Who were Rama and Sita?
Activities • Introduce the characters in the story, describing their personalities. Ask the children to write a character analysis, highlighting the themes of good and evil. • Retell the story using a book, video or slides. • Show examples of Indian comic books telling stories about Rama, Sita and other important characters. • Give children a prepared sheet with the story of Rama and Sita in comic strip. Ask them to sequence the pictures and write on the dialogue. • Discuss other stories where good conquers evil. • Discuss the experiences and viewpoints of key figures in the story, eg was Rama’s stepmother right to demand that her son was king instead of Rama? • Ask the children to write about characters they like and dislike, and explain why. Outcomes • identify key events associated with the story • identify the moral of the story, ie ‘Good conquers evil’ • explain their responses to the behaviour of the characters in the story Objectives • about the key events and have an overview o
