(Also see: Television, Media)

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Handout from Christy's Clipart
It's great except for... by Summer Driggs



Bring in a variety of photos from magazines or advertisements.  Create category titles (food, clothes, electronics, etc.) and write one on each envelope.  Have them sort through the images and put them in the correct envelope.  While the images point us to objects and cause us to think of specific items, they are not real items. If you eat a picture of a banana it does not taste like a banana and does not give us the nutritional benefits of a banana. If we try to drive a nail with a picture of a hammer we will not be successful. A picture of a car will not bring us to church. These are only images.  Reality--real objects are very different from the images.  We need to avoid these images that the media can put in our head that is NOT real.  They are actors that are pretending.  Avoiding these images being recorded in our head in the first place, is definitely the better option.
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This probably isn't HUGELY helpful, but my girls really enjoyed this. The first counselor in the bishopric came in for this lesson and he started out by saying: "I don't want you guys to think about a big white polar bear at ALL while I am speaking" and all the girls were giggling off and on while he finished his comment. He asked if any of them could keep from thinking about it, and none of them could. He tied this into how difficult it is to keep our minds clean after viewing inappropriate media. The girls have brought up the  analogy several times since that lesson. Hope that helps a little!! (Chelsea Adams / ga10042006)


 

Dallin H. Oaks, “Pornography,” Liahona and Ensign, May 2005, 87. Include Elder Oaks’s warnings in the discussion on pornography.

M. Russell Ballard, “Let Our Voices Be Heard,” Liahona and Ensign, Nov. 2003, 16. Add a chalkboard column with Elder Ballard’s ideas on speaking out against negative media.