2.16 Tricks of the Trade
This is Lesson 16, “Tricks of the Trade,” from the National FFA Mentoring Program’s Grow Your PALS Program Guide (Agricultural Awareness unit). Using an apple cut into pieces to demonstrate how little of the Earth’s surface is available to produce food, the small-group lesson teaches the relative proportion of agricultural land and the importance of trade. PALS partners research the agricultural goods that various countries import from and export to the United States, then share their findings with the group.
At a glance
- Learning objectives
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- Understand the relative proportion of land available for agricultural use.
- Discover the importance of trade.
- Time required
- 30 minutes
- Materials
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- apple
- paring knife
- note cards
- markers
- notebook paper
- writing utensil
- Internet, magazines and agricultural resources for trade research (such as the USDA Economic Research Service website)
- Lesson Type
- Small Group
- Unit
- Agricultural Awareness
- Precepts
- A. Action — A5. Communicate effectively with others; B. Relationships — B2. Interact and work with others
- Key Terms
- import, export
- Resources
- None
Downloads & Links
Aligned Standards
National Standards
- NL-ENG.K-12.8Students use a variety of technological and information resources to gather and synthesize information and to create and communicate knowledge.
- NSS-EC.K-4.6Gain from Trade