CHILDREN’S LESSON ACTIVITY. MORONI & JOSEPH SMITH: Hill Cumorah pop-up. Children love to tell how young Joseph was directed by Angel Moroni to find the golden plates that Moroni wrote upon and buried hundreds of years earlier. Now was the time for Joseph to find them and translate them into The Book of Mormon, a history of these people in ancient America. It is another Testament of Jesus Christ.
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LESSON LIFESAVER Activity
Moroni and Joseph Smith – Hill Cumorah (pop-up scene)
OBJECTIVE: The lesson helps children understand how we received the Book of Mormon (LESSON IDEAS, below*).
ACTIVITY: Hill Cumorah Two-sided Pop-up Card
This scene helps tell the story of Joseph Smith being led by the Angel Moroni to find the plates that Moroni had written upon and buried in the Hill Cumorah centuries before, roleplaying situations.
TO MAKE Print or copy, color, and cut out the activity on cardstock paper. Fold both Hill Cumorah cards in half and cut slits where indicated. Fold the tab in on one side and glue Moroni burying plates on the tab. Fold the tab in on the other side and glue Angel Moroni guiding Joseph Smith to receive the plates on the tab. Glue Hill Cumorah scenes back to back.
Two-sided Pop-up Scene: A Coming Forth of The Book of Mormon (side one): Moroni buries the plates. Another Testament of Jesus Christ (side two): Joseph Smith receives the plates.
THOUGHT TREAT: Golden Plates Cake. Bake a yellow cake mix in a rectangular pan, and frost with chocolate frosting and a yellow golden-plate shape on top. If cutting the cake individually; place a wafer cookie on top of each piece to represent the plates.
Moroni Invites All to Come unto Christ | Mormon 8–9; Moroni 1, 10; Title Page | Book of Mormon
NOTE: Also shown are children receiving their very own Book of Mormon. This teacher had their names engraved in GOLD on the front. One child commented after teacher said, “You may already have a Book of Mormon.” The child said, “But I don’t have one with my name on it.” Also in this class the teacher cut off a piece of gold glitter paper and wrote the Book of Mormon Promise reference on the back of the paper: Moroni 10:4-5 so children could go home and underline it as the first scripture to underline.
SUGGESTION: Give children the normal size Book of Mormon so you can give them the weekly Book of Mormon SCRIPTURE SCHOLAR pop-ups (to insert into the scripture binding) and bookmarks to get them going on their Come Follow Me scripture reading program (found HERE – SCRIPTURE SCHOLARS). Same goes for the Bible Study and more coming 200 to complete the CFM series.
MORE LESSON ACTIVITIES:
The following illustrates the above activity (shown right).
Summary
Review discussion
Display all the pictures from the lesson or lay them on the floor. Let each child have a turn pointing to the correct picture as you ask questions.
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Which picture shows the gold plates?
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Which picture shows Mormon writing on the gold plates?
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Which picture shows Moroni burying the gold plates?
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Which picture shows the angel Moroni talking to Joseph Smith?
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Which picture shows the angel Moroni giving the gold plates to Joseph Smith?
