2.2 Economic Impact of Agricultural Issues
This middle school lesson (MS.AI.2.2) from the Middle School Food and Agricultural Literacy Curriculum teaches students how agricultural issues create economic impacts through the principles of supply, demand, and trends. Through an interest-approach pop auction, a Boggle-style group brainstorming activity using news-topic scenario cards, and a nursery-rhyme rewriting review, students learn to explain the economic impact of an agricultural issue.
At a glance
- Learning objectives
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- As a result of this unit the student will… Discuss the economic impacts of agriculture
- As a result of this lesson the student will… Explain the economic impact of an agricultural issue
- Time required
- Instruction time for this lesson: 45 minutes.
- Grade level
- Middle School
- Materials
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- Overhead projector/transparencies
- Soft drink – one unopened can
- Notebook paper – one sheet per student
- Writing utensil
- Writing surface
- MS.AI.2.2.AS.A – scenarios listed on the activity sheet should be cut apart for the activity
- MS.AI.2.2.TM.A — one per teacher
- MS.AI.2.2.ASSESS.A — one per student
- Precepts
- C. Vision; C2. Conceptualize ideas
- Key Terms
- Trend, Supply, Demand
- Resources
- Mother Goose Nursery Rhymes (1996-2010). Retrieved April 15, 2010 from Web site. http://www.zelo.com/family/nursery/index.asp — National FFA Organization (2003). LifeKnowledge precepts and Signs of Success.
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Aligned Standards
National Standards
- CS.09.01.01.c.Describe the impacts of AFNR decisions on global markets and environmental health.
- NL-ENG.K-12.5Communication Strategies – Students employ a wide range of strategies as they write and use different writing process elements appropriately to communicate with different audiences for a variety of purposes.
- NSS-EC.5-8.8Supply and Demand