The Mormon Trail - A Handout to go with Lesson 148: The Trek across Iowa; (and Mormon Battalion) Doctrine and Covenants 136:1–18

I like for my students to have a handout to go with some of my lessons.  I especially wanted them all to be able to look at a map and see the areas that the Saints took refuge.  So I made this handout to use with my lesson.  Most of the information came from this lesson https://www.lds.org/manual/doctrine-and-covenants-and-church-history-seminary-teacher-manual-2014/section-7/lesson-148-the-trek-across-iowa-doctrine-and-covenants-136-1-18?lang=eng

Mormon Trail Handout

Then I had the students draw the Mormon Trail.

I printed out several paragraphs from the Church History Institute Manual and then had the students draw and write about the stops on the Mormon trail.

https://www.lds.org/manual/church-history-in-the-fulness-of-times-student-manual/chapter-twenty-five-the-trek-across-iowa?lang=eng

Here is how it turned out:

Here are some other sources that are good for the Mormon Battalion:

https://www.lds.org/manual/doctrine-and-covenants-and-church-history-seminary-teacher-manual-2014/section-7/lesson-148-the-trek-across-iowa-doctrine-and-covenants-136-1-18?lang=eng

March of the Mormon Battalion Game

https://www.lds.org/friend/2002/07/march-of-the-mormon-battalion?lang=eng&query=mormon+battalion

 Winter Quarters: Church Headquarters, 1846-1848  https://www.lds.org/ensign/1997/09/winter-quarters-church-headquarters-18461848?lang=eng&query=mormon+battalion

Our Family Loves the Mormon Battalion Visitors Center in San Diego.  I showed the students some of what this site has to offer.
https://www.lds.org/locations/san-diego-mormon-battalion-historic-site

I also shared a few stories from my great-great grandfather Henry G. Boyle https://lib.byu.edu/collections/mormon-missionary-diaries/about/diarists/henry-green-boyle/

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