REFRACTION
Monday, April 27, 2009
Monday, April 13, 2009
Week A15--Cultural Arts
Shakespeare
Shakespeare wrote plays, not books, so the best way to experience his art is by watching it. Rent a few of his plays this week. It is a good idea to preview these (Romeo and Juliet often contains nudity).
Suggestions:
Hamlet starring Mel Gibson
Taming of the Shrew starring Elizabeth Taylor
Shakespeare wrote plays, not books, so the best way to experience his art is by watching it. Rent a few of his plays this week. It is a good idea to preview these (Romeo and Juliet often contains nudity).
Suggestions:
Hamlet starring Mel Gibson
Taming of the Shrew starring Elizabeth Taylor
Monday, April 6, 2009
Week A14--history
MEMORY DATE: 2948 BC Enoch’s City is taken (in this lesson you will also memorize the order of the first ten patriarchs)
Concept: Enoch was the founder of the City of Zion, this city was translated. When the City was taken off the earth, Methuselah was left behind.
TIMELINE: Add the names and dates of these patriarchs:
Enos 3765 BC, lifeline to 2860 BC
Cainan 3675 BC, lifeline to 2765 BC
Mahalaleel 3605 BC, lifeline to 2710 BC
Jared 3540 BC, lifeline to 2578 BC
Enoch 3378 BC, lifeline to 2948 BC (this is when his city was taken up, he didn’t die)
Methuselah 3313 BC, lifeline to 2344
Remember Adam's righteous son Seth, who looked just like Adam?Well, Seth had a son named Enos, who had a son named Cainan, who had a son named Mahalaleel, who had a son named Jared, who had a very special son named Enoch. And Enoch had a son named Methuselah.
All of these men were at that last meeting that Adam held before he died. So all of them were taught not only from their fathers, but also from Adam, who had been taught by God himself. All of these men had the priesthood.Enoch was very, very righteous. Adam gave him the priesthood when he was 25, which probably seemed very young back when they lived so long (D&C 107:48). The Lord came and talked to Enoch face to face. He taught Enoch many things, and then told Enoch to preach to the people of the earth and tell them to repent.
There were a lot of people on the earth by this time, and many of them were not being good. Many people listened to Enoch, repented, and were good. Enoch led them, and they made a righteous city to live in. The people in the city were all good and loving. They took care of each other and had no poor people.The unrighteous people did not like the good people. They came to fight Enoch's people. God gave Enoch power, and Enoch commanded mountains to move, rivers to change the way they were flowing, and a new land to come up out of the sea. The wicked people were very afraid. Instead of attacking, they ran.The wicked people began to fight each other and had many awful wars, but they would not fight Enoch's righteous city, which was named the City of Zion.
God told Enoch that the people of the earth were becoming so wicked that He was going to destroy them with a flood. Only one man, Enoch's great-grandson, and that man's wife, three sons, and their wives, would survive.When Enoch's son Methuselah heard about this, he knew that Noah would be his grandson. "All the people on the earth after the flood will come from me!" he thought. He was prideful about it.The people in Enoch's city, Zion, were still very, very righteous. When the city was 365 years old (Enoch himself was 430) God took Enoch and the whole city of Zion off of the earth to a righteous place. But Methuselah was left behind.We know that in these last days, a new City of Zion will be built in Missouri, and the people from the old Zion will join us here on earth once more. It will be a very happy reunion.
ACTIVITIES: Make a poster showing the line from Adam and Eve to Methuselah. Older children can use the ages of the men as given in the Pearl of Great Price to tell how old Adam was as each generation was born.
SONG w/ music notes (\/A is the A below middle C, /\ A is the A above, all other notes are middle C and above)
The Ancient Ten
Adam /\ A G
Seth, Enos E D E
Cainan /\ A G
Mahalaleel E D DE
Jared /\ A G
And Enoch E D E
And Methuselah /\ A G E D E
Then Lamech \/ A CC
And Noah C D D
These are the ancient ten, C CC C C D
And the whole world ought to get along E E /\ A G E D E D \/A
For we all descend from them. \/A C E D C \/A C
Describe how you would imagine the City of Zion. Describe the people and the way they would act.
Concept: Enoch was the founder of the City of Zion, this city was translated. When the City was taken off the earth, Methuselah was left behind.
TIMELINE: Add the names and dates of these patriarchs:
Enos 3765 BC, lifeline to 2860 BC
Cainan 3675 BC, lifeline to 2765 BC
Mahalaleel 3605 BC, lifeline to 2710 BC
Jared 3540 BC, lifeline to 2578 BC
Enoch 3378 BC, lifeline to 2948 BC (this is when his city was taken up, he didn’t die)
Methuselah 3313 BC, lifeline to 2344
Remember Adam's righteous son Seth, who looked just like Adam?Well, Seth had a son named Enos, who had a son named Cainan, who had a son named Mahalaleel, who had a son named Jared, who had a very special son named Enoch. And Enoch had a son named Methuselah.
All of these men were at that last meeting that Adam held before he died. So all of them were taught not only from their fathers, but also from Adam, who had been taught by God himself. All of these men had the priesthood.Enoch was very, very righteous. Adam gave him the priesthood when he was 25, which probably seemed very young back when they lived so long (D&C 107:48). The Lord came and talked to Enoch face to face. He taught Enoch many things, and then told Enoch to preach to the people of the earth and tell them to repent.
There were a lot of people on the earth by this time, and many of them were not being good. Many people listened to Enoch, repented, and were good. Enoch led them, and they made a righteous city to live in. The people in the city were all good and loving. They took care of each other and had no poor people.The unrighteous people did not like the good people. They came to fight Enoch's people. God gave Enoch power, and Enoch commanded mountains to move, rivers to change the way they were flowing, and a new land to come up out of the sea. The wicked people were very afraid. Instead of attacking, they ran.The wicked people began to fight each other and had many awful wars, but they would not fight Enoch's righteous city, which was named the City of Zion.
God told Enoch that the people of the earth were becoming so wicked that He was going to destroy them with a flood. Only one man, Enoch's great-grandson, and that man's wife, three sons, and their wives, would survive.When Enoch's son Methuselah heard about this, he knew that Noah would be his grandson. "All the people on the earth after the flood will come from me!" he thought. He was prideful about it.The people in Enoch's city, Zion, were still very, very righteous. When the city was 365 years old (Enoch himself was 430) God took Enoch and the whole city of Zion off of the earth to a righteous place. But Methuselah was left behind.We know that in these last days, a new City of Zion will be built in Missouri, and the people from the old Zion will join us here on earth once more. It will be a very happy reunion.
ACTIVITIES: Make a poster showing the line from Adam and Eve to Methuselah. Older children can use the ages of the men as given in the Pearl of Great Price to tell how old Adam was as each generation was born.
SONG w/ music notes (\/A is the A below middle C, /\ A is the A above, all other notes are middle C and above)
The Ancient Ten
Adam /\ A G
Seth, Enos E D E
Cainan /\ A G
Mahalaleel E D DE
Jared /\ A G
And Enoch E D E
And Methuselah /\ A G E D E
Then Lamech \/ A CC
And Noah C D D
These are the ancient ten, C CC C C D
And the whole world ought to get along E E /\ A G E D E D \/A
For we all descend from them. \/A C E D C \/A C
Describe how you would imagine the City of Zion. Describe the people and the way they would act.
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