In 2025, we’re studying Doctrine and Covenants for the Come Follow Me curriculum, and we’re here to help with our bloggers’ feminist and nuanced lesson plans! Teaching Doctrine and Covenants can be a challenge. (I understand! Step 5 of my 15 Step Process to writing a D&C Come Follow Me lesson is “I give up.”) But Exponent II is here for you as always with our longstanding strategy of teaching lessons with a feminist perspective, historical context and inclusive content and language.
The same Come Follow Me curriculum will be used by every age group: Primary, youth and adult Sunday School, Young Women and Aaronic Priesthood/Young Men, and Family Home Evening/personal study. The good news is that since Doctrine and Covenants was the favorite scripture source for writers of the previous youth curriculum, we have a lot of youth-focused lessons about Doctrine and Covenants already available on our website archive.
Because Doctrine and Covenants is a collection of historical documents, this year is an opportunity to teach the history of a time period in the not-so-distant past where we can find many historical sources to add nuance to the texts available in Doctrine and Covenants. Our bloggers have brought in sources containing the perspectives of women, indigenous peoples, and non-Mormons who were involved in the events referenced in Doctrine and Covenants, and added historical facts to give context to the lessons.
Here are some of the nuanced lessons plans covering Doctrine and Covenants lessons for the January and February Come Follow Me curriculum already available at Exponent II. Is the lesson you need to teach not here yet? No worries! We’ll continue to post new lesson plans as the year goes on. Keep checking our Doctrine and Covenants Come Follow Me Lesson Plans collection to find the new lesson plans we’ll add throughout the year.
Joseph Smith—History 1: 1–26 “I SAW A PILLAR OF LIGHT”
Doctrine and Covenants 2; Joseph Smith—History 1:27-65 “THE HEARTS OF THE CHILDREN SHALL TURN TO THEIR FATHERS”
Doctrine and Covenants 3–5 “MY WORK SHALL GO FORTH”
Doctrine and Covenants 6–9 “THIS IS THE SPIRIT OF REVELATION”
Doctrine and Covenants 10–11 “THAT YOU MAY COME OFF CONQUEROR”
