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

Understand• FFA’s

influence in Ag Education

• The meaning and history behind FFA’s symbols

• FFA’s benefits to students, school, and community

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

Key Learning: FFA and ME

• Unit EQ: Why is FFA important in Ag Education?

Concept : Future

Lesson EQ:

How can FFA prepare me for a career?

Vocab

Active, CDE, Degree, Proficiency, SAE

Concept : SymbolsLesson EQ:

What are the major symbols of FFA?

VocabEmblem, Creed,

Motto

Concept : HistoryLesson EQ:

What is FFA?Vocab

FFA, Leadership, Ag Education

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

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

Bring it all together

• 1. Write• 2. Add and

Answer• SWITCH• 2. Write

Prompt• 1. Add and

Answer

• 1. FFA Horizon Magazine is….

• 2. Information you can find includes…

• 3. All FFA magazines have…

• 4. FFA members would read this because…

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

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

FFA


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

Essential Question

•What is FFA?

1. What is FFA?

• 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

• 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

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!

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

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

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 Convention 2008 Attendance: 54,731

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

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

Summarizing• Choose an

ACT discussed in the history of FFA.

• Make an acrostic that describes key elements about FFA that you learned today

• 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

Independent Activity

• Complete your FFA crossword puzzle

REVIEW

• Word Wall • EXIT QUESTION

– Who wrote the FFA Creed and what is it?

• NEXT CLASS:– FFA Emblem and Symbols

FFA EMBLEM AND SYMBOLS


ESSENTIAL QUESTION

–What are the major parts of the FFA emblem?

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?

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 NATI

ONAL

BLUE

CORN

GOLD

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 ShirtTie 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...

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

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

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?

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.

– 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?

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.

REVIEW

• Word Wall• EXIT QUESTION:

– What is the FFA members mission?

• 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

• 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

Examples

• 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:SAEs


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?

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 Experience- Programs 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 managementskills

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


• 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


• 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

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.

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

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:

• 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!


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!


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.


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.


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.


The addition of a soup or salad helps start a meal. Exploratory activities are designed to help students start their SAE programs.


A beverage would help compliment the meal. Supplementary SAE activities help complement the SAE program.


Adding a dessert rounds our our meal. Improvement activities help round out the SAE 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

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

organization5- 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 Point4. 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 0- Not Present 3- Partially complete, lacks organization

5- Completed

6. Organized (in a binder/folder) in order above

7. Oral Presentation: clear, easy to understand, answers the questions below, no reading from slides8. Visual (poster/ PowerPoint)Poster: Contrasting colors, legible, able to be read from at least 3 feet awayPowerpoint: 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

• 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 Video-

http://www.ffa.org/index.cfm?method=c_about.mission



Concept Map!

VOCAB:FFA,

Greenhand, Chapter, State, American, SAE, Parliamentary

Procedure

Do you have that?

• 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)

FFA:Review


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!

1. Define the following vocabulary:1. FFA, CDE, SAE, Chapter, Greenhand,

American, Leadership, Active, Proficiency, State, Agriculture Education

2. Who was Henry Groseclose? What did he do for FFA?

3. Who is E.M. Tiffany? What did he do for FFA?4. Who were the NFA? Why are they important to

FFA?5. What are the 6 parts of the FFA emblem? What

does each part stand for?6. What are the 3 main areas of Agriculture

Education? How do they all work together?(Remember the diagram to help you!)

7. List the FFA degrees. Include where each degree is awarded (state, local, national level etc)

CONCEPTS

• 1. FFA SAE and Instruction work together

• 2. FFA has along history in agriculture

• 3. FFA provides opportunities for $, competitions and degrees

Documents

FFA HISTORY AND BACKGROUND