| Contributed by: Debra Jared2Deb@aol.comThe advisor who taught our lesson 5 did something kind of
fun. She had a bag and insinuated to the girls that she had taken pictures of their
bedrooms sometime during the week and had brought the pictures to share. (She didn't
really take the pics). Then, she asked them how they felt about it. It got a good
response.
Sue in NH wrote:
We are presenting a lesson this year to the Young Women at each ward conference based on "The Joy of Womanhood" talk
presented by Sister Nadauld in General Conference last fall.
Contributed by: Sharon Brown sebbrown@hotmail.com
IDEA NUMBER ONE:
At a Stake Relief Society conference I attended, a sister was teaching on that exact
topic. When we (the students) entered her room we could not help but investigate an
awesome vignette assembled at the front of the room. The small table contained an
arrangement of common items. A few I'll list here just to get you started:
A cookbook
an apron
a cell phone
a housecoat
a box of laundry softener sheets
a bar of Oil of Olay
a high school team T-shirt
a children's story book
a canning jar of preserves (or something)
a package mix of Hamburger Helper
scriptures
Relief Society manual
history book
address book
car keys
large chocolate bar
bottle of aspirin or Tylenol
sanitary pad (pink envelope)
The teacher then asked the audience to name which item they identified with Womanhood. The
giggles and glee were incredible as we raised our hands and declared the obvious and the
not so obvious.
My favorite exchange was between three women starting with one who exclaimed "Oh, the
CHOCOLATE" and the next who said "Then the Pink Envelope!" and then the
last "and the Aspirin, of course!" Obviously most items were noted with
anecdotes and warm fuzzy recollections. This exchange lasted less than 4 minutes but
brings me pleasure whenever I recall the event. I can just imagine the fun our teacher had
as she collected and then arranged these items.
IDEA NUMBER TWO:
For a lesson I was to teach in Young Women I planned the following handout. I saw
something similar listed here and took the gem of the idea in a different direction.
Divine Rolls
and our
Divine Roles.
To encourage discussion about our Roles as women: each role is presented as a
"roll" (probably cinammon) with a First Presidency or Church leadership quote
printed and used as part of the packaging. Each recipient will read her quote aloud before
she can eat her Roll!
Go to LDS.ORG and search the
curriculum and magazine archives for "Divine Roles". You'll find hundreds of
quotes that clearly define the Divine Role of Women. The amazing thing I discovered was
that every single reference that popped up in response to my "Divine Role" query
was related to womanhood and not to manhood!
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