Praise to the Man

The primary president and I combined singing and sharing time to teach "Praise to the Man."  The sharing time was all about Joseph Smith, so we just combined the pictures from the sharing time with different lines from the song.  Below is the outline that we used:

Assignments:
Primary President (Megan)—make A, B, C sticks; get JS pictures (first vision, reading in James, death of JS, temple picture, priesthood restoration, translating the BofM)

Singing Leader (Hillary)—make poster board with the lyrics of the song, bring word game

Before we start, split primary into teams.  (3 or 6 teams for senior primary; split junior primary so that each group has an older kid)  Hand out A, B, C sticks to each group.  Hand out JS pictures in sr. primary

Sharing Time

For every two lines of the song, complete the following

1.  Read through the lines

2.  Play the word game (have each group hold up their sticks to indicate their answer)

3.  Talk about the picture (have jr. primary help match the pictures; have sr. primary match their pictures and tell what they know about the pictures)

4.  Sing the lines of the song at least twice

Hillary: Praise to the man who communed with Jehovah!
Jesus anointed that Prophet and Seer.
 (First Vision picture)

Megan: Blessed to open the last dispensation,
Kings shall extol him, and nations revere. (Reading in James picture)

Hillary: (Chorus]
Hail to the Prophet, ascended to heaven!
Traitors and tyrants now fight him in vain.
 (death of JS picture)

Megan: Mingling with Gods, he can plan for his brethren;
Death cannot conquer the hero again. (temple picture)

Hillary: Great is his glory and endless his priesthood.
Ever and ever the keys he will hold.
 (priesthood restoration picture)

Megan: Faithful and true, he will enter his kingdom,
Crowned in the midst of the prophets of old. (translating BofM picture)

And here's a link to the word game we used:

http://basicprimarymusic.blogspot.com/2011/05/praise-to-man-week-two-big-words.html?m=1