2.31 All in the Family
“All in the Family” is Lesson 31 of the National FFA Mentoring Program’s Grow Your PALS Program Guide, in the Animal Science unit, designed as a one-on-one mentor activity. It teaches students the livestock terms used for the male, female, and young of six species (cattle, swine, sheep, chickens, horses, and turkeys) and has them demonstrate these relationships by completing a livestock terminology chart.
At a glance
- Learning objectives
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- Define livestock terms used to refer to male, female and young animals of six species.
- Demonstrate the relationships by completing a livestock terminology chart.
- Time required
- Instruction time for this lesson: 20 minutes.
- Materials
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- scrap paper
- drawing utensils (markers, crayons and/or colored pencils)
- PALS.31.AS.A – 1 per student
- PALS.31.Assess.A – 1 per student
- Unit
- Animal Science
- Lesson Type
- One-on-one
- Precepts
- F. Continuous Improvement; F5. Acquire new knowledge
- Key Terms
- cattle, swine, sheep, chickens, horses, turkeys
- Resources
- USDA Agriculture Research Service Whiz Kid Activity packet, http://www.ars.usda.gov/is/kids/teachers/BarnydBrushup.pdf; Wulfman, Judy. Life on a Cattle Farm. Minneapolis, Mn. Carolrhoda Books, 2002; Wulfman, Judy. Life on a Pig Farm. Minneapolis, Mn. Carolrhoda Books, 2002.
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Aligned Standards
National Standards
- NL-ENG.K-12.6Applying Knowledge — Students apply knowledge of language structure, language conventions, media techniques, figurative language, and genre to create critique, and discuss print and non-print texts.