Teaching, No Greater Call

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Contents

Part A

Part B

Part C

Part D

Part E

Part F

Part G

Part A- Your Call to Teach

1-No Greater Call

The Role of Teaching...

Every Member a Teacher

2-Nourishing the Soul

The Gospel of Jesus Christ: Lasting Nourishment...

Some Teaching Does Not Nourish the Soul

The Challenge of Nourishing Others

3-The Teacher's Divine Commission

Prepare Yourself Spiritually

4-Seeking the Gift of Charity

What You Can Do to Receive the Gift...

5-Seeking the Spirit

Living in a Way That Helps Us...

The Blessings of Receiving...

6-Seeking to Obtain the Word

Lerning "by Study and Also by Faith"

Recommitting Ourselves to a Study...

7-Developing a Personal Plan for Studying...

What to Study

When to Study

How to Study

Do What You Can

8-Living What You Teach

The Influence of Example

Striving to Live the Gospel

9-Called, Set Apart, and Magnified

Receiving the Call to Teach

Being Sustained and Set Apart

Magnifying Your Calling...

Improve Upon Your Talents

10-Looking for Lessons Everywhere

Developing a Teacher's Eyes and Ears

Keeping Track of Impressions That Come

Making a Plan to Improve Your Teaching

Assessing Your Own Strengths...

Making a Plan for Improvement

Setting a Goal and Recording Your Progress

Qualities That Matter Most

With the Lord's Help, You Can Improve

12-Obtaining Support From Your Leaders

Orientations for New Teachers

Contacting Leaders to Counsel with Them

Classroom Visits

Part B: Basic Principles of Gospel Teaching

1-Love Softens Hearts

The Power of a Teacher's Love

How Christlike Love Affects Our Teaching

Additional Information

2-Understanding Those You Teach

Learning the Common Characteristics...

Getting to Know Each Person You Teach

Considering Similarities and Differences...

3-Reaching Out to the One

Reaching Out to Individuals...

Reaching Out at Other Times

4-Helping New Members and Less-Active...

"A Friend"

"A Responsibility"

"Nurturing with'the Good Word of God'"

5-Teaching Those with Disabilities

Hearing Loss

Language and Speech Disorders

Mental Disabilities

Difficulties with Reading

Visual Impairment

Additional Information

Resources for Members Who Have Disabilities

Sidebar-'Teach by the Spirit'

The Spirit is the True Teacher

The Spirit's Role in Gospel Teaching

Humbly Serving as Instruments...

Additional Information

7-Teaching with Testimony

What Is a Testimony?

Making Testimony a Part of Your Teaching

Testimony Inspires Testimony

8-Inviting the Spirit As You Teach

Pray

Teach from the Scriptures...

Bear Testimony

Share Experiences

Use Music

Express Love for the Lord and for Others

Additional Information

9-Recognizing and Following the Spirit...

Recognize the Spirit

The Spirit Can Guide You...

The Spirit Can Guide You While You Teach

You Can Help Others Recognize the Spirit

10-The Power of the Word

Why We Should Teach the Word of God

Teaching from the Scriptures and the Words...

11-Keeping the Doctrine Pure

Your Responsibilities as a Teacher

Cautions for Gospel Teachers

12-Teaching from the Scriptures

"Seek to Obtain [the] Word"

Conduct Discussions and Use Questions

Provide Context

Share Scriptural Stories

Share Biographical Information

Use "Look for" and "Listen for" Approaches

"Liken All Scriptures unto Us"

Read Aloud

Use the Study Helps in the Scriptures

Scripture Marking and Margin Notes

Suggestions for Using the Scriptures...

13-Helping Individuals Take Responsibility...

Each Individual's Responsibility to Learn...

The Teacher's Role in Helping Individuals...

Encouraging Self-Reliance in Gospel Learning

Additional Information

14-Conducting Discussions

Suggestions for Conducting Discussions

Bringing Discussions to a Close

15-Listening

How Careful Listening Can Help Those You Teach

How Careful Listening Can Help You as a Teacher

Suggestions for More Effective Listening

16-Teaching with Questions

General Guidelines for Preparing Questions

General Guidelines for Asking Questions

Creative Uses of Questions

Additional Information

17-Helping Learners Be Attentive

Observe and Listen to Those You Teach

How to Help Learners Be Attentive

Individuals' Responsibility to Participate

18-How to Tell if They are Learning

How to Determine If Learners Understand

19-Helping Others Live What They Learn

Ensure That Learners Understand...

Help Others Learn by the Spirit

Encourage Learners to "Go, and Do..."

Sidebar-'Create a Learning Atmosphere'

20-Preparing the Classroom

Suggestions for Preparing the Classroom

Asking Learners to Help You

21-Teaching Others to Contribute...

Characteristics of a Learning Atmosphere

Teaching Others about a Learning Atmosphere

Additional Information

22-How Teachers Can Contribute to a Learning...

Prepare Yourself Spiritually

Love and Reach Out to Each Individual

Dress Appropriately

Greet Learners Warmly

Begin in a Manner That Invites Attention

Encourage Mutual Respect

Encourage Enthusiasm for Learning the Gospel

Teach of Christ

Use a Variety of Teaching Methods...

Share Your Feelings, Experiences, and...

Additional Suggestions for Those Who...

Additional Information

23-Reverence

Setting an Example of Reverence

Specific Ways to Teach Reverent Conduct

24-Helping Those Who Become Disruptive

Remember the Worth of Souls

Seek to Understand Those You Teach

Evaluate Your Own Efforts

Evaluate Your Motives

Help All Class Members Contribute...

Respond in Simple Ways...

Make Special Efforts to Help Those Who...

Specific Suggestions for Primary Teachers

Sidebar-'Use Effective Methods

25-Teaching with Variety

Using a Variety of Methods from...

Using a Variety of Medthods in Each Lesson

Selecting and Preparing a Variety...

Keeping Variety in Your Lessons

26-Choosing Appropriate Methods

Will the method invite the Spirit?

Does the method match the sacredness...

Will the method edify and strengthen...

Is the material church-approved?

Have I followed correct procedures...?

Additional Information

27-Choosing Effective Methods

Will the method help learners better understand...?

Will the method make wise use of time?

Will the method meet the needs of those I teach?

Do I use the same method too often?

Additional Information

28-Beginning the Lesson

Guidelines for Beginning a Lesson

Examples of Effective Lesson Beginnings

29-Concluding the Lesson

Qualities of Effective Conclusions

Allowing Time for a Conclusion

Modifying Your Prepared Conclusions

30-Taking Time to Prepare

Beginning Lesson Preparation Early

Finding Joy in Preparation

Taking Time for Personal Preparation

31-Preparing Lessons

Beginning Lesson Preparation Early

Three Questions to Guide Your Lesson...

Cultivating Your Ideas

Adjusting and Revising As Needed

32-Creating Lessons from Conference Talks...

Example of How to Plan a Lesson from...

33-Adapting Lesson to Those You Teach

Examples of Lesson Adaptations

Adapting Lessons for Different Age-Groups

34-Evaluating Lesson Presentations

Questions to Help You Evaluate...

35-Church Resources for Teaching the Gospel

Meetinghouse Library

Part C: Teaching Different Age Groups

1-Teaching Children

Guidelines for Understanding and Teaching...

Strengthening Families

2-Age Characteristics of Children

The Eighteen-Month-Old

The Two-Year-Old

The Three-Year-Old

The Four-Year-Old

The Five-Year-Old

The Six-Year-Old

The Seven-Year-Old

The Eight-Year-Old

The Nine-Year-Old

The Ten-or Eleven Year-Old

3-Teaching Children in Mixed Age-Groups

Have Older Children Assist Younger Children

Simplify Parts of Activities for the Younger...

Use Stations, Dividing the Children According...

4-Understanding and Teaching Youth

Understanding Young People

Understanding the Challenges...

What Youth Need from Adults

5-Teaching Youth Through Group Activities

Teach by Example

Plan Teaching Opportunities

Take Advantage of Unplanned Teaching Moments

Use Activities as a Basis for Teaching...

Guidelines and Policies for Planning Activities

6-Understanding and Teaching Adults

Common Characteristics of Adult Learners

Part D: Teaching in the Home

1-Parents' Teaching Responsibility

What Parents Should Teach Their Children

How Parents Can Teach Their Children

It is Never Too Late...

2-Fathers as Teachers

3-Mothers as Teachers

4-Parents' Teaching Partnership

Taking Time to Plan Together

The Importance of Unity in Teaching Children

5-Teaching Through Patters of Gospel Living

Specific Things We Can Do...

Changing Unwanted Patterns in Our Families

6-Regular Occasions for Teaching....

Family Prayer

Family Scripture Study

Family Home Evening

Family Mealtimes

Family Councils

Private Visits

Sidebar

7-Teaching Moments in Family Life

Addressing Children's Questions or Worries

Discussion Problems That Affect Children's Peers

Sharing Opportunities to Make Correct Choices

Discussing Ideas Presented through the Media

Helping Children Learn from Mistakes

Explaining Reasons for Giving Service

Helping Children Manage Their Emotions

Helping children Recognize the Influence...

Learning Lessons from Nature

8-The Teaching Influence of Other Family...

The Teaching Influence of Grandparents

The Teaching Influence of Brothers & Sisters

The Teaching Influence of Uncles, Aunts,...

The Teaching Influence of Children

Sidebar-'Home Teaching and Visiting Teaching'

9-The Teaching Part of Home Teaching

Selecting the Message

Preparing the Message

Delivering the Message

10-The Teaching Part of Visiting Teaching

Selecting the Message

Preparing the Message

Delivering the Message

Part E: Teaching in Leadership Settings

1-To Lead is to Teach

Your Responsibility as a Leader to Teach...

Some Ways in Which You Teach as a Leader

2-Teaching in Leadership Meetings

Deciding What to Teach

Inviting the Spirit through Reverence

3-Teaching in Interviews

Principles for Teaching in Interviews

4-When Leaders Teach Teachers

Love Each Teacher Purely

Point Out the Good Things the Teachers...

Respect Each Teacher's Divine Potential

Allow Teachers to Make Their Own Plans...

Give Correction with Humility, Love, and...

Part F: Methods of Teaching

ACTIVITY SHEETS

ACTIVITY VERSES

Example of an Activity Verse

How to Teach an Activity Verse

APPLICATION TECHNIQUES

ATTENTION ACTIVITIES (ATTENTION GETTERS)

AUDIOVISUAL MATERIALS (VIDEO CASS...)

How to Use Audiovisual Materials

BRAINSTORMING

Examples of Brainstorming Activities

How to Conduct a Brainstorming Activity

BUZZ SESSIONS

Example of a Buzz Session

How to Conduct a Buzz Session

CASE STUDIES

Examples of Case Studies

How to Create a Case Study

CHALKBOARDS

Guidelines for Using Chalkboards

CHORAL READINGS (SEE ALSO...)

Example of a Choral Reading

How to Conduct Choral Readings

COMPARISON & OBJECT LESSONS

Comparisons

Object Lessons

When to Use Comparisons and Object Lessons

DEMONSTRATIONS

How to Prepare and Present a Demonstraton

DIORAMAS (SEE ALSO PAPER...)

Examples of Dioramas and Figures

Recipe for Salt Dough

DISCUSSIONS

DRAMATIZATIONS

Types of Dramatizations

How to Prepare and Conduct Dramatizations

Cautions aout the Portrayal of Deity...

DRAWING ACTIVITIES

Examples of Drawing Activities

Guidelines for Conducting Drawing Activities

EXAMPLES

How to Use Examples

FLANNEL BOARDS

How to Make a Flannel Board

How to Make Flannel-Board Figures

GAMES

How to Select Games

Examples of Games

GUEST SPEAKERS

How to Work with a Guest Speaker

LECTURES

How to Give Lectures

LIKENING

MAPS

How to Use Maps

MEMORIZATION

How to Help Learners Memorize

MUSIC

Enhancing Lessons with Music

Selecting and Preparing Appropriate Music

Suggestions for Conducting Songs

Using Music to Teach Children

MUSIC WITH NARRATIVES (SING A-STORY)

Example of Music with Narratives

Guidelines for Preparing Music with Narratives

OBJECT LESSONS

OVERHEAD PROJECTORS (see also...)

PANEL DISCUSSIONS

How to Prepare for a Panel Discussion

How to Conduct a Panel Discussion

PAPER STAND-UP FIGURES (see also...)

How to Make a Paper Stand-Up Figure

PICTURES (see also VISUALS)

Displaying Pictures

How to Teach with Pictures

PUPPETS

QUESTIONS

READERS' THEATERS (see also...)

Example of a Readers' Theater

How to Conduct Readers' Theaters

RECITATIONS (see also CHORAL ...)

Example of a Recitation

How to Conduct a Recitation

ROLE PLAYING

Examples of Role Playing

How to Use Role Playing

General Guidelines for Role Playing

ROLLER BOXES

How to Make a Roller Box

SCRIPTURES, MARKING AND WRITING...

SCRIPTURES, MEMORIZATION OF

SCRIPTURES, READING ALOUD

SCRIPTURES, STUDY HELPS IN

SCRIPTURES, TEACHING FROM

SING-A-STORY

STATIONS

Examples of Stations

STORIES

Selecting Stories

Different Kinds of Stories

Guidelines for Preparing and Telling a Story

Additional Suggestions for Telling a Story...

VISUALS (see also PICTURES)

WHITE BOARDS

WORK SHEETS

Examples of Work Sheets

Guidelines for Creating and Using Work Sheets

Part G: The Teaching the Gospel Course

Helps for the Course Instructor

Purpose of the Course

Course Overview

Format of the Course

Preparing to Teach the Course

Preparing to Teach the Course (Split)

Working with Class Members

The Promise of Divine Assistance

Personal and Family Study of the Course

Keys to Studying on Your Own...

1-The Importance of Gospel Teaching...

Purpose

Note to the Teacher

Preparation

Suggested Lesson Development

Conclusion

2-Love Those You Teach

Purpose

Note to the Teacher

Preparation

Suggested Lesson Development

Conclusion

3-Teach by the Spirit

Purpose

Note to the Teacher

Preparation

Suggested Lesson Development

Conclusion

4-Teach the Doctrine

Purpose

Note to the Teacher

Preparation

Suggested Lesson Development

Conclusion

5-Invite Diligent Learning

Purpose

Note to the Teacher

Preparation

Suggested Lesson Development

Conclusion

6-Create a Learning Atmosphere-Part 1

Purpose

Note to the Teacher

Preparation

Suggested Lesson Development

Conclusion

7-Creat a Learning Atmosphere-Part 2

Purpose

Note to the Teacher

Preparation

Suggested Lesson Development

Conclusion

8-Use Effective Methods-Part 1

Purpose

Note to the Teacher

Preparation

Suggested Lesson Development

Conclusion

9-Use Effective Methods-Part 2

Purpose

Note to the Teacher

Preparation

Suggested Lesson Development

Conclusion

10-Prepare Every Needful Thing

Purpose

Note to the Teacher

Preparation

Suggested Lesson Development

Conclusion

11-Improve upon Your Talents

Purpose

Note to the Teacher

Preparation

Suggested Lesson Development

Conclusion

12-Go Forth and Teach

Purpose

Note to the Teacher

Preparation

Suggested Lesson Development

Conclusion

Index

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