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The Armor of God

Submitted by Jenny Smith on Sun, 03/13/2011 - 2:36pm
Here is Seminary Mom's discussion on how spiritual knowledge and gospel study and preparation can We ... discussed the importance of of umbrellas, coats, shields, etc. and how they service us. And to lead into the application activity, I shared how ...
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Scripture Scholar: 3 Nephi

Submitted by Jenny Smith on Sun, 03/13/2011 - 2:30pm
Here is Seminary Mom's Scripture Scholar form for 3 Nephi 15-16 ...

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Scripture Mastery Mix it Up

Submitted by Jenny Smith on Sun, 03/13/2011 - 2:25pm
So today for scripture mastery, I passed out a sheet of 25 picture representations for each of the 25 scripture mastery scriptures. I gave the students five minutes to write out all of the references they could figure out for each picture representat...
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Splitting Students into Teams to Learn the Gospel

Submitted by Jenny Smith on Sun, 03/13/2011 - 1:09pm
LDS Article Seminary Mom likes to split her classes into groups for gospel learning. Here's how she taught 3 Nephi 11 over the course of two days, while splitting into groups for researching the scripture topic: Today was a special day as we began our study of 3 Nephi 11, the crowning moment in the Book of Mormon. I know that the suggested teaching schedule ...
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Are you Paying Attention?

Submitted by Jenny Smith on Sun, 03/13/2011 - 1:07pm
Display a picture of a bird and a quarter. Then tell the following story: Two men were walking down a busy city street. The one asked the other, "Listen to that bird." "I don't hear a bird," the other replied. "No, you must listen harder." The second individual listened very carefully and after a few seconds, he finally heard the bird amongst the hustle of the street. The first individual asked, "Do you think THEY hear the bird?" The second man ...
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Scripture, Scripture, Who Has the Scripture

Submitted by Jenny Smith on Sun, 03/13/2011 - 10:33am
SCRIPTURE SCRIPTURE, WHO HAS THE SCRIPTURE? Announce to the class that we're playing a game called, "Scripture, Scripture, Who Has the Scripture?" Someone has hidden essential clues to eternal life and we are the detectives, finding those clues. On t...
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A Spiritual Feast - Using a multi-day scripture teaching theme

Submitted by Jenny Smith on Sun, 03/13/2011 - 10:23am
LDS Article Seminary Mom used lunch sacks to emphasize the importance of the material in 3 Nephi -- truly a spiritual feast. Kids in her class added notecards to their lunch sacks each day during the lesson to add to their feast. It's a great example of how to carry a theme over multiple days for lesson continuity. Below is her description of how it worked....
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Using Art to teach the Gospel

Submitted by Jenny Smith on Sun, 03/13/2011 - 9:42am
LDS Article Seminary Mom is big on hands-on activities, something I think is very important. Here are a couple of her ideas for using art to teach different messages in the scriptures: Principles to Live by (Helaman 15-16 Malachi 3 Principles to Live By Today our scripture block was Helaman 15-16. Using the manual I introduced several of the important disc...
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Scripture Memory - The 8 Best Game

Submitted by Jenny Smith on Sun, 03/13/2011 - 9:10am
Today we played a memory game. I had previously selected 8 scripture mastery scriptures that I felt needed review. Drawing a big sixteen-square table, I then mixed up scripture references and key words all over the board. Then I covered them with col...
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Scripture Scholar: Helaman 10-12

Submitted by Jenny Smith on Sun, 03/13/2011 - 9:03am
Today we finished up our scripture block of Helaman 7-12 for the week. I wanted to students to really "dial in" the events which occurred in the final three chapters of the block: 10-12. I followed the manual, using some of the quotes listed for chap...

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Building a House of God

Submitted by Jenny Smith on Sun, 03/13/2011 - 8:56am
Today we studied Helaman 10. To get started, I followed the teacher's manual with the questions included there (pages 202-203). Once we had discussed those points and I had read the two quotes included on those pages, I passed out six popsicle sticks...
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Build a Play: How to teach Gospel Students through Drama

Submitted by Jenny Smith on Sun, 03/13/2011 - 8:45am
LDS Article Here's a great example of using drama to help gospel students learn from Seminary Mom: One of my number one desires as a seminary teacher is to have my students fall in love with the scriptures. I want them to know these individuals we read about who really lived a long time ago. I want the students to feel the truthfulness of what they are reading...
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Signs of the Times

Submitted by Jenny Smith on Sun, 03/13/2011 - 8:35am
Today, to emphasize the material in the teacher's manual, we did a Signs-of-the-Times activity. As suggested by the manual, I made a copy of pages 299-300 in the appendix of the manual, "Helaman and 3 Nephi: a Parallel to the Second Coming of Christ....
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Spiritual Remedies from "Heavenly Halls Medical"

Submitted by Jenny Smith on Sun, 03/13/2011 - 8:27am
Today we began the study of Helaman, chapter 1-6. I intend to cover these chapters over the next two days. And when I begin a new book within The Book of Mormon (Alma, Helaman, Words of Mormon, etc.), I like to give an overview so that the students h...

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United We Stand

Submitted by Jenny Smith on Sun, 03/13/2011 - 8:16am
Today's scripture block was from Alma 54-57. My husband taught the lesson, as I've been battling a severe case of bronchitis. Here is the lesson plan I gave him, and from what I heard, he did very well! At the beginning of class he passed out a notch...
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