FFA HISTORY AND BACKGROUND

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FFA HISTORY AND BACKGROUND

• Ms. Wiener
• Agriculture Department

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How Units are Run

• Day One Set up your concept map
• (Learn the lesson)
• Answer your EQs at the end of each lesson
• Complete your test review
• Pass your test!
• (Keep your concept maps! Youll need them for the
  final!)

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Concept Map

• Unit Name FFA
• Unit EQ Explain FFAs importance in an Ag class
• Daily EQs
• What is FFA?
• What are the major parts of the FFA Emblem?
• Why do we use parliamentary procedure?
• What benefits do SAEs provide to students?
• Vocabulary
• FFA, CDE, SAE, Chapter, Greenhand, American,
  Leadership, Active, Proficiency, State,
  Agriculture Education

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Objectives

• Define FFA and its importance in Agriculture
  Education

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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

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Essential Question

• What is FFA?

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1. What is FFA?

• Youth Organization
• Nationwide
• Real world experiences !
• Concentrates on 3 main areas
• Premier Leadership
• Personal Growth
• Career Success

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Copy this for your notes then Answer the
Question What is this diagram trying to
represent?
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1. What is FFA?

• Student run organization
• Three basic levels
• Middle School
• High School
• Collegiate
• Levels of Membership
• Active , Alumni, Collegiate, Honorary
• FUN!

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2. Where did FFA start?

• Started in the 1920s
• Future Farmers of Virginia
• Boys with farming background
• Henry Groseclose
• Father of FFA
• 1965- NFA Joins FFA
• 1969- Females join FFA
• Soon a nationwide organization was formed!

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Where is FFA now?

• Current enrollment507,763
• Number of Chapters 7,439 in all 50 states,
  Puerto Rico and the Virgin Islands
• Largest Annual Event National FFA Convention
  2008 Attendance 54,731

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3. Why did FFA start?

• Vocational Education classes were growing
• Socialization opportunities
• Most up-to-date material is easier to provide
  with collaboration
• Competitions to earn money and awards for your
  school
• Career preparation in areas of agriculture and
  beyond!

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4. What purpose does FFA serve?

• Put this statement into your own words for your
  notes.
• To provide students the opportunity to increase
  leadership skills and explore career
  possibilities and interests through local, state,
  and nationwide competitions

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TIMELINE ACTIVITY -30 mins

• 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.

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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

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Discussion

• What events are most important?
• What event was REQUIRED to happen in order for
  FFA and Agriculture Education to be developed?
• What types of future advancements will FFA and
  Agriculture education need to adapt for?

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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

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Independent Activity

• Complete your FFA crossword puzzle and put in the
  class drawer when finished

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REVIEW

• Vocab you learned
• FFA
• Answer your Daily EQ on your Map
• What is FFA?
• EXIT QUESTION (Think about it)
• Who wrote the FFA Creed and what is it?
• NEXT CLASS
• FFA Emblem and Symbols

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FFA EMBLEM AND SYMBOLS

• Ms. Wiener
• Agriculture Department

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Objectives

• Understand the symbolize within the FFA
• Emblem and Colors
• Explore the FFA Creed

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ESSENTIAL QUESTION

• What are the major parts of the FFA emblem?

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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?

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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"

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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.
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Official Dress
Black Bottoms White Collared Shirt Tie Official
Jacket Black Shoes
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The cross section of an ear of corn
represents our common interest in agriculture.
Corn is grown in every state.
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The eagle...
is symbolic of the national scope of the FFA.
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The rising sun...
represents progress in agriculture.
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The plow...
...symbolizes labor and tillage of the soil.
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The owl...
represents knowledge and wisdom.
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The words Agricultural Education surrounding
FFA...
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This is our FFA emblem...
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Quick Quiz

• What does not belong?

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FFA CREED

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

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FFA Creed Activity- 1 min

• Independently!
• Underline or highlight words that you think are
  important in the FFA creed.

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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?

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Create your Own Creed

• Five Sentences
• Use I believe
• Express your goals in life
• The importance of your schooling
• How you aspire to act in order to become
  successful
• Why is the creed an important way to express
  these ideas?

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FFA Motto Read aloud together
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FFA Degree Activity- 30 mins

• Create an FFA Degree hierarchy/ road map
• Use the Student Manual to determine the FFA
  degrees available to students.
• Include in your hierarchy/ road map what it takes
  to receive each degree.
• Make sure your degrees are in order!

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REVIEW

• Vocab you learned
• Greenhand, American, State, Chapter
• Answer your Daily EQ on your map
• What are the major parts of the FFA Emblem?
• EXIT QUESTION (Think about it)
• What is the FFA members mission?
• NEXT CLASS
• Parliamentary Procedure/ SAEs/CDEs

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FFA Parliamentary Procedure and CDEs

• Ms. Wiener
• Agriculture Department

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Objectives

• Explain Parliamentary Procedure and its purpose

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Warm Up

• 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?

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ESSENTIAL QUESTION

• Why do we use Parliamentary procedure?

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Lets Read Aloud
All members in unison "To practice brotherhood,
honor agricultural opportunities and
responsibilities, and develop those qualities of
leadership which an FFA member should possess."
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• Explain what is happening in this photo

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Parliamentary Procedure

• 1. What is it ?
• 2. When do we use it?
• 3. Why do we have it?
• 4. How does it work?

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Parli Pro Questions

• Use your packet to answer the following IN
  COMPLETE SENTENCES. DO NOT WRITE ON PACKET!
  RETURN TO CENTER OF TABLE WHEN FINISHED.
  COMPLETED WORK GOES IN YOUR BIN!
• What are the steps in making a motion?
• What do you say to suspend consideration? Amend a
  motion? Request information?
• What is parliamentary procedure?
• What are unclassified motions?
• How many motions can be on the floor at one
  time?
• How do you amend a motion? What are common
  mistakes?
• What are the main classifications of motions?
  Define each in your answer
• After reading the mock script, what was done
  correctly concerning parliamentary procedure?
• In your own thoughts Why do we have / use
  parliamentary procedure? Give examples of where
  these procedures might me used in school, in the
  state, and the US

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1. What is it?

• Parliamentary procedure is the body of rules,
  ethics, and customs governing meetings and other
  operations of clubs, organizations, legislative
  bodies, and other deliberative assemblies

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2. When do we use it?

• At any meeting !
• When important decisions need to be made by an
  entire group or club
• When trying to discuss or present new ideas

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3. Why do we have it?

• TO KEEP ORDER!!
• Make sure every member has the chance to be heard
• Each member has the chance to vote
• Each member has the chance to bring up new topics
  for discussion or that need decisions

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4. How does it work?

• Parliamentary Procedure Activity Break up into
  groups.
• Read Script 1, 2 and 3
• Explain what is
• Correct
• Incorrect

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CDEs
Career Development Event
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Examples

• Ag Mechanics
• Forestry
• Floriculture
• Dairy Foods

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CDE Activity- 30 Minutes on Computers FFA.org
Search CDE

• Research a CDE with a partner
• Summarize on your own sheet of paper
• What your CDE is
• How you compete in your CDE
• What types of subjects are covered in your CDE
  competition
• What are the career possibilities ?
• Are there proficiency awards? If so what are
  they?
• What are the SAE Opportunities?

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Importance of FFA and Agriculture Activity

• Read the Blog by Mike Rowe
• Answer the questions on a separate sheet of
  paper.

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REVIEW

• Vocab you learned
• CDE, SAE, Parliamentary Procedure
• Answer your Daily EQ on your map
• Why do we use parli pro?
• EXIT QUESTION (Think about it)
• What are you interested in related to
  agriculture?
• NEXT CLASS
• SAEs

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FFASAEs

• Ms. Wiener
• Agriculture Department

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Objectives

• Define SAEs and their purpose
• Explore possible SAE Activities

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WARM-UP

• Turning SAE into JOB!
• A word ladder starts with one word and changes
  into a new word.
• Change one letter at a time into a new word.
• Try to turn SAE into a JOB

J-O-B _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ S-A-E
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Essential Question

• What benefits do SAEs provide to students?

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lawn mower and power blower. Need a person who
can work with out supervision. Experience
required. Call 515-7743.
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Vet Assistant needed. Mayflower Animal Hospital
needs an experienced individual to work 20 hours
a week. Duties including bathing animals,
grooming and feeding of animals. Apply in person
at 316 Walnut Street.
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Wanted Dependable person to handle over the
counter sales in a busy garden center. Pay is
7.50 an hour. Neat appearance important along
with the ability to work with people. Experience
in working with plants a must. Call 515-2396 for
an interview.
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What was the same in all 3 ads?

• Each advertisement wanted the person to be
  experienced. People who have experience have the
  edge in landing a job. But
• How do you get experience without first having a
  job?
• How do you get a job without first having
  experience?

Job
Experience
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Gaining Experience!!

• Question
• How can you gain experience to get a job (or
  prepare for college)?
• Answer
• Supervised Agricultural Experience (SAE)

SAE
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SAE definition

• Supervised Agricultural Experience- Programs
  consist of planned practical activities conducted
  outside of class time in which students develop
  and apply agricultural knowledge and skills.

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How Does a SAE Help Me?

• Develop skills that can be used in getting a job
• Provides the opportunity to make money
• Develops skills that can be used in starting you
  own business
• Helps development managementskills

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How Does a SAE Help Me...?

• Learn record keeping skills
• Improves analytical and decision making skills
• Teaches responsibility
• Provides the opportunity to explore possible
  careers

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How Does a SAE Help Me...?

• Develops knowledge and skills that could be
  helpful in college, as a hobby or for recreation.
• Provides the opportunity to win awards FFA
  proficiency awards are based on the SAE program.
  In addition to winning awards, money can be won
  at regional, state and national levels

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How Does a SAE Help Me...?

• FFA degrees are partially based on the SAE. You
  must have a SAE program to advance.
• In order to be a state or national officer, you
  first must have an advanced FFA degree which is
  partially based on SAE.
• Could help the grade in Agriculture class.

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Types of SAE

• Entrepreneurship
• Placement
• Research
• Experimental
• Non-Experimental
• Exploratory
• Improvement
• Supplemental

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Record Book Required for all SAEs

• Accurate!!!
• Record
• All money put into the project
• All money coming out from the project
• Working experience
• Hours worked
• Who you worked with/for
• Photos of activities
• Anything Important !!!

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Entrepreneurship

• The student plans, implements, operates and
  assumes financial risks in a farming activity or
  agricultural business. In Entrepreneurship
  programs, the student owns the materials and
  other required inputs and keeps financial
  records to determine return to investments.

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Entrepreneurship examples

• Growing an acre of corn
• Operating a Christmas tree farm
• Raising a litter of pigs
• Running a pay-to-fish operation
• Growing bedding plants in the school greenhouse
• Owning and operating a lawn care service
• A group of students growing a crop of poinsettias

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Placement

• Placement programs involve the placement of
  students on farms and ranches, in agricultural
  businesses, in school laboratories or in
  community facilities to provide a "learning by
  doing" environment. This is done outside of
  normal classroom hours and may be paidor
  non-paid.

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Research

• An extensive activity where the student plans and
  conducts a major agricultural experiment using
  the scientific process. The purpose of the
  experiment is to provide students "hands-on"
  experience in
• 1. Verifying, learning or demonstrating
  scientific principles in agriculture.
• 2. Discovering new knowledge.
• 3. Using the scientific process.

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Research Examples

• Comparing the effect of various planting media on
  plant growth
• Determining the impact of different levels of
  protein on fish growth
• Comparing three rooting hormones on root
  development
• Determining if phases of the moon have an effect
  on plant growth

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Examples, continued

• Analyzing the effectiveness of different display
  methods on plant sales in a garden center
• Demonstrating the impact of different levels of
  soil acidity on plant growth
• Determining the strength of welds using different
  welding methods

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Non-Experimental Research

• Students choose an agricultural problem that is
  not amenable to experimentation and design a plan
  to investigate and analyze the problem. The
  students gather and evaluate data from a variety
  of sources and then produce some type of
  finished product.

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Non-Experimental Examples

• A marketing plan for an agricultural commodity
• A series of newspaper articles about the
  environment
• A land use plan for a farm
• A landscape design for a community facility
• An advertising campaign for an agribusiness

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Exploratory

• Exploratory SAE activities are designed primarily
  to help students become literate in agriculture
  and/or become aware of possible careers in
  agriculture. Exploratory SAE activities are
  appropriate for beginning agricultural students
  but is not restricted to beginning students.

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Exploratory Examples

• Observing and/or assisting a florist
• Growing plants in a milk jug "greenhouse"
• Assisting on a horse farm for a day
• Interviewing an agricultural loan officer in a
  bank
• Preparing a scrapbook on the work of a
  veterinarian
• Attending an agricultural career day

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Improvement (minor component)

• Improvement activities include a series of
  learning activities that improves the value or
  appearance of the place of employment, home,
  school or community the efficiency of an
  enterprise or business, or the living conditions
  of the family. An improvement activity involves
  a series of steps and generally requires a
  number of days for completion.

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Improvement Examples

• Landscaping the home
• Building a fence
• Remodeling and painting a room
• Overhauling a piece of equipment
• Building or reorganizing a farm shop
• Renovating and restocking a pond
• Computerizing the records of an agricultural
  business

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Supplementary (Minor)

• A supplementary activity is one where the student
  performs one specific agricultural skill outside
  of normal class time. This skill is not related
  to the major SAE but is normally taught in an
  agricultural program, involves experiential
  learning and does contribute to the development
  of agricultural skills and knowledge on the
  part of the student. The activity is
  accomplished in less than a day and does not
  require a series of steps.

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SAE and the Full Plate
When thinking about the different components of a
SAE program, it might help to think of a meal. No
one likes an empty plate!
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SAE Fill Your Plate
Exploratory
Supplementary
Placement
Research
Entrepreneurship
Improvement
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SAE Frayer Model Activity. Complete for each
type of SAE discussed in class
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• Each student will be responsible to have a
  completed SAE upon graduation
• Record Books are required for all SAEs
• What interests you ?
• Dont have any ideas!?

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SAE-Exploration 20 minutes

• Each student will pick 2 SAE idea cards
• Answer the following questions about your SAE
• What is your SAE?
• How much time a day/week/month would you need to
  complete this project?
• What type of materials would you need to complete
  this project?
• Is this a project you could do? Why or why not?

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SAE In-Class Activity

• Each student will complete their SAE Action Plan.
  
• Action Plans are required to receive your
  Greenhand Degree from AHS
• Use complete sentences for full credit. This will
  help you begin your SAE project

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SAEs _at_ AHS

• SAE Project- Put it in writing!
• 2 page double spaced essay
• What is your SAE?
• What type of SAE are your performing?
• Where will this SAE take place?
• What types of materials will you need?
• What would success look like for your SAE?
• What should your SAE look like at the end of this
  year?
• Include a timeline for your SAE

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Review

• Vocab you learned
• SAE
• Answer your Daily EQ on your Map
• What benefits do SAEs provide to students?
• EXIT QUESTION
• How do you join FFA?
• NEXT CLASS
• Review for Test
• TAKE TEST
• Hand out SAE Paperwork and Due Dates
• Video- http//www.ffa.org/index.cfm?methodc_about
  .mission

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Completed Concept Map Are your questions
answered?
Unit Name FFA
Unit EQ Why is FFA important in Ag Education?
VOCAB FFA, Greenhand, Chapter, State, American,
SAE, Parliamentary Procedure
EQs 1. What is FFA?
2. What are the main parts of the FFA emblem?
3. Why do we use Parli Pro?
4. What benefits do SAEs provide?
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Do you have that?

• FFA Crossword puzzle
• Recite FFA Motto
• Degree hierarchy
• CDE Activity
• SAE Action Plan worksheet completed
• Vocabulary Sheet (Word Wall Words)
• Concept map completed with all questions answered
• Greenhand Degree Application filled out

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FFAReview

• Ms. Wiener
• Agriculture Department

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CONCEPTS TO KNOW Fill this in on your concept map

• FFA Degrees, FFA Emblem and its meaning, FFA
  Motto, 3 main areas of AGED, SAEs and CDEs and
  their purpose, FFA Colors, FFA History

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Time for Review!- 20mins

• Take out a sheet of paper .
• Individually answer each of the following
  questions.
• You can consult your neighbors for help.
• KEEP A COPY TO STUDY FROM!

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• Define the following vocabulary
• FFA, CDE, SAE, Chapter, Greenhand, American,
  Leadership, Active, Proficiency, State,
  Agriculture Education
• Who was Henry Groseclose? What did he do for FFA?
• Who is E.M. Tiffany? What did he do for FFA?
• Who were the NFA? Why are they important to FFA?
• What are the 6 parts of the FFA emblem? What does
  each part stand for?
• What are the 3 main areas of Agriculture
  Education? How do they all work
  together?(Remember the diagram to help you!)
• List the FFA degrees. Include where each degree
  is awarded (state, local, national level etc)