4.2 Are You Coming In or Going Out
This middle school agricultural literacy lesson, “Are You Coming In or Going Out?” (MS.IAS.4.2), teaches students to compare importing and exporting practices related to agricultural commodities. Through a barbeque-trading interest approach, world map activity, and motion-based memory techniques, students learn definitions of import and export, identify top U.S. imports and exports and trading partner countries, and explore the concept of a positive agricultural trade balance.
At a glance
- Learning objectives
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- As a result of this unit the student will… Recognize local, state, national, global scope of agriculture.
- As a result of this lesson the student will… Compare importing and exporting practices related to agricultural commodities.
- Time required
- Instruction time for this lesson: 45 minutes.
- Grade level
- Middle School
- Materials
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- Writing surface
- Projector
- Assortment of markers
- MS.IAS.4.2.TM.A – one per teacher
- MS.IAS.4.2.AS.A – one per student
- MS.IAS.4.2.AS.B-C – one per teacher
- MS.IAS.4.2.ASSESS.A – one per student
- Precepts
- C. Vision — C1. Contemplate the future.
- Key Terms
- Import; Export
Downloads & Links
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.
- NL-ENG.K-12.12Applying Language Skills
- 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.
- NS.5-8.6Science in Personal and Social Perspectives
- NSS-EC.5-8.18National Productivity
- NSS-EC.5-8.6Gain from Trade
- NSS-EC.5-8.8Supply and Demand
- NSS-G.K-12.2Places and Regions
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.