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March 30, 2015
With the end of the seminary school year coming, some of your students have finished reading the Doctrine & Covenants. The Old Testament is what is coming new year. But unlike the other three books of scripture in Seminary, with the Old Testament year, they only need to read selections. It is really the best of the best of the Old Testament they will need to read. The attached book mark shows your students what chapters to read, and they can shade it in as they read. Feel free […]
Shauna
March 27, 2015
This morning was the start to our Easter Holy Week.My students were greeted at the entrance hall with the floors covered in palm leaves.This opened our devotional discussion on Palm Sunday.During devotional time next week, we will discuss what happened…
Shauna
March 25, 2015
Making the Most of LDS General ConferenceThe week before LDS General Conference, I spend time encouraging my students to prepare their hearts and minds for the messages from our leaders.As part of the preparation, I challenge them to write down one que…
Jennifer Smith
March 25, 2015
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So this was the easiest lesson I’ve prepared all year. I used to have easy ones like this all the time when I was teaching Seminary, but this is the first time that it’s come so easily for one of these multi-chapter weekly lessons. I have been recording the Joseph Smith Papers documentary videos off […]
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Shauna
March 24, 2015
Welcome Back and Time to Finish Strong!We returned to school and Seminary today after a much-needed Spring Break.Prior to the break, I had hit a “Seminary Wall” and was feeling more burned out than I can remember feeling in the last 3 years. I recogniz…
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March 23, 2015
Doctrine & Covenants 128 is a letter from Joseph Smith to the Saints explaining the revealed practice of Baptisms for the Dead. In the letter he uses many verses from the Bible to explain the practice. This worksheet helps your students see why Joseph used these scriptures, and also see how they could also use the scriptures when talking with a friend. d&c_128_worksheet.pdfFile Size: 11 kbFile Type: pdfDownload File […]
Scott Knecht
March 20, 2015
Karl G. Maeser, a leading 19th century educator, once said, “A great question is often worth ten answers.” Think about that for a minute. We generally think of getting answers as the goal of asking questions. The teacher asks, the students answer, and …
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March 16, 2015
Here is the PowerPoint and a visual I used when I taught the Multi-Stake Training in January. The PowerPoint has stories and visual you might like. The best parts is having the kids list on the board what they learned from the verses listed.The second attachment is the full text of the letter Joseph wrote from Liberty. D&C 121-123 was taken from the very large letter written by Joseph Smith a few weeks before the group escaped. Although the two part letter was written in 1839, i […]
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March 12, 2015
The first document is various quotes and images that will help as you each D&C 109-114. It is amazing how the Church could go from such and incredible spiritual high with the dedication of the Kirtland Temple, to the low of a huge apostasy in Kirtland, with in such a short period of time. The second document is a glue in that is useful when teaching D&C 116 explaining Adam-ondi-Ahman and its significance. d&c_109-114_handout.pdfFile Size: 341 kbFile Type: pdfDown […]
Scott Knecht
March 11, 2015
Teaching is a creative process. Teaching the gospel of Jesus Christ is a creative process that must include the influence of the Holy Ghost in order to be effective.
The creation of teaching starts in lesson preparation. What is the block of scriptures that need to be addressed today? What are the salient doctrines and principles to address? How will adding content and context benefit student understanding? How can I give my students some level of ‘hands on’ learning that will benefit them, rather than just have them listen to me? Answering those and similar question will yield a lesson plan. You can’t just walk into a class without some kind of written plan that will guide you through and make the time meaningful and useful.
In II Nephi 32 there are two verses that look strikingly similar but are talking about two different things. The first is verse 3 where it says “…feast upon the words of Christ; for behold, the words of Christ will tell you all things what ye should do.” Two verses later, in verse 5 we read this: “…if ye will enter in by the way, and receive the Holy Ghost, it will show unto you all things what ye should do.”
The verse 3 phrase “tell you all things” seems to indicate that the words of Christ are the scriptures. Those are the standards that hold true through the ages. They guide us – “tell us” – how we should act and what we should be doing. That’s why we feast upon them. The verse 5 phrase that the Holy Ghost will “show unto us all things we should do” is more of an everyday, tactical revelation. Scriptures teach us the doctrines and principles that we need to know to govern our lives, but the Holy Ghost shows us along the way how to implement those in practical ways. We need both sources of input to successfully negotiate our way in this life.
So it is in a classroom full of students. We enter with a lesson plan that we have created for that particular situation. That plan will ‘tell us’ what to do. We can’t be rigidly bound to it but neither should we just try to talk our way through the hour with no real preparation. We need to have a guide before us. However, rarely does the class go as planned. Detours abound as we deal with real people in their own real situations. That’s why we need the Spirit with us, to show us how to proceed in a class. It may be to stay on this point a little longer, or to move on a little quicker. It may be to call on a student who rarely participates but one who looks like they have something to say. It could be to leave a certain student alone on this day. She may be struggling with something unknown and unseen by the teacher and just needs space. How will we know any or all of these things? The Spirit can show us and with that knowledge coupled to the lesson plan we have in hand we are able to create a classroom environment and a lesson that is edifying and useful for all.
Shauna
March 11, 2015
Doctrine and Covenants Sections 103 and 105-Zion’s CampAs my students entered the building yesterday and today, they were greeted by these signs:Entrance Door Walls Up CloseYesterday, I showed the movie Zion’s Campand today we marched f…
Shauna
February 20, 2015
The School of the Prophets was established and held in the upper room of the Newel K Whitney Store in Kirtland, Ohio during the winter of 1832-1833.In his talk, A Principle With a Promise, President Ezra Taft Benson describes the conditions and dimensi…