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…
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…
Scripture Mastory Memory Game
Today we played a memory game. A sweet seminary student made the cards. There are 54 cards. On the front are numbers. On the back are 25 scripture mastery verses and 25 scripture mastery key words. There are also four extra cards with the words Candy 1 (two each of this one) and Candy 2 (two of this one). I…
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…
Awesome Activities for LDS Church members
