If all of the elements of this lesson plan are employed, students will develop the following powers, skills, and understanding:
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Students will place Under the Banner of Heaven within a historical and cultural context by comparing the book with television series and documentaries which cover similar subject material, evaluating the rhetoric of a modern presidential candidate next to the rhetoric of Joseph Smith (who ran for president in 1844), and considering the LDS position on abortion within the current abortion debate.
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Students will practice sensitivity while reckoning with big questions (the origins of religious violence, the intersection of creativity and insanity,...
