Richard Ostler at Listen, Learn, and Love Podcast has amassed an incredible collection of resources for LGBTQ+ youth and adults, and their parents, leaders, and friends. Click on the links below to go straight to Richard's collection of ARTICLES BOOKS CRISIS EVENTS FACEBOOK GROUPS FAITH CHALLENGES LGBTQ GROUPS AT LDS COLLEGES & UNIVERSITIES ORGANIZATIONS SPEAKERS […]
Youth leaders often ask us how they should approach LGBTQ+ topics in a religious setting. Questions from the Closet sat down with Dave Smurthwaite to talk about his experience as a youth leader and how he ended up doing LGBTQ+ trainings with seminary teachers in Utah. Listen to Dave's experiences
Leading Saints' Kurt Francom organized a fantastic virtual summit targeted at teachers and leaders in the LDS Church who want to understand and love LGBTQ+ students and their friends or family in LDS classrooms better. We simply can't recommend this summit enough. By listening to the summit, you'll find help with teaching the current positions […]
Listen as I discuss ways of Preventing Unwanted Cell Phone Use During Class. I'll discuss teacher behavior, verbal and nonverbal coaching, active learning, and more! Active Learning Teaching Techniques - MOST IMPORTANT LINK HERE! Use these techniques to solve your most common classroom problems, like increasing participation or giving every person a turn. Each idea […]
This activity explains different ways teachers present the gospel. 1) you can simply share the cake with your hand, and without care give it to your brother; or 2)you can prepare this peace of cake carefully, put on a plate and give it. You can compare this experience with the way you teach the gospel […]
You have a really good cake on the table. You ask if anybody would like a piece of cake. Pick someone, tell them to come up to the front and put on the apron (it is a messy cake). Then, grab a piece of cake with your hands, and throw it at the unsuspecting victim. […]
To begin the lesson, pass around the muffin box with a mix inside. Have students look at the box. Smell the box. Ask them what their opinions are. "It's just a box." Next pass around the freshly made muffins in the basket. Ask the students to look at the muffins and smell them. What is […]
After starting the lesson, I asked for a volunteer to read a passage from the lesson. I continued with the lesson. About half way through the lesson I told the same volunteer that I need her to separate and put a copy of the lesson handout in a sheet protector. I told her that I […]
When teaching primary teachers the importance of being prepared and knowing their lesson material relate it to the cake, which is on display. Talk about how desirable it is, how it took time to prepare it and make it. Compare this to the lesson manuals and helps put out by the church for teaching. They […]
Items needed paper, trash picture of savior tablecloth nice chairs access to two classrooms Before class make sure you have access to another room including your regular one. In your regular class room you will need to spread a bunch of paper balls and torn up paper all over the floor. I also had chairs […]
