2.2 A Tent off the Pathway
This middle school lesson (“A Tent off the Pathway,” Lesson MS.IAS.2.2) is part of the Pork Checkoff Middle School Food and Agriculture Literacy Curriculum and teaches the diversity of the agricultural industry through its six career pathways: Ornamental Horticulture, Ag Mechanics, Ag Business, Animal Science, Forestry, and Plant Science. Students create a foldable “knowledge tent,” build pathway collages from research, and gallery-walk to learn about each pathway. The lesson includes an interest approach, teaching content, review/summary, application activities, and a fill-in-the-blank assessment.
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 … Explain the diversity of the agricultural industry.
- Time required
- Instruction time for this lesson: 45 minutes.
- Grade level
- Middle School
- Materials
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- Several old magazines, newspapers, and pictures to use for collages
- Poster board – one per group
- Glue sticks or tape
- Masking tape
- Markers
- Cardstock for each student
- At least 6 computers or laptops (may pre-print info on each pathway if computers not available)
- MS.IAS.2.2.TM.A-F (posted around the room prior to class as posters, either on a flip chart or poster paper) – one per teacher
- MS.IAS.2.2.Assess.A – one per student
- Lesson Number
- MS.IAS.2.2
- Precepts
- H. Social Growth — H1. Acknowledge that differences exist between people. B. Relationships — B5. Participate effectively as a team member.
- Key Terms
- Pathways, Ornamental Horticulture, Ag Mechanics, Ag Business, Animal Science, Forestry, Plant Science
- Resources
- California Tech Prep Consortium, Agriculture Pathways. http://virtual.yosemite.cc.ca.us/agens/TechPrep/NewSite/content/hs/hs.html
Downloads & Links
Aligned Standards
National Standards
- NL-ENG.K-12.12Applying Language Skills
- NS.5-8.6Science in Personal and Social Perspectives
- NT.K-12.1Basic Operations and Concepts
- NT.K-12.5Technology Research Tools.
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.