Stories
- “The Book of Mormon: From Plates to Press” (September 2012 New Era)
Includes interesting facts about the reception, translation, and printing of the Book of Mormon. - “Golden Plates to Book of Mormon” (February 2017 Friend)
Information about the gold plates and how they were translated into the Book of Mormon. - “Protecting the Gold Plates” (June 2008 Friend)
Illustrated retelling of the story of Joseph Smith protecting the gold plates. - “Receiving the Gold Plates” (May 2008 Friend)
A retelling of the story of Joseph receiving the gold plates told with words and illustrations. - “The Witnesses and the Gold Plates” (August 1984 Friend)
An illustrated retelling of story of the witnesses seeing the gold plates.
Activities
- Coloring page: “Joseph Smith Receives the Gold Plates” (December 1998 Friend)
- Coloring page: “Joseph Smith receives the golden plates from the Angel Moroni” (January 1978 Liahona)
- “The Golden Plates” (January 1973 Friend)
Match statements to dates, locations, or people connected with the golden plates. - “Mystery Picture” (April 1987 Liahona and December 1985 Friend)
Answer questions about Joseph Smith and the gold plates to connect the dots to reveal a picture. - Online puzzle: “Moroni Hides the Plates in Hill Cumorah”
- Online puzzle: “Translating the Book of Mormon”
- “Translating the Book of Mormon” (October 2009 Friend)
An illustration of Joseph Smith with the gold plates with questions about the translation of the gold plates and scripture references to look up the answers. - “What Am I?” (October 1988 Friend)
A guessing game with clues to to guess what the object is. The answer is the gold plates.
Media
- Gospel Art Picture: “Joseph Smith Receives the Gold Plates”
- Gospel Art Picture: “Joseph Smith Translating the Book of Mormon”
- Gospel Art Picture: “Joseph Smith Translating the Book of Mormon”
- Gospel Art Picture: “Moroni Appears to Joseph Smith in His Room”
- Gospel Art Picture: “Moroni Hides the Plates in the Hill Cumorah”
- Gospel Art Picture: “The Eight Witnesses”
- Gospel Art Picture: “The Gold Plates”
- “Joseph Smith Protects the Gold Plates” (June 2008 Friend)
Use these scripture figures to tell the story of how Joseph Smith protected the gold plates. - “Joseph Smith Receives the Gold Plates” (May 2008 Friend)
Use these scripture figures to tell the story of Joseph Smith receiving the gold plates. - Mormonad Poster: “A Voice from the Dust” (October 2011 Liahona and Ensign)
- Mormonad Poster: “Worth More Than Its Weight in Gold” (August 2005 Liahona and New Era)
- Music: “An Angel Came to Joseph Smith” (Children’s Songbook, 86)
- Music: “The Golden Plates” (Children’s Songbook, 86)
- Scripture Figures: “The Book of Mormon, a Gift from Heavenly Father” (December 2012 Liahona and Friend)
- Video: Book of Mormon Stories, “Chapter 54: The Promise of the Book of Mormon”
- Video: Doctrine and Covenants Stories, “Chapter 3: The Angel Moroni and the Gold Plates (1823–1827)”
- Video: Doctrine and Covenants Stories, “Chapter 5: Joseph Smith and Oliver Cowdery”
- Video: Doctrine and Covenants Stories, “Chapter 7: Witnesses See the Gold Plates (1829–1830)”
