Lesson 8: Noah and the Flood
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Lesson
The purpose of teaching Primary 6 Lesson 8: Noah and the Flood is to encourage everyone to follow the prophet
Teaching Thoughts
This are a few bonus ideas- keep scrolling for more!
Use my General Conference Discussions or quotes to discuss some of the things the recent prophet has said. These are free to all newsletter subscribers (it's free to join).
Bring some fun into your lesson by playing Fire Sweeper (it's free)! After each answered question, they get one turn.
Play Pass the Ark as suggested in The Red Headed Hostess class packet.
Teacher Study
"Give Heed unto the Prophets' Words" by Elder Quentin L. Cook
"The Voice of the Lord" by Elder Neil L. Andersen
Deseret Bookshelf PLUS Recommendation
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"Follow the Living Prophets" by Brent L. Top, Larry E. Dahl, and Walter D. Bowen
"Life Lessons from the Prophet" by Heidi Swinton (Time Out for Women talk)
Videos
"Noah"- Illustrated scripture story about 3 minutes.
"We Need Living Prophets"- Testimonies of why we need a living prophet- almost 3 minutes.
Music
Follow the Prophet- Especially verse 3, Children's Songbook pg. 110
Keep the Commandments- Children's Songbook pg. 146
Latter-day Prophets- Children's Songbook pg. 134
"Seek the Lord Early"- Children's Songbook pg. 108
"We'll Bring the World His Truth"- Children's Songbook pg. 172
"We Thank Thee, O God for a Prophet"-Hymn #19
"We Listen to a Prophet's Voice"- Hymn #22
"The Iron Rod"- Hymn #274
"Come, Sing to the Lord"- Hymn #10
Scriptures
Genesis 6:13-14- Lord commands Noah to build the ark
Genesis 6:22- Noah did all that God commanded
1 Peter 3:20-21- The flood was a baptism of the earth.
Genesis 9:9-17- God gives a covenant and the rainbow
Moses 8:24- Noah warns the people
Acts 3:24- All the prophets prophecy
Amos 3:7- The Lord will reveal it to His prophets
1 Nephi 22:2- Prophets know by the Spirit
D&C 21:4-6- As if from His own mouth
D&C 107:91-92- Duties of the President
Article of Faith 6- Believe in Prophets
My Primary 6 Lesson 8 handout packet includes
Stop, Poison, and Not Allowed sign to go with the Attention Activity. I made these black and white so you can save ink by printing on colored paper or coloring.
Build Noah's Ark- Noah's ark has the 6 questions mentioned in the Enrichment Activities. Cut each question apart and give to members of your class to answer. As they answer correctly, have them put their piece of the boat on the board to build his ark. When it's completed, let every draw themselves in the ark. Note- I did not include the multiple choice answers with this. You can write them on the board if you want to provide that additional help.
Activity Ideas
Animal Match-up-A memory game to play after telling story of Noah.
Scriptural Giants: Noah- An easy to read to story with pictures or
Noah and the Ark- Actions to go with the story of Noah.
Mixed up Animals- Match the scripture reference to the animal in the ark.
Noah and the Ark- Decode the scripture.
Noah's Ark- Directions for a finger play.
Noah's Ark- Fill in the missing words.
Noah's Ark Maze- Fun maze to do
Noah's Ark Riddle- Do the word search to find the answer to the riddle.
Noah Warns the People- Figure out which puzzle pieces go where and find objects in the pictures.
Noah's Ark Picture Puzzle- Unscramble the picture to discover which animal boarded the ark.
Noah's Ark- Build the ark with a story stage!
Noah's Ark Letter Square- Word search
Noah's Cubit- Explains what a cubit is
Bible Story Crossword- Noah and the flood themed crossword
Blessings Come When We Follow the Prophet- Match the prophet to the teachigngs.
The Prophet Will Tell Us- Cut out the pictures to make your own scene of Noah's Ark.
Animals Go to Sea- Another crossword puzzle
Follow the Prophet- A booklet with the song words that ends on a picture of President Hinckley (maybe replace with a picture of Monson).
Follow the Prophet- Match the words with the pictures of the prophets (includes Noah)
Conference Messages- Follow the lines to answer the question: Who speaks to us at conference?
Follow the Prophet- Find the hidden pictures
Follow the Prophet- Fun maze with directions from the prophets
Heavenly Father Speaks Through His Prophets- Modern day prophet booklet to put together and take notes in.
Living Prophets Teach Me to Choose the Right- Put the pictures of the prophets in the right chairs.
Listen to a Prophet's Voice- Make a window story of things the prophets have asked us to do.
Obedience Brings Blessings- Color the pictures of things the prophets have asked us to do.
Truth Revealed- Decode and unscramble to figure out the scripture.
Heed the Prophets- Picture of President Monson with space to write how we can follow him.
President Monson- Biography
Coloring Pages
I Will Follow the Prophet- Color page with President Monson
Prophets Speak for Heavenly Father- Coloring page with President Monson and Noah.
