This mode of procedure in developing a dramatization illustrates the general method which is employed in order to secure the results herein discussed. It should be helpful as a method which may be varied or built upon according to the circumstances. Detailed descriptions of exact modes of procedure in presenting different kinds of Bible stories to the dramatic club will follow. Costumes and stage settings have always been of the simplest nature and will be discussed at length in a separate chapter. In order that this method may be of greatest practical value to those who are unfamiliar with it, a summary may give the steps in logical sequence. This outline is not to be taken as unchangeable, but merely as a working basis for the beginner. 1. Select a story with care; then adapt it for telling. 2. Tell the story, emphasizing the essential parts. 3. Let the children divide the story into pictures or scenes. 4. Have a discussion of what should take place in each scene. 5. Let volunteers from among the children act out one scene as they think it should be done, using their own words. 6. Develop criticism by the other children with suggestions for improvement. 7. Have a second acting of the scene for improvement. 8. Let each of the other scenes be worked out in the same manner. 9. See that every child has the chance to try out many parts. 10. Play the story through many times. Change it often according to the criticism, until the children recognize the result as a product of their best effort. 11. With the help of the children change the words into biblical form. 12. Let the group assign definite parts to be learned for the final performance. CHAPTER III THE DRAMATIZATION OF _JOSEPH_ As will be noted in the following chapter, it is well in beginning dramatic work with children to use for the first efforts very simple stories. _Joseph_ is too long and complicated for an early experiment. We may begin our exposition of method with this story, however, as it illustrates especially well the details of the developing process. At the first meeting the story was told in terms that followed closely the Bible version. The children were asked to select the big events, or pictures, in Joseph's life. They readily spoke of his life in Canaan as a boy; his being put into the pit and sold to the merchants; his life in Egypt with Potiphar; the prison experience and the interpretation of Pharaoh's dream; the change of fortune in becoming ruler of the land; the famine and the visits of his brothers; and, finally, his kindness to his father and brothers in giving them a home in Egypt. The story was told to the children very much as follows: Jacob was an old man, too old to care for his large flocks. He sat in the door of his tent day after day, and sent his twelve sons off with the sheep and goats to find grassy fields.