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The Ramayana
Learning Intentions:
To understand the story of the Ramayana
Success Criteria:
To retell the story of the Ramayana in my own words
Warm-Up
• Can you think of a time when you wanted a
new beginning?
• Why did you want to start something again?
• Did something happen so that you could start
again?
You have 5 minutes to share in your groups a
story that describes a time that you wanted a
new beginning.
Diwali and Ramayana
• Diwali is a time for new beginnings for
followers of Hinduism.
• The story of the Ramayana is told at Diwali.
Diwali and Ramayana
• As part of the Diwali celebration the story of
the Ramayana is performed.
• The story of Ramayana can be performed by
children, by adults or as a puppet show.
Watch this video and then be ready to explain in
your own words what you think the story is
about:
Diwali and Ramayana
Think – Pair - Share
• Take 1 minute to quietly reflect on what you
think the story of the Ramayana is teaching
us.
• Take 2 minutes to discuss with a partner your
thoughts. Listen carefully to what you both
have to say.
• Explain in your own words what you and your
partner think the story of the Ramayana is
teaching us.
Ramayana
• In your groups, arrange the 6 parts of the
Ramayana in order.
Part 1 - The King has remarried and the new Queen
wants her own son as the crowned prince. Prince
Rama, his wife Sita and his brother Lakshman are
sent away from the Palace.
Part 2 - Rama, Lakshman and Sita live in exile in the
forest until one day Sita is tricked out of the magic
circle by a deer who is in pain.
Part 3 - The Holy man appears to thank Sita for
helping the deer and asks for some food but he
is actually the Ten headed Demon God Ravanna
who kidnaps Sita and takes her to Lanka.
Part 4 - Sita is a prisoner in Lanka while Rama and
Lakshman spend many months searching India for her
until they meet the King of the Monkeys, Hanumann
who has news about where Sita has been taken.
Part 5 - Hanumann takes Rama and Laskshman with his
army of monkeys to Lanka. Hanumann uses his powers
to jump across the water to make sure Sita is there.
She is and he returns with a pearl to show Rama. The
monkeys make a bridge for them to walk over to the
island of Lanka.
Part 6 - There is a battle where Ravana is killed
by Rama. Rama and Sita are reunited and all of
them go back to India with diva lights showing
them the way home.
Group Discussion
• Analyse the parts of the Ramayana you have
placed in order. In your groups discuss these 2
questions:
- What does the story of the Ramayana tell us
about good and evil?
- Why is this an important story for Hindus?
Group Presentation
• In your groups you will now retell the story of
the Ramayana in your own words.
• You can retell the story of the Ramayana in 1
of the following 2 ways:
- You could write a script and create materials to
perform the story as a play.
- You could write a script and create puppets to
perform the story as a puppet show.
Success Criteria
• You will perform the story of the Ramayana.
• Everyone will contribute to rewriting a script
in your own words.
• Everyone in your group must be involved in
the performance.
• You must be sure to tell the story in the
correct order, including all the key events and
characters.
Plenary
• Reflect on the following questions and write
an answer in your jotter:
1) Which character do you think showed
bravery and how did they do so?
2) Which character showed leadership and how
did they do so?
3) Which character showed kindness and how
did they do so?