Skip to main content

Quick update

Going forwards, I'm going to break up my posts on lesson development into several pieces, to make them more manageable to read (and write):

  • I'll start off with a summarisation of the key chapters that are the subject of that week's Come Follow Me Primary manual.
  • I'll then do a brainstorming post where I jot down various inspirations that come to mind as I read through those chapters. Most of these ideas will end up in the rubbish bin, but they might be useful inspiration to others. 
  • There'll be a post on working up the ideas into a lesson plan. At the end of this, I'll answer the following questions to ensure that the plan ticks the right boxes:
    • What is the spiritual theme of the lesson?
    • What is the science (or other) topic that I want to use to help convey the theme?
    • How does the science illustrate the theme?
    • What will make the lesson fun?
  • The lesson plan itself will now be a separate post, which will make it easier for other teachers to refer to. 
    • It'll contain details on what you need to do in advance, any equipment you need, and a breakdown of the different activities.
  • Sometimes I might write down some retrospective notes after the lesson, e.g. on addressing any good questions that were asked.
I hope these changes will make the blog more useable as a teaching resource. If you have any comments or feedback, feel free to reply in the comments below, or on the Twitter thread.

Labels:

Comments

Post a Comment

Popular posts from this blog

Brief update

For the time being, I'm going to switch formats for future lesson plans, and post my thoughts and plans on Twitter instead. Twitter's terseness makes it much quicker to write, which is ideal as I don't often have time to write the more expansive blog posts. (It's also perhaps a bit more readable too, for anyone with a cursory interest but who doesn't have time to digest the lengthier posts here.) At some point I'll come back and revisit this, with a view to having detailed lesson plans and explanations for as much of the scriptures as I can. In the meantime, you can find me over at  https://twitter.com/bobby_science . 
Post a Comment
Read more

Lesson Plan - OT - Judges

 This post follows on from the previous few posts where: I reviewed the scriptures for this week's Come Follow Me Primary lesson. ( link ) I then brainstormed various science themes that could link to the scriptures. ( link ) Yesterday I worked up one of those themes into a potential lesson plan. ( link ) In this post, I'll provide a concise lesson plan for teachers to use if they find this useful. The first part of this post (in green) is an overview of the lesson aims, and the second part (in yellow) is the actual lesson plan that you can use.  Writing down the lesson plan for this weekend's Primary lesson. Photo by  Nils Stahl  on  Unsplash Overview What's the lesson about? It's about Gideon, one of the many Judges of Israel following the Prophet Joshua, struggling to have faith in Heavenly Father, and frequently doubting his veracity and asking for proof of his existence. It's also about the unorthodox way in which Gideon selected warriors for his battle aga...
Post a Comment
Read more

Brainstorming - D&C 41-44

My next lesson will be from this chapter of the Come Follow Me manual, which talks about D&C 41-44. I've read through the references and the manual chapter, and have started working up some ideas on how to teach. (If you're not familiar with how I approach planning lessons, this post provides some details .) The core of D&C 41-44 is about revelations given to Joseph Smith during his early days in Kirkland, Ohio, in February 1831. Chapter 41 is fairly short, and covers a decree regarding where Joseph will be housed. Chapter 42 is the longest. It starts by calling upon the brethren to go and teach, and also touches upon a reminder of the Commandments (twice), and what will later become the Law of Consecration , where Joseph exhorts his followers to pool their property in the name of the church in order to share more equitably amongst everyone. It also touches upon the idea of receiving personal revelation.  Chapter 43 deals with the issue of false teachings, and makes cl...
Post a Comment
Read more