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Agriculture News Lesson Plans
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This lesson has students decide if they agree with a series of statements about the bee population, then read a news article about the disappearance of millions of U.S. honeybees. In this biology and current events lesson, the teacher introduces the article with a discussion and vocabulary activity, then students read the news piece and participate in a think-pair-share discussion. Lesson includes interdisciplinary follow-up activities.
In this lesson students examine how E. Coli is transmitted. They read an article about the contamination of spinach affected agriculture. They work together to create chapters of a children's book on how to protect themselves from getting an infection from E. Coli.
Students discover the environmental and economic impact of global warming. After reading an article, they identify how different countries are responding to the Kyoto Protocol. They research various countries emission laws and write a news article from the perspective of a delegate who is attending the conference.
“ Good lesson, but would be more beneficial with a more recent news article. ”
Students reflect on challenges that face farmers in cultivating crops, including insects. They then simulate how crops are affected by native and non-native insect populations and the options farmers have to protect their crops. Finally, students create agricultural plan from the perspective of a farmer.
6th graders discuss differences in the way in which information was disseminated in George Washington's time and how it is acquired in contemporary times. They examine Census of Agriculture data and a modern day version of a letter that Arthur Young could have written to George Washington. They write a letter in response that includes information about land value, crops, yields, and livestock prices. Also, the use the information to make a PowerPoint presentation, poster, or brochure.
Students work with NASS data by converting it into prose. In this historical agriculture information lesson, students read about how George Washington communicated information about crop yields, livestock, and land values. They apply the given data to write letters that explain the agricultural information.
Learners determine what products they use daily are agricultural products. They examine how agriculture was previously cultivated and how it has changed over the years, especially dealing with dairy farms. Learners should note the change in technology and why those changes occured.
Students consider what it takes to rebuild a country. In this current events lesson, students access a PBS news video about Haiti online, watch it, and then complete activities that require them to examine U.S. foreign policy and consider the importance of rebuilding the nation.
Students take a quiz to assess their knowledge of U.S. foreign policy. In this foreign policy lesson, students define vocabulary terms using the textbook in groups and share as the class takes notes. Students create a timeline of U.S. foreign policy events and view a film on foreign policy. Students locate a current events news article and write an analysis of the policy in use.
Students read about factory farming and determine a way to do something about it. In this industrial agriculture lesson, students read about the problems associated with factory farming. They think of ways to do something about the problem through campaigns, educational events, or fundraisers.
