Comments on: Gospel Doctrine Lesson 11: How We Taught This Topic in the Past

By: m&m

m&m — Tue, 10 Mar 2009 06:28:06 +0000

Ah, thanks. I wondered if maybe I was missing something.

By: Ardis E. Parshall

Ardis E. Parshall — Mon, 09 Mar 2009 19:35:34 +0000

m&m, they're there, but probably not where you expect to find them. They're in the first section on "'Doing' History" -- I've modified the titles there slightly to reflect the title of the current Gospel Doctrine lesson rather than just a generic lesson number. Hurray! Somebody is using the Topical Guide!!

By: m&m

m&m — Mon, 09 Mar 2009 18:37:48 +0000

Ardis,

Loved your last comment.

Is it possible for you to include these, easily accessible, on your topical guide? Like you did with the Centennial Lessons?

By: Ardis E. Parshall

Ardis E. Parshall — Mon, 09 Mar 2009 18:08:39 +0000

Naw — Keepa is 100% homemade. Those aren’t typos, they’re, uh, “marks of handicraft.”

By: Hunter

Hunter — Mon, 09 Mar 2009 17:53:45 +0000

And you actually type them out by hand? You are a work horse! I had assumed you were scanning text in on all these. The occasional slight typo made me wonder if you weren’t actually typing every word…eek.

By: Ardis E. Parshall

Ardis E. Parshall — Mon, 09 Mar 2009 17:21:38 +0000

You actually read all these, Hunter? Then it was worthwhile typing them.

I decided that I wouldn’t change these lessons, no matter how outdated some wording might be. This is as good a place as any to make the point that no matter how enamored of the past I may be, I’m not presenting these lessons as necessarily superior to the current ones, just hoping that the contrast might spark some thought or that teachers will find other stories or questions to bring up — your “color wheel” remark lets me know that you get that point very well! Thanks.

By: Hunter

Hunter — Mon, 09 Mar 2009 17:03:20 +0000

In the 1940 Sunday School lesson, I thought it interesting that the manual seems to read like a script for the teacher to read verbatim to the class: “A week ago we talked of . . .”

I found the emphasis on “sharing” the Gospel in the 1968 children’s lesson to be enlightening.

Also, I was interested to see the high level of retention expected on the part of the children in that lesson. As an adult, I would have a very difficult time responding to the questions in that quiz (e.g., “How many days did Samuel [Smith] walk the first day of his mission?”).

And, (Warning: snarky comment), regarding “These prophets also said that the children and grandchildren of the faithful red men would lose their dark skin and become white and beautiful.”

So, which is it? Red skin or dark skin? C’mon, people! Check your color wheels: the opposite of dark is indeed light, but the opposite of red is blue!