TWO SCENES – TWO BOOK OF MORMON STORIES:
The Prophet Lehi and His Family Travel:
. From Jerusalem to Wilderness
. From Wilderness to Jerusalem to Obtain the Brass Plates
1 Nephi 1-4 (includes scenes and figures to tell the stories)
TWO SCENES – TWO STORIES
From Jerusalem to Wilderness
From Wilderness to Jerusalem (Obtain the Brass Plates):
For CHURCH & HOME Primary, Sunday School, scripture study, and COME FOLLOW ME
PART 1 We can Show Our Faith by Being Obedient
• Story 1. Tell the story found in 1 Nephi 1-2 by placing Nephi’s family first in the “Jerusalem” scene and then in the “Wilderness” scene to tell of their journey.
PART 2 We Believe the Book of Mormon to Be the Word of God
Use scenes and figures to review the following stories:
• Story 2. Tell the story found in 1 Nephi 3-4 where Nephi and his brothers return to Jerusalem to obtain the brass plates.
LESSONS ARE FOUND IN THE MANUALS (click on these links to find them:
• STORY 1
1 Nephi 1-2 (HERE)
INSTRUCTIONS: Prayerfully study the account of Lehi and his family in 1 Nephi 1–2. SEE LESSON DETAILS (below**).
• STORY 2
1 Nephi 3-4 (HERE)
INSTRUCTIONS: Prayerfully study 1 Nephi 3–4; 3 Nephi 18:19; and Mosiah 23:15. Be prepared to tell the story of Nephi and the brass plates. SEE LESSON DETAILS (below**).
TO MAKE Print on cardstock in color (or color) and cut out Jerusalem and Wilderness scenes, figures, and brass plates. Clip bottom tags with scissors where indicated, and fold and hook them together to stand-up images.
THOUGHT TREAT #1: Desert Honey. Make cornbread to eat with honey. Tell the youth that Lehi and his family also ate honey in the wilderness.
THOUGHT TREAT#2: Wilderness Snacks. Mix granola, fruit, and nut traveling trail mix in a sack youth can munch on as they pretend they are traveling back and forth from Jerusalem (to flee as Lehi saw in the vision) to Wilderness and from Wilderness to Jerusalem (to obtain the brass plates).
MORE ACTIVITIES:
DOWNLOAD THE FOLLOWING TO CONTINUE THE STORIES ABOVE WITH STORY #3 Heavenly Father Helps Us Obey: Nephi’s Ship Puzzle Scene (HERE or below). Most of the figures above are in this activity. Only now the figures are placed in the boat pocket (without the tabs) to tell how they sailed to the Promised Land (1 Nephi 3:7; 17; 18:1-4). SHOWN in the slide-show below.
