Ether 6 & 7 – Convoluted Pathways
[example of student work – to see up close, click on picture] Today we researched the beginning of the convoluted pathways of the Jaredites, as recorded in Ether 6 & 7. I created an Inspiration document which I called “Convoluted Pathways.” At the beginning of class, after our devotional, etc., we quickly rehearsed what we’d studied thus far in Ether:…
Ether 4, 5, & 6 – Student Presentations
Today the students finished with their presentations they had worked on yesterday. It was really neat to see what they had come up with and how they summarized what they had learned from their scripture research yesterday. Then we moved on to a scripture mastery game. I took a game that had been given to me from my supervisor and…
Ether 4 & 5 – Building Spirituality
[example of student work – click on picture to see a close-up] Today as a class we studied Ether 4 & 5. But there was so much meat in this part of the scriptures that I decided to hold what I call “Spiritual Midterms.” We’ve done this off and one throughout the year, but it is where I give them…
Ether 3 – Journey to our Promised Lands
Today we discussed truths and principles from Ether, ranging from the end of Ether 2 to most of Ether 3. I started off by sharing two articles from the newspaper. One was a picture of a truck that had crashed into five cars and then a shop. A car had swerved into the path of the truck driver and as…
Ether 2 – Building Your Barge
[example of student work – to see up close, click on picture] Today I reprised a bit of what we discussed yesterday – how Jared, seeing the fragmenting of his society’s language, implores his brother to ask the Lord that at least the two of them will retain understanding of each other. The brother of Jared does so and the…
Mormon 9/Ether 1 – Scripture Scholar Moment!
[example of student work – to see up close, click on picture] I was excited to share this scripture block today. I didn’t spend much time in front of class doing it though, because I really wanted the kids to delve into the scriptures for these particular principles taught in these verses. [Actually I try never to be in front…
Mormon 8 & 9 – By the Mouths of Two or Three Witnesses
We covered Mormon 8-9 today. Following a suggestion in the teacher’s manual, I’d purchased two different newspapers yesterday (the Times and the Tribune) and clipped out articles as reported therein on two different topics. One topic happened to be on the Jewish passover holiday and the other topic was on Iran’s plutonium situation. I was able to find within the…
Mormon 7 – Mormon’s Final Words
[example of classroom activity – to view up close, click on picture] Today we studied Mormon 7, Mormon’s final words after having viewed the destruction of his people who were part of a 900 year civilization, now ended. I’d drawn the two outlines of a body on the board, one with straight lines and one with disconnected lines (to represent…
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