Object Lessons
Teaching Techniques
Stories
Grab Bag
Monthly themes
100

In this video, we learned about "getting anchored" so that we can survive the times in our lives when we are figuratively upside down and underwater.

What is the helicopter crash training video?

100

This is a great way to teach a gospel principle by relating it to something else that is familiar.

What is an analogy?

100

Brother Brooks shared this story from his life as a youth where he was doing this activity in church and he felt that his voice was booming and he felt the spirit very powerfully.

What is blessing the sacrament?

100

This is the game we played regularly about the previous week's class.

What is Kahoot!?

100

This theme in July discussed the things that we DO from the fourth article of faith.

What are Ordinances and covenants?

200

This object compared to the light of "always remembering him" in our lives. It can be recharged with the right source and it fades over time if not renewed. 

What is glow in the dark powder?

200

When teaching, this technique is great way to relate real world experiences to gospel principles.

What is telling a story?

200

Brother Brooks provided everyone in the class with one of these, if they filled out the form.

What is a genealogical history?

200

Each saving ordinance includes one of these.

What is a covenant?

200

This theme from December included a lesson where we did role playing.

What is building the kingdom of God or missionary work?

300

This is a common household item shown where it was zoomed in so far that it made it difficult to determine what it was. 

What is a picture of a toothbrush bristle?

300

This technique is often the most powerful for teaching the gospel and it revolves around how you live your life.

What is being an example?

300

This is a rating that pilots get so that they can fly in bad weather. To get this rating, they need to wear a hood that prevents them from looking out the window to get their bearings.

What is an instrument rating?

300

This maxim was written on the walls of the greek temple at delphi and rhymes with "show thyself."

What is "Know thyself"

300

This theme from November is about being able to survive both spiritually and temporally independently.

What is self reliance?

400

This was an analogy about music and the gospel where you may need to understand more about a situation to appreciate the music.

What is the song that resembled Mario?

400

This technique is where you tell about your personal beliefs learned through study, prayer, and experience.

What is sharing your testimony?

400

In class, we each made analogies of this, which included comparing it to playing the trumpet, coloring an image, the seams of a baseball, hiking, and learning to drive.

What is "scripture study?"

400

Double Jeopardy!

These are the five love languages.

Gifts, acts of kindness, touch, words of affirmation, quality time

400

This theme from August is directly related to the highest ordinance that can be performed in the temple.

What is marriage and family?

500

Daily Double:

These are the three parts of agency

Law (or consequence), Knowledge of the law, and freedom to choose.

500

This technique draws on the stories and experiences of prophets of the past.

What is reading scriptures?

500

This is a rating that pilots get so that they can fly in bad weather. To get this rating, they need to wear a hood that prevents them from looking out the window to get their bearings.

What is an instrument rating?

500

In two lessons in September we discussed that this is a sacrifice and that it gives us knowledge.

What is obedience?

500

This theme from October is about trying to get better and better in the example of our savior.  

What is becoming more Christlike?