Assess Your Learning 9: Lesson 148

Assess Your Learning 9

Jeremiah–Joel

Reflecting on and assessing our spiritual learning can help us draw closer to Heavenly Father and Jesus Christ. This lesson is intended to help students reflect on the goals they have set and the growth they have experienced during their study of Jeremiah–Joel.

Student preparation: Invite students to come prepared to share a scripture passage that is meaningful to them from their study of the Old Testament. Ask them to think about how that passage helps them follow Jesus Christ.

Possible Learning Activities

Your class’s study of Jeremiah–Joel may have focused on different outcomes than those assessed in this lesson. If so, adapt the activities to assess the growth students experienced from the outcomes focused on in your class.

In this lesson, students will have the opportunity to assess their progress in the following areas:

1. Explaining the prophecies concerning the Restoration of the gospel of Jesus Christ in the latter days. (Note: This activity is based on teachings from Lesson 118: “Isaiah 29”; Lesson 140: “Ezekiel 37”; and Lesson 143: “Daniel 2.”)

2. Feeling the power of their divine mission. (Note: This activity is based on teachings from Lesson 130: “Jeremiah 1.”)

3. Participating in the gathering of Israel. (Note: This activity is based on teachings from Lesson 132: “Jeremiah 16.”)

As students respond to questions and make comments in this lesson, think of ways to help students seek, recognize, and act on personal revelation. One way to do this is to ask yourself, “What can I ask them?” or “What else can I invite them to do?” Asking these kinds of questions can invite inspiration from the Holy Ghost to help students act on the personal revelation they receive.

(For additional training on follow-up questions that invite personal revelation see “Help learners seek, recognize, and act on personal revelation,” in Teaching Development Skills).

Becoming more like the Savior

You could help students prepare to assess their learning by discussing how we often learn by imitating others. For example, children learn basic behaviors through imitation. You may want to share lessons you have learned from imitating someone.

• Who is someone you have tried to imitate? What have you learned from imitating them?

Consider displaying an image of the Savior while discussing the following questions. Before a class discussion, students may benefit from time to reflect on these questions or by answering them in their study journal.

• What are some ways you try to emulate the Savior?

• What have you learned in seminary or your personal study that is helping you emulate the Savior?

The rest of this lesson will give students an opportunity to review some of what they have learned in seminary. Invite students to continue to reflect on how what they are learning can help them follow the Savior’s example to become like Him.

Explain prophecies concerning the Restoration of the gospel of Jesus Christ in the latter days

This section of the lesson is intended to help students explain prophecies about the Restoration of the gospel of Jesus Christ. As needed, help students review the Old Testament doctrinal mastery passages Isaiah 29:13–14; Ezekiel 37:15–17; and Daniel 2:44–45. To review the passages students could pick one of the scripture references and do the following:

1. Read the doctrinal mastery scripture passage.

2. Review what they have marked or written in their scriptures or study journal about the scripture passage.

3. Review the doctrinal mastery key scripture phrase for the scripture reference in the Doctrinal Mastery Core Document (2023).

After students have reviewed these prophecies of the Restoration in the Old Testament, consider placing them in pairs.

Imagine you are missionary companions preparing to teach a lesson about the Restoration of the gospel of Jesus Christ. Work together to create a simple lesson plan of what you would teach. As part of your lesson plan:

• Read and explain one or more of the doctrinal mastery Old Testament scripture passages about the Restoration of the Savior’s gospel.

• List two or three reasons why the Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-day Saints is needed on the earth today.

• Share your feelings about the Restoration of the Savior’s gospel in the latter days.

After sufficient time to prepare, invite companionships to teach other companionships. Or you could invite a few companionships to share their answers with the class. Consider sharing your testimony of the Restoration of the gospel of Jesus Christ and how it has blessed your life.

Feel the power of your divine mission

Invite students to ponder experiences they have had recently that demonstrate that God knows them and gave them specific responsibilities to perform in mortality. For those who have already received their patriarchal blessing, you might encourage them to think of words or phrases in their patriarchal blessing that demonstrate this.

To help students remember what they previously learned about their divine purpose, consider inviting them to do the following with a partner:

Review the following scripture passages to remember what you learned about the Lord’s knowledge of you and your divine purpose:

• Jeremiah 1:4–5

• Doctrine and Covenants 138:53–56

One way you can help students measure growth and change in their desires is by displaying the following prompts that they used at the beginning of Lesson 130: “Jeremiah 1.” Invite students to look back on their journal entries from that lesson to see how they felt at that time.

You might also have students read the messages they wrote to themselves at the end of that lesson.

How would you evaluate yourself (1 = true of me; 10 = not true of me) on the following statements. Record in your study journal why you rated each statement the way you did.

• I believe that Heavenly Father and Jesus Christ know me better than anyone else.

• I believe They have given me a divine purpose that I can accomplish with Their help.

• I want to know and fulfill the divine mission Heavenly Father and Jesus Christ have given me.

Invite students to assess their progress on the three statements above by recording what they have learned and experienced recently that influences their beliefs and desires.

Participate in the gathering of Israel

During Lesson 132: “Jeremiah 16,” students were invited to make a personal plan for sharing the Savior’s gospel with others. Students may have sought inspiration from the Holy Ghost about who they could share the gospel with, as well as how and when they could do it. To help students remember the lesson and their plan, you may want to read Jeremiah 16:14–16.

Consider displaying the following graphic. Invite students to create a similar graphic in their study journal and fill in the box for one or more of the prompts.

After enough time, invite willing students to discuss their experiences with the class. Look for ways to praise and encourage students in their efforts to share the Savior’s gospel. You may want to provide an opportunity for students to prayerfully make a new plan to continue to share the gospel of Jesus Christ with those around them.