Lesson 156

Doctrinal Mastery Cumulative Review

Introduction

The purpose of this cumulative review is to help students review and apply the doctrine taught in the 25 Old Testament doctrinal mastery scripture passages.

Suggestions for Teaching

Encourage continual study of Doctrinal Mastery

Encourage students to continue mastering the doctrinal mastery scripture passages. The Doctrinal Mastery mobile app is a valuable resource that can help students continue to study the doctrinal mastery passages.

Review of the Old Testament doctrinal mastery scripture passages

Prior to class, write each of the references for the 25 Old Testament doctrinal mastery scripture passages on separate pieces of paper and number the papers from 1 through 25. Place the pieces of paper in various locations around the room (such as on desks, chairs, or walls). At the beginning of class, give each student a piece of paper and have them list numbers 1 through 25 on it. Invite students to take a few minutes to walk around the room with a writing utensil and look for the pieces of paper. When they locate a piece of paper, they should write the doctrine taught in the referenced scripture passage on their paper next to the corresponding number. Consider walking around the room with students and assisting them as needed.

(Instead of doing this activity, consider giving students time to download the official seminary Doctrinal Mastery application on their mobile devices. The Doctrinal Mastery app is free and is available for all mobile Apple and Android devices. Invite students to search for “LDS Doctrinal Mastery” in the App Store [for Apple devices] and Google Play [for Android devices]. After students have downloaded the app, consider giving them five minutes to work with the flash cards and to do the quizzes in the app.)

Application of the Old Testament doctrinal mastery scripture passages

Divide the class into pairs. Assign each pair one or more doctrinal mastery scripture passages. Give each pair one piece of paper for each assigned doctrinal mastery passage. Invite them to review the key statement of doctrine in the Doctrinal Mastery Core Document that is associated with their assigned passage. Then invite each pair to think of a scenario or description of a situation in which the principle or doctrine from the assigned doctrinal mastery passage could be applied. Ask them to write the scenario on their piece of paper. If you have a small class, you may want to assist students and write scenarios for some of the passages.

After sufficient time, collect the written scenarios. Read a scenario aloud, and invite students to identify a doctrinal mastery passage that could be helpful in responding to that scenario. Invite students who respond to explain how the truth taught in the doctrinal mastery passage they identified could be applied in the scenario. Continue reading scenarios and discussing them for as long as time allows.

After discussing the scenarios, invite a few students to share which Old Testament doctrinal mastery scripture passages are the most meaningful to them and why.