PRIMARY 5 DOCTRINE AND COVENANTS CHURCH HISTORY AGES 8-11 LESSON 41: THE SAINTS SETTLE THE SALT LAKE VALLEY https://www.lds.org/manual/church-history-in-the-fulness-of-times-student-manual/chapter-twenty--six-pioneers-to-the-west?lang=eng http://www.lds.org/ldsorg/v/index.jsp?locale=0&sourceid=52dba41f6cc20110vgnvcm100000176f620a &vgnextoid=198bf4b13819d110vgnvcm1000003a94610 arcrd Post the scripture at the beginning of the lesson, and use it as a reference throughout the lesson to discuss ways the Saints showed gratitude in their hardships. I cut out the large dates with the events and passed them around to the class members. I then called on a date and the student that had that date stood up and read the event and taped it onto the board, creating a chronological timeline. We discussed the events and stories mentioned in the manual regarding each date. Then moved on to the next date, read it, taped it to the timeline, and discussed it. This first page is a teacher cheat sheet I used to lead the discussion and jog my memory. Saturday 24 July 1847 Brigham Young entered the Salt Lake Valley with other pioneers. (The advance scouts actually arrived on the 22 nd ) Saturday 24 July 1847 The Pioneers planted their first crops; potatoes, turnips, and corn. (after flooding the land by damming water) Sunday 25 July 1847 Pioneers held their first worship services * Importance of Keeping the Sabbath Day Holy, promises (WW) Saturday 31 July 1847 Pioneers completed building their first structure in the valley, a bowery. (brush and branches supported by poles) Saturday 07 September 1847 Corn and potato crops were sprouting (include other things that happened these first weeks, city planning etc) Monday 16 September 1847 Brigham Young left the Salt Lake Valley and began his return to Winter Quarters to lead another group of pioneers to the Salt Lake Valley. (who went with him 12 & many of the men who came with him;, who did he leave in charge John Smith) August & September 1847 in the Salt Lake Valley Pioneers built a stockade (fence) surrounding a ten acre block. (homes had flat roofs, Eliza R Snow, umbrellas, mice) October 1847, Salt Lake Valley The first school in the Salt Lake Valley was started by Mary Jane Dilworth (no glass, light, cold, gratitude for school) Sunday 31 October 1847 Brigham Young and company arrived in Winter Quarters at sunset (lost some horses to some Indians, and Brigham Young & Heber C. Kimball were chased by a grizzly bear) Saturday 27 December 1847, Near Winter Quarters President of the Church, with Heber C. Kimball as First Counselor and Willard Richards as Spring 1848, Salt Lake Valley The Crickets and the Seagulls, How the Fasting & Prayers of the Saints were answered August 1848, Salt Lake Valley The Saints held a Harvest Feast (speeches, music, dancing) GRATITUDE in all things even though it had been DIFFICULT
Saturday 24 July 1847 Brigham Young entered the Salt Lake Valley with other pioneers. Saturday 24 July 1847, SL Valley The Pioneers planted their first crops Sunday 25 July 1847, SL Valley Pioneers held their first worship services Saturday 31 July 1847 Pioneers completed building their first structure in the valley, a bowery.
Saturday 07 September 1847 Corn and Potato Crops were sprouting Monday 16 September 1847 Brigham Young left the Salt Lake Valley and began his return to Winter Quarters to lead another group of pioneers to the Salt Lake Valley. August & September 1847 in the Salt Lake Valley Pioneers built a stockade (fence) surrounding a ten acre block.
October 1847, Salt Lake Valley The first school in the Salt Lake Valley was started by Mary Jane Dilworth Sunday 31 October 1847 Brigham Young and company arrived in Winter Quarters at sunset August 1848, Salt Lake Valley The Saints held a Harvest Feast
Saturday 27 December 1847, Near Winter Quarters Three and a half years after the death of Joseph Smith, Brigham Young was sustained as President of the Church, with Heber C. Kimball as First Counselor and Willard Richards as Spring 1848, Salt Lake Valley The Crickets and the Seagulls, How the Fasting & Prayers of the Saints were answered
He told the brethren that they must not work on Sunday, [and if they did,] they would lose five times as much as they would gain by it.
He told the brethren that they must not work on Sunday, [and if they did,] they would lose five times as much as they would gain by it. Wilford Woodruff quoting Brigham Young on Sunday 25 July 1847