The Brass Plates of

Laban

The Large Plates

of Nephi

The Small Plates

of Nephi

The Plates of

Mormon

THE

BOOK

OF

MORMON

ANOTHER TESTAMENT

OF JESUS CHRIST

Testimony of the three witnesses Testimony of the eight witnesses Testimony of Joseph Smith

BOOK OF MORMON ACTIVITY (WHAT IS IN THE BOOK OF MORMON) Instructions: Copy off Book of Mormon page and tape it on a Ziplock bag OR Copy off book of Mormon page and tape it, or paste it on the front of a file folder. Finish your books and place in baggie, or file folder. You can get the file folders that are sealed on the sides, or you can staple the sides. Plate instructions on page 19. There should be 4 book activities. The Brass Plates of Laban, The Large Plates of Nephi, The Small Plates of Nephi, The Plates of Mormon.

The Brass Plates of

Laban

Paste booklet

here

1 2

3

4 5

“The Plates of Brass were of great worth unto us, insomuch

that we could preserve the

commandments of the Lord unto our

children” (1 Nephi 5:21)

Moses

These plate

s were th

e Brass

Plates of L

aban w

hich

Leh

i brough

t from J

erusalem

. “N

eph

i found th

at they contained

th

e five b

ooks of Moses, w

hich

gave an account of th

e creation of th

e world

, and also of A

dam

and

Eve.

Also includ

ed a record

of the

Jew

s from th

e beginning, even

dow

n to the com

mence

ment of

the reign of Z

edekiah

, King of

Jud

ah.”

Boyd

K. Packer “L

et N

ot Your

Heart B

e Troub

led” Page

26

8-

26

9

It also includes th

e genealogy of

his fath

ers. (N

ephi 5

:11, 12, 14

)

King Zedekiah

The Large Plates of Nephi

Paste booklet

here

“Upon the other plates should

should be engraven an

account of the reign of the kings, and the wars and contentions of my people” Nephi 9:4

King Benjamin

Nephites

Lamanites

King Nephi

King Mosiah

Nep

hi reco

rded

the

histo

ry of h

is peo

ple

on

the large p

lates. Th

ey also co

ntain

ed

genealo

gies of h

is p

eop

le. (1 N

eph

i 19

:2)

After N

eph

i’s death

th

ese plates w

ere kep

t by th

e kings.

The Small Plates of Nephi

Paste booklet here

The Small Plates

of Nephi

“Upon these (small plates) I

write the things of my soul, and many of the

scriptures which are engraven upon

the plates of brass.”

(2 Nephi 4:15)

Isaiah

Zenos

Nephi and Jacob

The sm

all plates w

ere to be

written ab

out “the th

ings most

precious”. They w

ere not to includ

e a h

istory, only lightly.

They w

ere preserved to contain

sacred th

ings, or revelation w

hich

was gre

at, or prophesying.

These record

s were to b

e hand

ed

dow

n from fath

er to son. A

lso Jacob

wrote

about th

e alle

gory of the olive vineyard

from

the w

ritings of Zenos.

The sm

all plates w

ere to be th

e w

ords of G

od. (J

acob 1:2

-4)

King B

enjam

in combines th

e large plate

s of Neph

i with

the

small plate

s of Neph

i

The Small Plates

of Nephi

The Large Plates

of Nephi

The Plates of

Mormon

Paste booklet

here

“ …I shall take these (small)

plates…and put them (as they were written,

without abridgment) with the remainder of

my record…” (Words of

Mormon 1:3-8)

The Large Plates

of Nephi

The Small Plates

of Neph

i

Book of

Ether

24 gold plates

Sealed

Abridgment

Lehi

Moroni

Mulek

King Zedekiah

Mo

rmo

n fin

ishe

d th

e ab

ridgm

ent o

f the large p

lates an

d in

clud

ed th

e small p

lates of

Nep

hi. In

clud

ed in

the p

lates are th

e record

s of Leh

i. Mo

rmo

n

wro

te of h

is last days. H

e su

ffered d

eath at th

e han

ds o

f th

e Laman

ites.(Mo

rmo

n 8

:3) H

is so

n M

oro

ni fin

ishe

d h

is record

, th

en ab

ridged

the p

lates of th

e Jared

ites, and

wh

at little histo

ry w

e have o

f the M

ulekites, Th

en

he ad

ded

his o

wn

wo

rds. Th

ere are also

sealed

po

rtion

s of th

e p

lates to co

me fo

rth in

the

futu

re. These

plates w

ere d

elivered to

Josep

h Sm

ith.

Page 1: Copy on Cardstock the Brass Plates picture. Page 2: Copy, cut on lines. Put two together and fold on dotted line to make a book. Staple left edges close to the fold. Paste booklet on the square indicated on the Brass Plates of Laban page. Page 3: Copy and cut on lines of pictures. Paste Moses on front page, then books, earth, Adam and Eve, Jerusalem city, and king on last page. Page 4: king. Copy, cut and Paste, about the plates, on the back of the Brass plates of Laban paper.

Page 5: Copy on Cardstock the Large Plates of Nephi. Page 6: Copy, cut on lines. Put two together and fold on dotted line to make a book. Staple left edges close to the fold. . Paste booklet on square as indicated on the Large Plates of Nephi. Page 7: Copy and cut on lines of pictures. Paste King, King, and King, Nephi army, Lamanite army, Nephi saying. Page 8:Paste genealogy on last page. Copy, cut and Paste, about the plates, on the back of the Large Plates of Nephi.

Page 9: Copy on Cardstock the Small Plates of Nephi. Page 10: Copy, cut on lines. Put two together and fold on dotted line to make a book. Staple left edges close to the fold. Paste booklet in square as indicated on the Small Plates of Nephi. Page 11: Copy and cut on lines of pictures. Paste Heart. Isaiah, Nephi and Jacob, tree, Zenos praying, Nephi saying. Page 12: Paste King Benjamin on last page. Copy, cut and Paste, about the plates, on the back of the Small Plates of Nephi.

Page 13: Copy on Cardstock the Plates of Mormon picture. Page 14: Copy, cut on lines. Put two together and fold on dotted line to make a book. Staple left edges close to the fold. Paste booklet on square as indicated on the Plates of Mormon page. Page 15: Copy and cut on lines of pictures. Paste the plates on front page, then Mormon, Lehi&Moroni, Mulek, Brother of Jared, sealed portion. Page 16: Joseph Smith paste on back page. Copy, cut and Paste, about the plates, on the back of the Plates of Mormon page.