3.1 The Role of an Advocate
This is a middle school agricultural literacy lesson (Lesson MS.AI.3.1, “The Role of an Advocate”) from the Pork Checkoff Middle School Food and Agricultural Literacy Curriculum. It teaches students to define advocacy and explain the role of an advocate, using a curfew role-play activity and a discussion of various advocacy methods, with applications connecting advocacy to agriculture.
At a glance
- Learning objectives
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- As a result of this unit the students will recognize the significance that advocacy has in agriculture.
- As a result of this lesson the students will define advocacy.
- Explain the role of an advocate.
- Time required
- Instruction time for this lesson: 45 minutes.
- Grade level
- Middle School
- Materials
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- Writing surface
- Overhead projector/transparencies
- MS.AI.3.1.TM.A – one per teacher
- MS.AI.3.1.TM.B – one per teacher
- MS.AI.3.1.ASSESS.A – one per student
- Precepts
- A. Action; A5. Communicate effectively with others
- Key Terms
- Advocate, Advocacy
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Aligned Standards
National Standards
- NL-ENG.K-12.12Applying Language Skills
- NL-ENG.K-12.4Communication Skills