4.1 Our Nation’s Commodities
“Our Nation’s Commodities” is a 45-minute middle school agricultural literacy lesson (Lesson MS.IAS.4.1) that teaches students the difference between agricultural commodities and products and explores agriculture at the local, state, and national levels. Through interactive activities (Pictionary, Little Professor, and Hieroglyphics e-Moments) and USDA State Fact Sheets, students identify ten locally grown commodities and the top five commodities in their state and nation.
At a glance
- Learning objectives
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- Recognize local, state, national and global scope of agriculture.
- Identify ten locally grown agricultural commodities.
- List the top five agricultural commodities in your state.
- Locate the top five agricultural commodities nationally.
- Time required
- Instruction time for this lesson: 45 minutes.
- Grade level
- Middle School
- Materials
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- Writing surface
- Projector
- Ten notecards
- Assortment of markers
- MS.IAS.4.1.TM.A – one per teacher
- MS.IAS.4.1.AS.A – one per student
- MS.IAS.4.1.AS.B – one per student
- MS.IAS.4.1.ASSESS.A – one per student
- Internet access
- Precepts
- E. Awareness; E1. Address issues important to the community.
- Key Terms
- Commodity, Product
- Lesson Number
- MS.IAS.4.1
- Curriculum
- Middle School Food and Agricultural Literacy Curriculum
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Aligned Standards
National Standards
- ABS.06.01.01.aInvestigate the meaning and methods of marketing in AFNR as related to agricultural commodities, products and services and to agricultural goods in domestic and international markets.
- CS.01.05.01.aDiscuss trends and issues important to the community.
- NL-ENG.K-12.12Applying Language Skills
- NL-ENG.K-12.4Communication Skills
- NSS-EC.5-8.18National Productivity
- 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.