Unit Plan

Unit Plan- Title of Unit: Exploring the FFA

Unit Description: This unit is designed to let you explore the FFA on your own. You will be required to visit the national FFA web site to complete a guided webquest, explore video clips on symbolism, make your own emblem and to complete an online test.

Supporting Lessons Included:
Days One and Two:
-Webquest- Exploring FFA History and events on the FFA website
-Development of an audio cassette for FFA week, FFA Online shopping expedition & FFA Jeopardy game.

Day Three:
- Exploring the Symbolism in the FFA Emblem
-Video clip
-Making Your Own Emblem
-Online Quiz

Intended Audience:
Agriscience I students, grades 9-12.

Duration:
-Three 50 minute class periods

Unit Goals:

ouisiana State Agriscience Benchmarks and Standards- (Leadership)
The learner will be able to:
    -list the pertinent dates in FFA history.
    -explain the FFA Code of Ethics.
    -discuss the meaning of the symbolism present in the FFA emblem.
    -reflect upon the changes that have occurred in the FFA and in Agricultural Eduation over the last 50 years.
    -develop a sample yearly Program of Work for the FFA chapter.

Unit Outcomes & Activities: :

Day One Webquest Activities & Assessments:

Task One: FFA History- Graded Notebook Assignment
Task Two: FFA cassette- Rubric (posted on webquest site)

Day Two Webquest Actvities and Assessments:

Task Three: FFA Shopping- Graded Word Document assignment
Jeopardy Game- may be informally assessed. It is designed to serve as a non-graded review for online testing and a final paper test assessment at the end of the unit.

Day Three:      FFA Video Clip- No graded assignment
                        Emblem Development- graded emblem product
                               Online Quiz

Distance Learning Strategies:
The distance leaarning strategies I utilized in this unit were mostly incorporated into the webquest-

WEBQUEST- which allows students to explore at their own pace and even from their own homes, if necessary. this would be a useful unit for a homebound student.

In the webquest, I utilized:

a POWERPOINT PRESENTATION that is web based. This allows students to play the game over and over again at home as a test preparation review.

In the Unit Plan, I also utilized:

DIGITAL VIDEO CLIPS to transmit portions of information to distant students.
ONLINE QUIZ- it was a very simple quiz, for actual class usage it would be much longer and more difficult.

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