FFA History, Emblem and Motto: Match and Recall

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FFA History, Emblem and Motto: Match and
Recall
Career and Technical Education · Agriculture / FFA · Grades 8-10 · 45 minutes
Time needed
45 minutes (one class period)
Prep
Copy the 2-page worksheet (one per student). Nothing else to prepare.
Technology
None.
Student
independence
High. Students read and work alone, then check with a partner.
Copies to make
One 2-page worksheet per student
Materials
Pencils, Worksheet
Goal for today: Students will match key FFA events to their years, match emblem symbols to their meanings, and
name the three parts of agricultural education.
Before the bell
☐ Copy the worksheet, one per student (2 pages).
☐ This is a paper-only lesson. Students must not use any tools, equipment or animals.
☐ Write on the board: FFA = a national youth organization for students interested in agriculture and leadership.
☐ Keep the answer key on your desk. You do not need to know anything about FFA.
Say this to start
Good morning! Your teacher left a lesson on the history of the FFA, a national youth organization in agricultural
education. You will read a short passage and then match dates, symbols and meanings. Everything you need is on the
worksheet. Work on your own first and check with a partner at the end.
Run of show
Minutes
What you do
What students do
0–5
Take attendance the way the school requires. Hand out the
worksheets.
Settle in and take out a pencil.
5–13
Ask students to read the passage silently. Then ask one or
two volunteers to read it aloud.
Read the passage and underline the years.
13–25
Tell students to complete the two matching sections
(questions 1–9).
Match events to years and symbols to
meanings.
25–35
Tell students to complete the motto fill-in (10–13) and the
true/false items (14–16).
Fill in the motto and decide true or false.
35–42
Tell students to answer question 17 (multiple choice) and
question 18 (short answer).
Choose the best answer and write a short
response.
42–45
Read the matching answers aloud from the key so students
can check. Collect all worksheets.
Check answers and hand in the worksheet.

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If things go wrong
• If students say they are not in FFA or do not know what it is, explain that the passage tells them everything
they need.
• If a student finishes in under 20 minutes, ask them to double-check the matching and add one more detail to
question 18, then use the early finisher list.
• If students ask to stand up and say the motto aloud, they may recite it quietly at their seats. Keep the room
calm.
• If students ask for outside information, tell them to answer from the passage only.
Early finishers
• Write your own one-sentence meaning for each line of the FFA motto.
• Design an emblem for a club you would start. Draw and explain two symbols.
• List three careers in agriculture that do not involve working on a farm.
Support and challenge
• Support: Let students use the passage for every answer and complete only questions 1–9, 14–16 and 17.
• Challenge: Ask students to write a short paragraph explaining how the FFA changed from 1928 to today using
the years in the passage.
Notes for the teacher (you fill this in)
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How far the class got / what to pick up next:
Students who were especially helpful:
Anything the teacher should know: