WARM-UP
• Word Sort Directions:
– Write the following words in your notes in order
of importance for being successful in this class. If
you do not know what the word means put it at
the bottom of your list. Number 1 would be what
you think is most important.
– WORDS
• Class, FFA, SAE, CDE, Homework, Notes,
Socializing, Class work, Projects
FFA HISTORY AND
BACKGROUND
Know Understand Do!
Know
• Importance
of FFA in Ag
Education
• Important
Symbols
within FFA
• How FFA can
benefit you
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•
Do
Understand
 Explain the
FFA’s influence
importance of
in Ag Education
FFA in Ag
The meaning
Education
and history
 Define FFA’s
behind FFA’s
symbols and
symbols
their meaning
FFA’s benefits to  Evaluate SAE’s,
students, school,
CDE’s and their
and community
role in
preparing for
the future
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 : Symbols
Lesson EQ:
What are the
major symbols of
FFA?
Vocab
Emblem, Creed,
Motto
Concept : Future
Lesson EQ:
How can FFA prepare
me for a career?
Vocab
Active, Career
Development Event,
Degree, Proficiency,
Supervised
Agricultural
Experience
WHAT ARE YOU LEARNING?
The importance of FFA, how to get
involved, and its benefits to you and
your future
Essential Question
•What is FFA?
1. What is FFA?
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Youth Organization
Nationwide
Real world experiences !
Concentrates on 3 main areas
– Premier Leadership
– Personal Growth
– Career Success
1. What is FFA?
• Student run organization
• Three basic levels
– Middle School
– High School
– Collegiate
• Levels of Membership
– Active , Alumni, Collegiate, Honorary
• FUN!
COPY
THIS
FOR
YOUR
NOTES!
How did it all start?
Timeline Activity
• You will be working in your group of 4.
• Each table will receive two FFA manuals.
• You will be given a section of time in years. Find
important events in the history of FFA within
your group’s portion of time.
• Groups will construct a timeline including a short
description of what happened during each event.
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
RallyRobin
• Directions for Constructing Timeline:
– Student 1 will choose a date from the timeline
and name the event.
– Student 2 will explain to the group what
happened during that event.
– Student 3 will write the event on the timeline.
– Student 4 will check the book to make sure all
of the information written down is correct.
• Roles will change each time so that after 4
events are added everyone has completed
each job.
Justify!
• Your partner offered up their opinion as to
what FFA was important and why…
• Write a letter to another Animal Science
Student and FFA member explaining the
importance of your 3 events in FFA history
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
• 2008- DE0036 AHS Chapter became officially chartered
• What Act?
QUIZ!!
– Establish Cooperative Extension?
– Vo Tech Education?
– Land Grant universities?
• When?
– AHS Chartered?
– NFA Joined?
– AHS Affiliated?
– Girls join?
• What does it mean to be
– Charted?
– Affiliated?
Where is FFA now?
• Current enrollment=557,318 student
members in grades seven through 12
• Number of Chapters= 7,498 local FFA
chapters throughout the U.S., Puerto Rico
and the Virgin Islands.
• Largest Annual Event= National FFA
Convention 2012 Attendance:56,176
attendees
3. Why did FFA start?
• Vocational Education
– Many students required further education
during the industrialization of farming and
agriculture
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Socialization
Most up-to-date material
Competitions
Career preparation
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.
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
REVIEW
• Word Wall
• EXIT QUESTION
– Who wrote the FFA Creed?
• NEXT CLASS:
– FFA Emblem and Symbols
Independent Warm Up Activity
• Complete your FFA
crossword puzzle
• Use your FFA manuals
• 15mins
Summarizing
• Choose an ACT
discussed in the
history of FFA.
• Make an
acrostic that
describes key
elements about
FFA that you
learned today
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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
Warm Up-5 mins
• Answer the following questions on your
warm up page. Copy the questions!!
– What is the purpose of an Emblem?
– Do you know any emblems?
– What is the difference between an emblem
and a symbol?
FFA EMBLEM AND
SYMBOLS
ESSENTIAL QUESTION
–What are the major parts
of the FFA emblem?
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"
FFA Colors- 1929
National blue
represents the
blue field of our
flag. It signifies
that the
organization is
national in scope
and open to
everyone.
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.
Official Dress
Black Bottoms
White Collared
Shirt
Tie
Official Jacket
Black Shoes
The cross section of an ear of corn …
… represents our common interest in
agriculture. Corn is grown in every
state.
The eagle...
…is symbolic
of the national
scope of
the FFA.
The rising sun...
represents
progress in
agriculture.
The plow...
...symbolizes labor
and tillage of
the soil.
The owl...
… represents
knowledge
and wisdom.
The words Agricultural Education
surrounding FFA...
...tell us
that FFA
is an
important
part...
… of an
agricultural
education
program.
This is our FFA emblem...
Interview a Classmate
• Find a partner that you have not yet
worked with in this class.
• Ask your partner 5 questions about
themselves
• THEN
• Design them an EMBLEM based on those 5
questions.
Review Charades!
• Work with your shoulder partner.
• Think of a piece of the FFA Emblem that we just
discussed
• With your FACE partner “Act Out” your section
of the emblem or give descriptions without using
the ITEM’s Name
– Don’t talk!
• Try to get your partner to “guess” what portion
of the emblem you are
• Switch and allow the other person to act out a
different item from the emblem.
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
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
FFA Creed Activity- 1 min
• Independently!
– Underline or highlight words that you think
are important in the FFA creed.
Pair Share – 1 Minute Each
– Summarize the FFA Creed in a few sentences.
– Why do you think the parts you highlighted
are important?
– Why do you think the FFA creed was written?
– What purpose would a creed serve?
FFA Motto
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.
WANTED: FFA MEMBERS
PART ONE
• Read the FFA Creed
• Read the FFA Motto
• Read the degree
requirements for
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Greenhand
Chapter
State
American
PART TWO
• Design a WANTED AD for
an FFA member you must
include information about
– What requirements must be
fulfilled to be a member
– What type of
“responsibilities” they might
have (in order to earn all 4
FFA degrees
– Include information like
who to contact
WANTED: FFA MEMBER
MUST BE:
• In an Ag Class
• In High School, Middle
school or College chapter
• Participate in the
community and school
actively
• Portray a positive image
of FFA in the following
ways:
– ………………………
Responsibilities
• Be Friendly
• Be Willing to travel
– National Convention
• Complete an SAE
• Opportunities to move up
in ranks include
– Greenhand
• (list requirements)
– Chapter
• (list requirements)
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REVIEW
• Word Wall
• EXIT QUESTION:
– What is the FFA members mission?
• To practice brotherhood, honor agriculture
opportunities and responsibilities, and develop
those leadership qualities which an FFA member
should possess.
• NEXT CLASS:
– Parliamentary Procedure/ SAEs/CDEs
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?
Concept Map!
VOCAB:
FFA,
Greenhand,
Chapter,
State,
American
FFA: Parliamentary
Procedure and CDEs
ESSENTIAL QUESTION
–Why do we use
Parliamentary procedure?
Warm-Up- 5 mins
• Explain what is happening in this photo
Parliamentary Procedure
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1. What is it ?
2. When do we use it?
3. Why do we have it?
4. How does it work?
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
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
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
4. How does it work?
• Parliamentary Procedure Activity 30mins
– Break up into groups.
– Read Script 1, 2 and 3
CDEs
Career Development
Event
Compete
Locally
Compete
State wide
Compete
Nationally!
Examples
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Ag Mechanics
Forestry
Floriculture
Dairy Foods
CDE Activity- 30 Minutes
• Research a CDE
• 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?
Concept Map!
VOCAB:
FFA,
Greenhand,
Chapter, State,
American, SAE,
Parliamentary
Procedure
FFA: Supervised
Agricultural
Experiences
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
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S-A-E
Wanted: Landscape Maintenance
worker, Operate a lawn mower and
power blower. Need a person who
can work with out supervision.
Experience required. Call 515-7743.
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.
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.
Essential Question
• What benefits do SAEs provide to students?
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?
Gaining Experience!!
• Question:
– How can you gain experience to get a job (or
prepare for college)?
• Answer:
– Supervised Agricultural Experience (SAE)
SAE
• Supervised Agricultural ExperiencePrograms consist of planned practical
activities conducted outside of class time in
which students develop and apply
agricultural knowledge and skills.
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 management
skills
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
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
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.
Types of SAE
• Entrepreneurship
• Placement
• Research
– Experimental
– Non-Experimental
• Exploratory
• Improvement
• Supplemental
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.
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 paid
or non-paid.
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.
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
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
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.
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
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.
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.
Improvement Examples:
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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
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.
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!
SAE and the Full Plate
If we add a steak to the plate, this is
similar to having an
Entrepreneurship SAE. For
decades, Entrepreneurship has
been the foundation of SAE. But a
steak by itself doesn’t make a
balanced meal!
SAE and the Full Plate
The passage of the Vocational
Education Act of 1963 caused more
interest in off-farm agriculture. This
resulted in adding Placement as a
type of SAE. We can think of the
potato as Placement on our SAE
plate.
SAE and the Full Plate
With the increased emphasis on
science in agriculture, a need
arose in the 1990s for a new type
of SAE activity - Research. The
green beans represent this
addition to our SAE plate.
SAE and the Full Plate
We now have a full plate.
However, our meal would be
improved by the addition of
several additional items. These
additional items help round our
our SAE plate. We call them minor
SAE components.
SAE and the Full Plate
The addition of a soup or salad
helps start a meal. Exploratory
activities are designed to help
students start their SAE programs.
SAE and the Full Plate
A beverage would help
compliment the meal.
Supplementary SAE activities
help complement the SAE
program.
SAE and the Full Plate
Adding a dessert rounds our our
meal. Improvement activities help
round out the SAE plate.
SAE and the Full Plate
While a SAE program can contain just
one or two different types of activities,
the goal should be to have a full plate of
different activities. This maximizes
learning.
SAE: Fill Your Plate
Planning an SAE Activity
A) SAE General idea (1 sentence)
B) SAE Type is _____ because ______
C) Basic Planning
Who
What items
would help would you
you with
need ?
this?
How long
would it
take? How
would you
complete
your
records
3 possible problems you might face
while completing this SAE
2 Ways you prevent these problems
from occurring
1 question you try to answer while
completing this SAE
I chose this
Practice
project because Journal Entry
My Visual
would look
like , and
include
Pretend you chose
this project. Write 3
sentences
explaining why you
chose it (relate to a
possible career or
something you like,
or learned in ANSC
Basic design of
your visual
3 Good Things
Write a 3
sentence
journal entry
3 things they should
add to their plan
Summary: On the back of your
“Practice SAE Plan”
Summarize the Activity
Explain what we did in this activity
What did we do?
Write a Step by Step Guide
Summarize the steps of planning an
SAE project (modeled after when we
did today in class)
Should be 5-10 steps in length
Why did we do this?
What did you learn?
How would you explain this to
someone who knows NOTHING
about an SAE project or where to
start.
What steps ensure a successful
project?
SAE Frayer Model
• Each student will be responsible to have a
completed SAE upon graduation
• Record Books are required for all SAEs
–What interests you ?
Record Book
• 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 !!!
SAE and THE AET
• Each student will complete their SAE in the
online forum at theaet.com
– Chapter Number: DE0036
– Username and password are the same
– Will be assigned to you in the computer lab
• WRITE IT DOWN!
What to expect…
Category
0- Not Present
3- Partially complete, lacks
organization
5- Completed
0- Not Present
3- Partially complete, lacks
organization
5- Completed
1. Cover Page: Title of project, your name,
teacher’s name, year
2. Intro: Idea Essay Typed or hand writen
3. SAE Action Plan, Mid Way Check Point, ¾
Check Point
4. Specific Paperwork:
PDF Printed Report from AET.com (varies
depending on project. All students should have
BOLD items)
Finances , Time Investment, Journal
Entries, Description, Learning outcome (1
page double spaced in length answering
the questions below)
SAE Agreement
5. At least 3 Photos (student included in photos)
with captions
Category
6. Organized (in a binder/folder) in order above
7. Oral Presentation: clear, easy to understand,
answers the questions below, no reading from
slides
8. Visual (poster/ PowerPoint)
Poster: Contrasting colors, legible, able to be read
from at least 3 feet away
Powerpoint: Contrasting colors, at least 5 slides in
length, photos included
9. All handwriting/ typing in full sentences, Legible
10. On time Due:
SAE In-Class Activity
• Each student will complete their SAE
Action Plan.
• Action Plans are required to receive your
Greenhand Degree from AHS
• This is due at the end of class
SAEs @ AHS
• SAE Project- Put it in writing!
– 2 page double spaced essay
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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?
What will your journal entries include in theaet.com?
Include a timeline for your SAE for the entire semester.
Review
• Word Wall
• EXIT QUESTION:
– How do you join FFA?
• NEXT CLASS:
– Review for Test
– TAKE TEST
Videohttp://www.ffa.org/index.cfm?method=c_abo
ut.mission
Concept Map!
VOCAB:
FFA,
Greenhand,
Chapter, State,
American, SAE,
Parliamentary
Procedure
Do you have that?
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FFA Crossword puzzle
Recite FFA Motto
Degree hierarchy
CDE Activity
SAE Action Plan worksheet completed
Vocabulary Sheet (Word Wall Words)
Essential Question/Exit Question sheet
Greenhand Degree Application filled out
– (IF YOU ARE AN FFA MEMBER)
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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10.
Define the following vocabulary:
1. FFA, CDE, SAE, Chapter (Degree), Greenhand, American
(Degree), Leadership, Active, State (Degree), 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)
What are the 3 major ACTS n Ag Education and what did they do
for Ag Education?
What are the 5 types of SAEs? List their defining features and what
should be included in their record books
How does FFA prepare you for a career? List the 2 parts and give
examples
CONCEPTS
• 1. FFA SAE and Instruction work together
• 2. FFA has along history in agriculture
• 3. FFA provides opportunities for $,
competitions and degrees