Part One - Stories
Kay, so the lesson online gave a suggestion on an effective way to have the students practice teaching each other about the priesthood. It suggested looking up story indexes from the conference editions of the Ensign, having each student read a story, and then summarize the story for the class and tell what they learned about the priesthood from the story.
Here is a list of talks I found on lds.org that have specific stories about the priesthood within them and the links to each of the talks:
1. This is Your Phone Call by Bishop Richard C. Edgley, May 2009
2. The Powers of Heaven by Elder David A. Bednar, May 2012
3. The Power of the Priesthood by Elder Boyd K. Packer, May 2010
4. A second story in the same talk, The Power of the Priesthood by Elder Boyd K. Packer, May 2010
5. Be Your Best Self by President Thomas S. Monson, May 2009
6. Be Ready by President Henry B. Eyering, Nov. 2009
7. The Priesthood of Aaron by Elder L. Tom Perry, Nov. 2010
8. Sacred Keys of the Aaronic Priesthood by Larry M. Gibson, May 2011
It went really well. I unexpectedly had to add another class to my usual class, so instead of having one story per person, I just gave one story to two kids to share. They read it to each other, and one of them summarized the story while the other told us what they learned about the priesthood from the story. The kids found so much meaning in the stories - more than I had found when I read them, and I loved giving them a chance to practice teaching.
Part Two - Grab Bag
One of the things I really love about this pilot program for the youth is that you can tell that people acquainted with the youth really put a lot of thought into the curriculum. They have good ideas for engaging the students. This was another idea straight from online.
Assemble a bag full of items.
Each student pulls an item from the bag and says what that item has to do with the priesthood. Again, the kids were coming up with way more meanings than I had come up with when I was preparing. And they loved this activity. Here are the items I had in my bag and the meanings I thought of if the kids were stumped:
1. An instrument - an instrument in the hands of God.
2. Calendar - home teachers should visit monthly
3. FHE manual - Dad presides and leads FHE.
4. Toy hands - laying on of hands.
5. Picture of teacher - a teacher is one of the offices of the priesthood.
6. Picture of Earth - the priesthood is God's authority on this earth.
7. Book - The Help - the Lord can help you with your priesthood callings.
8. Phone - when you receive a priesthood calling, you are called of God.
9. Keys - Priesthood keys give jurisdiction.
10. Battery - the priesthood is the eternal power of God.
11. "My name is ______" tag - priesthood holders act in God's name.
12. Box elder bug picture - one of the offices of the Melchizadek priesthood is an elder.
13. Hammer - priesthood quorums build unity and brotherhood.
14. Toy house - priesthood holders serve as home teachers.
15. Male restroom sign - male members of the church hold the priesthood.
Part Three
The lesson kept talking about how questions can lead to real understanding in teaching, and as I kept pondering that, I thought of the game of Jeopardy, where your answers always have to be in the form of a question. And I decided to do a little priesthood review game of jeopardy. Here's my board:
I loosely taped each score card thing at the top, and when a kid answered the question correctly, I ripped it off and gave it to the kid so they could keep track of their own points. Way easier than me doing it. The kids really got into it and had a lot of fun. Here are the categories, questions, and answers:
Priesthood
Jeopardy
Scripture
Chase
100 James
5:14. “Let them pray over him, _______________ him with oil in the
name of the Lord.”
Answer: What is
anointing?
200 D&C 13.
“The Priesthood holds the keys of the ministering of __________.”
Answer: What
are angels?
300 D&C
20:46. “The priest's ____________ is to preach, teach, expound,
exhort, and baptized, and administer the sacrament.”
Answer: What is
duty?
400 D&C
84:33. Part of the oath and covenant of the priesthood is to
____________ your calling.
Answer: What is
magnify?
500 D&C
107:19. Worthily receiving and exercising the priesthood brings you
closer to the ___________ of God.
Answer: What is
presence?
Quorums
100 The
Stake President presides over a quorum of ___________ _____________.
Answer: What
are high priests?
200 The President
of the Church and his counselors form the Quorum of the ____________
Presidency.
Answer: What is
first?
300 The Twelve
_____________ also form a quorum.
Answer: What
are apostles?
400 Each ward or
branch normally has quorums of Elders, Priests, Teachers, and
______________.
Answer: What
are deacons?
500 High priests
are also organized in wards, serving in high priest _______________.
Answer: What
are groups?
Duties
100 Deacons
and _____________ are appointed to watch over and be standing
ministers in the Church. (See D&C 84:111)
Answer: What
are teachers?
200 A
______________ assists the teacher in all his duties in the Church if
occasion requires.
Answer: What is
a deacon?
300 Elders are to
conduct ______________.
Answer: What
are meetings?
400 A priest's
duty is to preach, teach, expound, exhort, baptized, and ___________
the sacrament.
Answer: What is
administer?
500 Priests visit
the house of each member and exhort them to __________ vocally and in
secret.
Answer: What is
pray?
The Priesthood
in the Home
100 The
father should lead the family in this spiritual activity.
Answer: What is
family prayer OR scripture study OR FHE?
200 Another
spiritual activity the father should lead the family in doing.
Answer: What is
family prayer OR scripture study OR FHE?
300 A third
spiritual activity the father should lead the family in doing.
Answer: What is
family prayer OR scripture study OR FHE?
400 One of the
reasons we ask for priesthood blessings.
Answer: What is
direction OR healing OR comfort?
500 Another
reason we ask for priesthood blessings.
Answer: What is
direction OR healing OR comfort?
Home Teaching
100 The
earliest priesthood office you can hold to be a home teacher.
Answer: What is
a teacher?
200 How often a
home teacher should visit his assigned members.
Answer: What is
monthly?
300 Leaders in
wards or branches should ______ __ with home teachers to make sure
they're doing their home teaching.
Answer: What is
follow up?
400 Home teachers
can help members prepare to go to the _________ and receive eternal
ordinances.
Answer: What is
the temple?
500 Home teachers
teach the _____________ to each family member.
Answer: What is
the gospel?
Keys
100 The
____________ holds priesthood keys that enable him to preside in his
ward.
Answer: Who is
the bishop?
200 He holds all
the keys of the priesthood.
Answer: Who is
Christ?
300 He holds the
keys for governing the entire church.
Answer: Who is
the President of the Church?
400 He holds the
keys for operating the temple.
Answer: Who is
the temple president?
500 A person
holds the keys only until he is ________________.
Answer: What is
released?
And there you have my lesson. It went really well.
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ReplyDeleteThis is a little embarrassing but I never watched Jeopardy when I was younger. Can you tell me how you played this? Do the youth just take turns? What if they get the question wrong? Then what? I would love to use this on Sunday....please email me and let me know how you did this. Thanks!
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I just love your way of teaching. Thanks so much for the help. I teach the 14-15 year old Sunday School and every time I use your ideas, the kids really listen and learn. Thanks again!
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ReplyDeleteI was just asked to give the lesson this Sunday and found this post. You are AMAZING!! I find it hard to teach the Young Women about the priesthood. This is great! Thank you soooo much for sharing your wonderful ideas!
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ReplyDeleteGreat idea! I created a Microsoft Power Point game from this using an example from http://www.iup.edu/teachingexcellence/reflective-practice/past-events/2008-09/sample-games-to-be-used-in-the-classroom/
ReplyDeleteYou'll need to download it and present it from Power Point (It WON'T work if presented from Google Drive).
You should be able to download it from the following link:
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Thank you so much!
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