Purpose
To strengthen each child’s desire to keep sacred covenants.
Preparation
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Prayerfully study Alma 23–24; 26:23–33; and 27. Then study the lesson and decide how you want to teach the children the scripture account. (See “Preparing Your Lessons,” p. vi, and “Teaching from the Scriptures,” p. vii.)
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Additional reading: Alma 25:1–26:22.
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Select the discussion questions and enrichment activities that will involve the children and best help them achieve the purpose of the lesson.
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Materials needed:
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A Book of Mormon for each child.
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For the alternate attention activity: a shallow box or pan, enough salt or sand to pour a thin layer in the box, a marker or crayon, and a rock.
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Picture 4-33, “The Anti-Nephi-Lehies Burying Their Swords” (Gospel Art Picture Kit 311; 62565).
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Suggested Lesson Development
Invite a child to give the opening prayer.
Enrichment Activities
You may use one or more of the following activities any time during the lesson or as a review, summary, or challenge.
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Have an adult role-play the king of the Lamanites as he tells why his people will not take up their swords to fight their brethren. Review the covenant he made as he buried his sword. (See Alma 24:6–13, 16–18.)
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Review the thirteenth article of faith. Ask the children if the people of Ammon lived by these principles. Ask them how living these principles will help us keep our covenants.
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Sing or read the words to “I Feel My Savior’s Love” (Children’s Songbook, p. 74) or “Love One Another” (Children’s Songbook, p. 136).