2.1 Where Would We Be Without Agriculture
This is a middle school agricultural literacy lesson plan (“Where would we be without Agriculture?”) from the Pork Checkoff Middle School Food and Agricultural Literacy Curriculum. Through an interest approach (a deserted-island survival packing activity), poster stations, drawing activities, and a world-population storytelling exercise, students define agriculture and explore its local-to-global impact on food, fiber, natural resources, and world population. The lesson includes a student activity sheet, definition posters, and a matching evaluation.
At a glance
- Learning objectives
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- As a result of this unit the student will… Evaluate how agriculture supports all life
- As a result of this lesson, the student will … Define the scope of agriculture's impact on daily life: local to global impact
- Time required
- Instruction time for this lesson: 45 minutes.
- Grade level
- Middle School
- Materials
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- Grocery sacks—one per student
- Variety of food items (examples-bread, canned food, bottled water, etc.)
- Variety of fiber items (examples-clothing, sleeping bags, etc.)
- Variety of shelter items (examples-tents, camping equipment, etc.)
- MS.IAS.2.1.AS.A—one per student
- MS.IAS.2.1.AS.B-F—one copy each
- Small dry erase boards with eraser and markers (can also use sheet of paper and markers)
- MS.IAS.2.1.Assess.A- one per student
- Precept
- C. Vision; C1. Contemplate the future
- Key Terms
- Agriculture, Food, Fiber, Natural Resources, World Population, Green Revolution
- Lesson Number
- MS.IAS.2.1
- Resources
- United States Census Bureau. World Population Clock. Retrieved July 15, 2009. Website: http://www.census.gov/main/www/popclock.html — National FFA Organization, LifeKnowledge® materials, 2009 — The American Heritage® Science Dictionary Copyright © 2005 Retrieved February 12, 2010 http://www.thefreedictionary.com/natural+resource
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Aligned Standards
National Standards
- NL-ENG.K-12.12Applying Language Skills
- NS.5-8.6Science in Personal and Social Perspectives
- NSS-G.K-12.4Human Systems
- NT.K-12.2Social, Ethical and Human Issues.
Social Science / Economics
- NSS-EC.5-8.1Productive resources are limited. Therefore, people cannot have all the goods and services they want. As a result, they must choose some things and give up others.