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FFA HISTORY AND BACKGROUND

FFA HISTORY AND BACKGROUND. Ms. Wiener Agriculture Department. Know Understand Do!. Know Importance of FFA in Ag Education Important Symbols within FFA How FFA can benefit you. Do Explain the importance of FFA in Ag Education Define FFA’s symbols and their meaning

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FFA HISTORY AND BACKGROUND

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  1. FFA HISTORY AND BACKGROUND Ms. Wiener Agriculture Department

  2. Know Understand Do! Know Importance of FFA in Ag Education Important Symbols within FFA How FFA can benefit you Do • Explain the importance of FFA in Ag Education • Define FFA’s symbols and their meaning • Evaluate SAE’s, CDE’s and their role in preparing for the future Understand • FFA’s influence in Ag Education • The meaning and history behind FFA’s symbols • FFA’s benefits to students, school, and community

  3. Key Learning: FFA and ME Unit EQ: Why is FFA important in Ag Education? Concept : History Lesson EQ: What is FFA? Vocab FFA, Leadership, Ag Education Concept : Future Lesson EQ: How can FFA prepare me for a career? Vocab Active, CDE, Degree, Proficiency, SAE Concept : Symbols Lesson EQ: What are the major symbols of FFA? Vocab Emblem, Creed, Motto

  4. Unit Map: Follow Along in your packet WHAT ARE YOU LEARNING? The importance of FFA, how to get involved, and its benefits to you and your future

  5. Intro Activity • What’s it all about? • With a partner, Grab an FFA Horizons Magazine • FIRST ROUND: • Orange: Reads 1st… Tell your partner what is in the FFA horizons Magazine ? • Blue: Write • SWITCH ROUND TWO: • Blue: Read an article to your partner • Orange: Summarize that article FOLD ME LIKE A HAMBURGER

  6. Bring it all together • 1. FFA Horizon Magazine is…. • 2. Information you can find includes… • 3. All FFA magazines have… • 4. FFA members would read this because… • 1. Write • 2. Add and Answer • SWITCH • 2. Write Prompt • 1. Add and Answer

  7. Find all the Prompts • You will have 5 minutes to find the “answers” to the two prompts you are missing. • One partner reads, One partner writes

  8. Summary Activity • Everyone please complete • 3 things all FFA horizon magazines have in common • 2 topics covered in an FFA horizon Magazine • 1 reason why this magazine would be important to an FFA member

  9. FFA Ms. Wiener Agriculture Department

  10. WARM-UP- 5 mins • Word Sort Directions: • Write the following words in your notes in order of importance (TO YOU!). If you do not know what the word means put it at the bottom of your list. 1. Being most important and so on. Think of this question when sorting: • What is most important to being successful in this class? • WORDS • Class, FFA, SAE, CDE, Homework, Notes, Socializing, Class work, Projects

  11. Essential Question • What is FFA?

  12. 1. What is FFA? • Youth Organization • Nationwide • Real world experiences ! • Concentrates on 3 main areas • Premier Leadership • Personal Growth • Career Success

  13. 1. What is FFA? • Student run organization • Three basic levels • Middle School • High School • Collegiate • Levels of Membership • Active , Alumni, Collegiate, Honorary • FUN!

  14. COPY THIS FOR YOUR NOTES!

  15. How did it all start?Timeline Activity • Make a group with students at your table • Each group will get 2 FFA Student Manuals per table • You will be given a section of time in years. Find important events in the history of FFA within your groups portion of time. • Groups will construct a timeline including a short description of what happened during that year

  16. SummarizeRallyRobin • 1 student will provide a date in the history of FFA, your partner will explain why they think it is important to FFA • THEN SWITCH • Even #’s start: Give a Date to your partner from your FFA Timeline • Odd #’s : reply with why you think it was important to FFA • THEN SWITCH!

  17. Timeline Construction • Each group will present what they have found • All groups timelines will be put in order into one complete FFA Timeline and hung up in the classroom

  18. 2. Where did FFA start? • 1890: Morril Act: Established land grant universities • 1914: Smith Lever Act established cooperative extension services connected to land grant universities • 1917: Smith Hughes Act established Vocational Education • Started in the 1928 • Future Farmers of Virginia • Boys with farming background met in Kansas City • Henry Groseclose • “Father of FFA” • 1965- NFA Joins FFA • 1969- Females join FFA • 1998- Congress passes law outlining the importance of FFA in vocational education

  19. Where is FFA now? • Current enrollment=507,763 • Number of Chapters= 7,439 in all 50 states, Puerto Rico and the Virgin Islands • Largest Annual Event=National FFA Convention2008 Attendance: 54,731

  20. 3. Why did FFA start? • Vocational Education • Many students required further education during the industrialized of farming and agriculture • Socialization • Most up-to-date material • Competitions • Career preparation

  21. 4. What purpose does FFA serve? • To provide students the opportunity to increase leadership skills and explore career possibilities and interests through local, state, and nationwide competitions • Put this statement into your own words for your notes.

  22. Timeline Scramble – 2 mins • On HALF a piece of paper write down 2 events that have been included in the timeline. • Event name/Description NO YEAR • Rip the HALF sheet of paper into two pieces . Each piece should have 1 event from the timeline • Place the events in the middle of your table when finished

  23. Summarizing • S : student-run • M: made impact • I: in all DE high schools • T: taught in AG class • H: happens in and outside school • L: leadership learned • E: Education in Ag learned • V: Very wide spread • E: Everyone is eligible • R: Real World opportunities • Choose an ACT discussed in the history of FFA. • Make an acrostic that describes key elements about FFA that you learned today

  24. Independent Activity • Complete your FFA crossword puzzle

  25. REVIEW • Word Wall • EXIT QUESTION • Who wrote the FFA Creed and what is it? • NEXT CLASS: • FFA Emblem and Symbols

  26. FFA EMBLEM AND SYMBOLS Ms. Wiener Agriculture Department

  27. ESSENTIAL QUESTION • What are the major parts of the FFA emblem?

  28. Warm Up-5 mins • Answer the following questions on your warm up page • What is the purpose of an Emblem? Do you know any emblems? What is the difference between an emblem and a symbol?

  29. What does it actually mean? • Emblem: • special design or visual object representing a quality, type, group, etc. a visible symbol representing an abstract idea • Symbol • something visible that by association or convention represents something else that is invisible; "the eagle is a symbol of the United States"

  30. FFA Colors- 1929 CORN GOLD NATIONAL BLUE Corn gold represents a crop grown in every state of the U.S. and national fields of crops ready for harvest – a sign of success. It helps to symbolize the commonality of the organization. National blue represents the blue field of our flag. It signifies that the organization is national in scope and open to everyone.

  31. Official Dress Black Bottoms White Collared Shirt Tie Official Jacket Black Shoes

  32. The cross section of an ear of corn … … represents our common interest in agriculture. Corn is grown in every state.

  33. The eagle... …is symbolic of the national scope of the FFA.

  34. The rising sun... represents progress in agriculture.

  35. The plow... ...symbolizes labor and tillage of the soil.

  36. The owl... … represents knowledge and wisdom.

  37. ...tell us that FFA is an important part... … of an agricultural education program. The words Agricultural Education surrounding FFA...

  38. This is our FFA emblem...

  39. Review Charades! • Find a partner • Think of a piece of the FFA Emblem that we just discussed • With your FACE partner “Act Out” your section of the emblem • Don’t talk! • Try to get your partner to “guess” what portion of the emblem you are

  40. Activity Break! • Piece of paper • Markers/ something to color with • Design your OWN emblem • Every item must have a meaning. They should describe you or things you’re interested in • Must have 6 • You can trace the FFA emblem as an outline

  41. Activity Break (ANSC 2) • Emblems around us • What are the parts of the FFA emblem? • What are the parts of your school emblem? • Write the vision statements for FFA and your school • Answer the following writing prompt • What in each emblem reflects the ideals/mission/vision for each group? • Why were those symbols specifically chosen to represent those ideals?

  42. FFA CREED • Written by: E.M. Tiffany • 1930- 3rd National Convention • Adopted! • Let’s Practice! • Each student will have their own copy of the FFA Creed. • Each group will read together one paragraph of the Creed

  43. FFA Creed Activity- 1 min • Independently! • Underline or highlight words that you think are important in the FFA creed.

  44. Pair Share – 1 Minute Each • Summarize the FFA Creed in a few sentences. • Underline 5 important points made in the FFA creed • Why do you think these points are important? • Why do you think the FFA creed was written? • What purpose would a creed serve?

  45. FFA Motto

  46. FFA Degree Activity- 30 mins Create an FFA Degree hierarchy Use the Student Manual to determine the FFA degrees available to students. Include in your hierarchy what it takes to receive each degree.

  47. REVIEW • Word Wall • EXIT QUESTION: • What is the FFA members mission? • NEXT CLASS: • Parliamentary Procedure/ SAEs/CDEs

  48. Closing Activity • What are the FFA officer positions? • What are the jobs descriptions and responsibilities for the FFA officer positions you know? • Do you know the FFA officers in your school?

  49. Concept Map! Unit Name: FFA Unit EQ: Why is FFA important in Ag Education? VOCAB: FFA, Greenhand, Chapter, State, American EQs: 1. What is FFA? 2. What are the main parts of the FFA emblem?

  50. FFA: Parliamentary Procedure and CDEs Ms. Wiener Agriculture Department

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