Pacing Your Teaching of the Book of Mormon

As with the other standard works, there is not enough time in a school year to discuss every verse in the Book of Mormon. The challenge is to pace your teaching. If you move slowly and spend too much time teaching 1 Nephi or 3 Nephi, you will miss the messages of Ether and Moroni. If you move too fast, your students may not understand and appreciate significant parts of the Book of Mormon. Use this pacing guide to help you decide how much you need to cover each day and week and what chapters to assign your students to read.

Because there are many types of seminary programs throughout the world, it is not possible to organize this manual to fit every situation. You may need to adapt this 36-week guide to your program and the needs of your students. Seminary is taught five days per week, but lesson material is provided for only four days, to allow time for interruptions such as school activities and assemblies, special seminary activities and presentations, scripture mastery, and tests and quizzes. You may choose to spend more than one day to teach a scripture block more effectively. This flexibility is meant to encourage you to seek the direction of the Spirit to meet the specific needs of your students.

Teaching the gospel of Jesus Christ to the youth of the Church is a sacred trust and a joyous duty. May the Lord bless you and your students this year as you study the Book of Mormon: Another Testament of Jesus Christ.

Pacing Guide for a 36-Week School Year

Week	Suggested Scripture Block to Be Taught
1	Days 1–2: “Plan of Salvation Overview” and “Overview of the Book of Mormon” Days 3–4: “The Title Page of the Book of Mormon” and “The Introduction to the Book of Mormon”
2	Day 1: 1 Nephi 1 Day 2: 1 Nephi 2–3 Day 3: 1 Nephi 4 Day 4: 1 Nephi 5
3	Day 1: 1 Nephi 6–7 Day 2: 1 Nephi 8–9 Days 3–4: 1 Nephi 10–15
4	Day 1: 1 Nephi 16 Day 2: 1 Nephi 17–18 Day 3: 1 Nephi 19 Day 4: 1 Nephi 20–22
5	Days 1–2: 2 Nephi 1–2 Days 3–4: 2 Nephi 3–5
6	Day 1: 2 Nephi 6 Day 2: 2 Nephi 7–8 Days 3–4: 2 Nephi 9–10
7	Day 1: 2 Nephi 11 Days 2–4: 2 Nephi 12–24
8	Day 1: 2 Nephi 25 Day 2: 2 Nephi 26–27 Day 3: 2 Nephi 28 Day 4: 2 Nephi 29–30
9	Day 1: 2 Nephi 31 Day 2: 2 Nephi 32 Day 3: 2 Nephi 33 Day 4: Jacob 1
10	Day 1: Jacob 2 Day 2: Jacob 3–4 Day 3: Jacob 5 Day 4:Jacob 6–7
11	Day 1: Enos Day 2: Jarom, Omni, Words of Mormon Days 3–4: Mosiah 1–3
12	Day 1: Mosiah 4 Day 2: Mosiah 5–6 Day 3: Mosiah 7–8 Day 4: Mosiah 9–10
13	Day 1: Mosiah 11–12 Days 2–3: Mosiah 13–15 Day 4: Mosiah 16–17
14	Day 1: Mosiah 18 Day 2: Mosiah 19–22 Day 3: Mosiah 23–24 Day 4: Mosiah 25–26
15	Day 1: Mosiah 27 Day 2: Mosiah 28–29 Day 3: Alma 1–2 Day 4: Alma 3–4
16	Days 1–2: Alma 5 Day 3: Alma 6–7 Day 4: Alma 8
17	Day 1: Alma 9–10 Day 2: Alma 11 Days 3–4: Alma 12–13
18	Days 1–2: Alma 14–16 Days 3–4: Alma 17–19
19	Day 1: Alma 17–19 (continued) Day 2: Alma 20 Day 3: Alma 21–22 Day 4: Alma 23–26
20	Day 1: Alma 27–29 Day 2: Alma 30 Days 3–4: Alma 31–32
21	Days 1–2: Alma 33–34 Day 3: Alma 35–36 Day 4: Alma 37–38
22	Day 1: Alma 39 Day 2: Alma 40 Day 3: Alma 41 Day 4: Alma 42
23	Day 1: Alma 43–45 Day 2: Alma 46–49 Day 3: Alma 50–53 Day 4: Alma 54–58
24	Day 1: Alma 59–63 Day 2: Helaman 1–2 Day 3: Helaman 3–4 Day 4: Helaman 5–6
25	Days 1–2: Helaman 7–9 Day 3: Helaman 10–11 Day 4: Helaman 12
26	Day 1: Helaman 13 Day 2: Helaman 14 Day 3: Helaman 15–16 Day 4: 3 Nephi 1–2
27	Day 1: 3 Nephi 3–4 Day 2: 3 Nephi 5–7 Day 3: 3 Nephi 8–10 Day 4: >3 Nephi 11
28	Day 1: 3 Nephi 12 Day 2: 3 Nephi 13 Day 3: 3 Nephi 14 Day 4: 3 Nephi 15
29	Day 1: 3 Nephi 16 Day 2: 3 Nephi 17 Day 3: 3 Nephi 18 Day 4: 3 Nephi 19–20
30	Day 1: 3 Nephi 21 Day 2: 3 Nephi 22–23 Day 3: 3 Nephi 24–25 Day 4: 3 Nephi 26
31	Days 1–2: 3 Nephi 27–30 Day 3: 4 Nephi Day 4: Mormon 1–2
32	Day 1: Mormon 3–5 Day 2: Mormon 6–7 Day 3: Mormon 8 Day 4: Mormon 9
33	Days 1–2: Ether 1–2 Day 3: Ether 3 Day 4: Ether 4–6
34	Day 1: Ether 7–8 Day 2: Ether 9–11 Day 3: Ether 12 Day 4: Ether 13–15
35	Days 1–2: Moroni 1–6 Days 3–4: Moroni 7
36	Day 1: Moroni 8 Day 2: Moroni 9 Days 3–4: Moroni 10