Courage, Education, Faith, Health, History, Illness, Prophetic Words & Deeds, UniversalismCurriculum page
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Reprinted from A Lamp in Every Corner: Our Unitarian Universalist Storybook (Boston: Unitarian Universalist Association, 2004). When Olympia Brown was little, girls weren't supposed to whistle. Girls weren't supposed to climb trees or run fast or catch frogs. But Olympia did; she did all those...Story | By Janeen K Grohsmeyer | October 27, 2011 | For Children, Grades 2-3 | From Moral TalesTagged as: 5th Principle (Conscience & Democracy), 6th Principle (World Community), Challenge, Change, Conscience, Courage, Justice, Prophetic Words & Deeds, UniversalismCurriculum page