Church History in the Fulness of Times Teacher Manual
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CHURCH HISTORY IN THE FULNESS OF TIMES TEACHER MANUAL RELIGION 341–43 RELIGION 341–43 CHURCH HISTORY IN THE FULNESS OF TIMES TEACHER MANUAL Prepared by the Church Educational System Published by The Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-day Saints Salt Lake City, Utah Send comments and corrections, including typographic errors, to CES Editing, 50 E. North Temple Street, Floor 8, Salt Lake City, UT 84150-2772 USA. E-mail: <[email protected]> Second edition © 1991, 2001 by Intellectual Reserve, Inc. All rights reserved Printed in the United States of America English approval: 3/00 CONTENTS Preface . v 1 Prelude to the Restoration . 1 2 Joseph Smith’s New England Heritage . 2 3 The First Vision . 4 4 A Period of Preparation, 1823–29 . 6 5 Coming Forth of the Book of Mormon and Restoration of the Priesthood . 9 6 Organization of the Church of Jesus Christ . 12 7 The Infant Church Expands . 14 8 Gathering to Ohio . 16 9 Gathering to the Land of Zion . 19 10 Development of the Church in Ohio, 1831–34 . 20 11 Expulsion from Jackson County . 22 12 Zion’s Camp . 24 13 Glorious Days in Kirtland, 1834–36 . 26 14 The Apostasy in Kirtland, 1836–38 . 28 15 The Church in Northern Missouri, 1836–38 . 30 16 Missouri Persecutions and Expulsion . 32 17 Refuge in Illinois . 34 18 The Mission of the Twelve . 36 19 Life in Nauvoo the Beautiful . 38 20 Doctrinal Developments in Nauvoo . 40 21 Growing Conflict in Illinois . 41 22 The Martyrdom . 43 23 The Twelve to Bear Off the Kingdom . 45 24 Nauvoo under Apostolic Leadership . 48 25 The Trek across Iowa . 50 26 Pioneers to the West . 52 27 Establishing a Refuge in Deseret . 54 28 Utah in Isolation . 55 29 The Utah War . 57 30 The Civil War Period . 58 31 The Quest for Self-Sufficiency . 60 32 Brigham Young’s Presidency: The Final Decade . 62 33 A Decade of Persecution, 1877–87 . 64 34 An Era of Reconciliation . 66 35 The Church at the Turn of the Century . 68 36 The Church in the Early Twentieth Century . 69 37 Moving Forward into the New Century . 70 iii 38 Change and Consistency . 72 39 The Church during the Great Depression . 74 40 The Saints during World War II . 76 41 Postwar Recovery . 78 42 Growth into a Worldwide Church . 80 43 An Era of Correlation and Consolidation . 81 44 The Church Lengthens Its Stride . 83 45 Meeting the Needs of a Worldwide Church . 85 46 A Period of Challenge and Growth . 88 47 Continued Growth during the Early 1990s . 90 48 The Church Comes out of Obscurity . 93 49 The Destiny of the Church . 96 iv PREFACE This Church history teacher manual has been THEME SOURCES written for use in teaching Religion 341–43. The The references under “Theme Sources” provide help corresponding student manual is entitled Church outside of the student manual in understanding the History in the Fulness of Times and is referred to themes. History of the Church, A Comprehensive History throughout this guide. Both the teacher manual and of the Church, and Readings in LDS Church History are the student manual should be studied in preparation basic sources for understanding Church history and for teaching this course. are readily available. References for these sources are The teacher manual contains forty-nine lessons abbreviated, and generally no annotation as to that correspond with the forty-nine chapters in the content is provided. All other references provide a student manual. The format of the teacher manual brief annotation so that you, the teacher, can quickly is as follows: see what the reference contains. Full source citations are as follows: THEMES • Joseph Smith, History of The Church of Jesus Christ The themes are drawn from the student manual and of Latter-day Saints, ed. B. H. Roberts, 7 vols., suggest to the teacher the central idea or message of 2nd ed. (Salt Lake City: The Church of Jesus each chapter. The lesson preparation should center Christ of Latter-day Saints, 1932–51). around the themes. • B. H. Roberts, A Comprehensive History of The Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-day Saints, Century STUDENT MANUAL AND SCRIPTURE SOURCES One, 6 vols. (Salt Lake City: The Church of Jesus The heading “Student Manual and Scripture Christ of Latter-day Saints, 1930). Sources” is a reminder that the chapter in the student.