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Junior

Book of Mormon

Student Activity

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Published by

Textbook Publishers

Junior Book of Mormon Student Activity Book Copyright @ 2003, 2017

ALL RIGHTS RESERVED

Except for immediate family and home use, no portion of this workbook may be copied,

printed or published without written permission from the author.

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Dear Student,

Welcome to the study of the Book of Mormon!

You will be studying the Book of Mormon three times this year, with a

method called “HOOK DATES.” These Hook Dates are main dates in the

Book of Mormon that you will memorize. After you memorize them, you will

add people and events to the dates. Each time you go through the Book of

Mormon, you can add new knowledge and understanding.

This Activity Book is yours to keep. You can do all the activities during

class or at home. At the end of the school year you can create your OWN

activity book. The pages for this are in the back.

We hope you have fun learning about the most correct book on earth – the

Book of Mormon! Set a goal to read the whole Book of Mormon this year.

The chart on the next page will help you keep track of what you have read.

Reading this wonderful book will help you remember Jesus always and help

you Choose the Right.

Now let’s have some fun!

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Memorize the Ten Book of Mormon Hook-Dates

2200 B.C.

600 B.C.

130 B.C.

90 B.C.

73 B.C.

64 B.C.

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A.D. 34

A.D. 333

A. D. 421

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(Step 2)

Memorize the Ten Key Personalities

2200 B.C. Brother of Jared

600 B.C. Lehi and Mulek

130 B.C. Mosiah & Benjamin

90 B.C. Alma

73 B.C. Captain Moroni

64 B.C. Helaman

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A.D. 34 Jesus Christ

A.D. 333 Mormon

A. D. 421 Moroni

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(Step 3)

Memorize the Ten Main Events

2200 B.C.

Brother of Jared Tower of Babel

600 B.C. Lehi and Mulek Journeys to

America

130 B.C. Mosiah and Benjamin

A Covenant People

90 B.C. Alma Missionary Work

73 B.C. Captain Moroni Title of Liberty

64 B.C. Helaman 2,000 Faithful

Sons

- 0 - Nephi III Christ’s Birth

A.D. 34 Jesus Christ Savior Visits

America

A.D. 333 Mormon A Fallen People

A.D. 421 Moroni Plates of Gold

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Book of Mormon Hook-Date Practice Page

(Make as many copies of this page as you wish for practice.)

How fast can you write down the ten hook-dates, the key people, and the main events

from memory? When your teacher says AGO!@ time yourself. Below, write your name, today=s date,

and how long it took you to finish. Try it again later and see if you can beat your own score!

HOOK DATE KEY PEOPLE MAIN EVENT

Name: Date:

I finished the hook dates in minutes and seconds

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HOOK DATE 2200 B.C.

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The Tower of Babel 1. The peo-ple of Bab-y-lon spoke in one lang-uage, they all were of one speech. De-scen-dants of No-

ah, they set-tled in Shi=nar, the Lord's Word was once preached -• But they re-fused to o-bey. But they re-fused to o-bey.

2. The Bab-y-lon lead-er was Nim-rod who want-ed to rule all the o-thers. He taught pride and wick-ed-ness to all the child-ren, their fa-thers and mo-thers. He led the peo-ple

a-stray. He led the peo-ple a-stray.

3. Now Nim-rod was sure that the Lord would be an-gry, and He might de-stroy them. So he told the peo-ple to build up a tow-er to reach up to hea-ven.

So they won't drown in a flood. So they won't drown in a flood. 4. "Build cit-y and tow-er to reach unto heav-en!" was what he re-quired. The Tow-er of Ba-bel grew tall-er and tall-er, they burned bricks with fire. They built with mor-tar and

mud. They built with mor-tar and mud. 5. Then came down the Lord and He looked on the cit-y and saw Nim-rod's tow-er. He swore in His wrath that He'd scat-ter the peo-ple -- His word was His pow-er! "Con-found the lan-

guage and spread! Con-found the lan-guage and spread!"

6. The Broth-er of Ja-red and all of his fam-i-ly plead-ed for mer-cy! They hoped that the Lord would-n't con-found their lang-uage, or give them the curs-ing. So Mor-i-

an-cum-er prayed, So Mor-i-an-cum-er prayed.

7. The Lord led the Broth-er of Jar-ed and showed him a new land, a choice land. And they crossed the o-cean in eight light-ed bar-ges and came by the Lord's hand. He brought them

un-to this land! He brought them un-to this land! Repeat:

Jared's peo-ple had come... A-mer-i-ca was their home! A-mer-i-ca was their home!

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WEEK #1 – 2200 B.C. -- ACTIVITY

Tower of Babel ROLE PLAY

BUILD THE TOWER -- Three or four students are chosen. (Choose students who are bi-lingual, or who know how to speak Pig-Latin.* If bi- lingual students are not available, have them "make up" any unintelligible gibberish that they wish, after the languages are changed.) The chosen students build a tower with large plain cardboard boxes. Unbeknown to the class, another student is hidden inside the bottom box of the "tower." JARED AND MORIANCUMER: Two boys are chosen. One to be Jared (political leader) and the other Moriancumer (prophet). Moriancumer tells Jared that the Lord is angry with the people for not obeying His commandment to spread throughout the whole earth to build their families. Moriancumer reports to Jared that the Lord is going to change all the peoples' languages. If they can’t understand each other, they will form groups and find their own places to live. THEN they will spread out! Shocked, Jared pleads with Moriancumer to ask the Lord to please not confound their language. Moriancumer leaves the room for a moment and comes back to report to Jared (who is pacing back and forth in anguish) that the Lord granted their wish.

Jared is jubilant! Then he thinks about his friends. Jared asks his brother to inquire of the Lord about their friends, and if they too could be spared the awful judgment, and not have their language confounded. Moriancumer goes out and returns to report that the Lord agreed. Jared is very happy. Then Jared asks where they should go and what they should do. Moriancumer goes out again, and then reports that they are to build barges and go to the Promised Land--a land choice above all other lands. They both exit joyfully. LANGUAGES ARE CONFOUNDED: Suddenly there is thunder and lightning (class members in the "audience" pound on tables and the lights in the room are flashed off and on). The tower begins to sway back and forth until it is destroyed. (Student inside the bottom box slowly rocks back and forth & up and down to topple the other boxes to the ground.) Thunder stops. Lights stay off. Shocked and dismayed, the children who were building the tower begin to speak different languages. They become angry with each other and separate - taking their imaginary families with them to separate parts of the classroom.

CONCLUSION: Jared and Moriancumer enter, and Moriancumer proclaims to the audience: "And the Lord said unto me, 'I will go before thee unto a land which is choice above all the lands of the earth. And there will I bless thee and thy seed,...And there shall be none greater than the nation which I will raise up unto me of thy seed, upon all the face of the earth." (Ether 1:42-43) SONG: All the class and role-play participants sing either "Moriancumer'' or "The tower of Babel" song. (These songs are in the student workbooks.) * Pig-Latin is spoken like this: Take the first letter of a word an put it on the END of the word, adding “AY” to the sound. Examples: (1) ig-pay atin-lay is how to say the words Pig Latin. (2) Ook-bay is book. (3) short words such as “of” simply have “ay” added – of-ay or for the word I: I-yay (4) ormon-may is Mormon.

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WEEK #2 – 600 B.C. -- MUSIC