History of the FFA
Goal: Create a presentation about the History of the FFA and the Nation’s History to educate our peers
about the significance of the FFA and National historical timelines.
Each group will be given a decade in the FFA’s History. It is your job to look up what significant events
happened in the National FFA’s history and the Nation’s history for that decade. You will need to tell us
why the event may have happened and the significance for the National FFA organization based upon
what was going on in the nation at the time.
Example: 1930’s The FFA Creed is created and 1929 the stock markets crashed. The creed instills
the belief in the future of agriculture, a belief in honest hands on work, a belief in helping your neighbor
etc. These ideals were important at the time because people had lost hope, had lost their jobs, needed
help from their neighbor and so they were important for individuals at the time to remember and hold
onto. This is why the creed was written the way it was and it still holds true today.
You will be creating a powerpoint presentation on these events and their national historical significance.
They will be shared with your peers in a presentation.
Grading Rubric:
Format
4
There are enough
slides to facilitate a
classroom discussion,
approximately one
per year of FFA
events. Students
have pictures and or
videos to enhance
presentation. All
grammar is correct.
Students have a
cohesive and
engaging
presentation. Sites
are cited correctly
3 (target)
There are enough
slides to facilitate a
classroom discussion,
approximately one
per year of FFA
events. Students
have pictures and or
videos to enhance
presentation. All
grammar is correct.
All sites are cited
correctly
2
There are not
enough slides
and/or detail to
events to facilitate
a classroom
discussion. There
are only one to
two visuals per
date discussed.
Slides are
cluttered.
Grammar is
incorrect. Sites are
not cited correctly
1
More than one year
is on a slide and/or
little to no
detail/information is
presented so
minimal classroom
discussion is
facilitated. There is
one or fewer visuals
presented per date.
Slides are cluttered.
Grammar is
incorrect. Sites are
not cited correctly.
FFA Events
National Events
Significance of
events
Presentation
Students
demonstrated
knowledge of all
significant FFA events
of their decade and
connected them to
additional events in
other decades
Students
demonstrated
knowledge of 3 or
more significant
National events of
their decade and
connected them to
additional events in
other decades
Students discuss in
depth the
significance and
connection between
their FFA events and
the national
historical events.
Students find 3 or
more connections
Students
demonstrated
knowledge of all
significant FFA events
of their decade
Students
demonstrated
knowledge of all
but one significant
event for the FFA
in their decade
Students
demonstrated
knowledge of all but
two or more
significant events for
the FFA in their
decade
Students
demonstrated
knowledge of two
significant National
events of their
decade
Students
demonstrated
knowledge of one
significant national
event in their
decade
Students
demonstrated no
knowledge of
significant national
events in their
decade
Students discuss the
significance and
connection between
their FFA events and
the national
historical events.
Students find 2
connections
Students do not
discuss the
significance and
connections
between their FFA
events and national
historical events. No
connections are
made or discussed
Student went above
and beyond. The
presentation was
professional, well
organized, easy to
read and understand,
visually appealing
and was clearly
practiced
Student had a well
organized, easy to
read, visually
appealing and clearly
practiced
presentation
Students discuss
briefly the
significance and
connection
between their FFA
events and the
national historical
events. Students
find one
connection
One to two
aspects of the
presentation were
confusing,
unorganized,
cluttered, visually
unappealing
and/or not
practiced
(students read
directly from the
powerpoint)
Students
presentation was
unorganized,
confusing, cluttered,
visually unappealing,
not practiced and
recited word for
word from the
powerpoint.