April 16, 2006: Happy Easter!
I don’t normally blog on Sundays. But I absolutely had to post to say Happy Easter. My Greek father-in-law would say every Easter morning, “Christos staneste” (not sure on the spelling. Sorry, Steve!). That is Greek for “Christ is risen.” Again, I just had to post to celebrate that Christ is indeed risen. I am so grateful for this. Our…
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…
Mormon 1-6: Is My Lantern Completely Clean?
[picture of a half-cleaned lantern] Today the students presented their research on Mormon 1-6. But before we started, I showed them a lantern that was very dirty on one side and freshly cleaned on the other. I asked them, “How easy would it be to see if this lantern were completely filthy?” Then, “How easy to see if this lantern…
Mormon 1-6: Heavenly Views
[samples of student work] Today we began to cover Mormon 1-6. I distributed 30 inch long strips of paper, approximately 5 inches wide (I’d cut these from a blank roll of newsprint paper). I’d drawn lines on each strip to divide it into seven equal sections. The first and last section I’d drawn a big X through the square, so…
4 Nephi – Descent to Depravity
[sample of student work – to see up close, simply click on the picture] Today our block of scripture was 4 Nephi. I distributed a descending stairway that my husband and I had created. As a class, we were going to analyze step-by-step Mormon’s brief record of the Nephites/Lamanites 300-year descent into depravity. He takes only one chapter to do…
I Can Trust in Heavenly Father and Jesus Christ, thier promises are sure.
We were asked by our Stake Primary Presidency to introduce the theme for the year as a Primary activity. We started by having a “guest” who was Nephi come in and tell the kids about his adventures being asked to build a boat for his family. He explained how he did not know how, but he listened to Heavenly Father…
3 Nephi 27-30: Building Towers of Faith
We finished our study of the book of 3 Nephi by studying 3 Nephi 27-30 today. Before getting to our Tower of Faith exercise as a class, we first finished off our Spiritual Snack Sack we have worked on over the last month. First off, each student drew several final pieces of meat for their lunch sack. Then they received…
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