Letter 1: What Is 4-H?
Dear Leader:
This guide is to help you identify and think about the key ideas in Welcome to the World of 4-H
Segment 1: What is 4-H? Read this guide before viewing the video/DVD. There are two parts to this
guide. Part 1 is for you to use and keep. Part 2 is a response sheet to be returned to your mentor or the
Extension unit office. In Part 1, note the key ideas as you watch the video/DVD.
Part 1: Video/DVD Home Study Guide
1. How do 4-H members learn through 4-H?
2. In addition to clubs and fairs, how does 4-H reach youth?
3. List the new project areas you became aware of from the video/DVD.
4. How is 4-H part of University of Illinois Extension, the Land-Grant System, and the U.S.
Department of Agriculture?
5. What do each of the "H"'s in the 4-H Clover stand for?
6. Other ideas I want to remember are:
Volunteers Are Special!
University of Illinois • U.S. Department of Agriculture • Local Extension Councils Cooperating
Revised August, 1999
Adapted from Wood, M.L., and Hiller, J.H. (1991). Letters to New 4-H Leaders Video/Audio Home Study Guide. University of Idaho
Cooperative Extension Service, Moscow, ID.
Issued in furtherance of Cooperative Extension Work, Acts of May 8 and June 30, 1914, in cooperation with the U.S. Department of
Agriculture, DENNIS R. CAMPION, Director, University of Illinois Extension. University of Illinois Extension provides equal
opportunities in programs and employment. The 4-H Name and Emblem are Protected Under 18 U.S.C. 707.
Letter 1: What is 4-H?
Part 2 (mail back response sheet)
This is your opportunity to apply the ideas presented in the video/DVD. When completed, return Part 2 to
your mentor or Extension office. This provides the office with a record of your completion and lets
Extension know what help you may need.
1. You are telling a friend that you have decided to become a 4-H leader. Write the comments you would
use to describe the 4-H program to someone else.
2. List the project areas that interest you.
3. Where is your unit office located and who are the salaried and volunteer staff available to help you as a
4-H leader?
4. If you learned something new from the video/DVD, please list it here.