7.1 Stewardship and Accountability
This middle school lesson, part of the Pork Checkoff Middle School Food and Agricultural Literacy Curriculum (Introduction to Agricultural Science: Stewardship), teaches students the concepts of stewardship and accountability. Students define stewardship as the responsible management of something entrusted to one’s care, and explain personal and social accountability, connecting these ideas to environmental responsibility through discussion, a “weather report” group activity, and a colored-card review.
At a glance
- Learning objectives
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- Explore practices, procedures, and methods of environmental stewardship.
- Define stewardship.
- Explain personal/social accountability.
- Time required
- Instruction time for this lesson: 60 minutes.
- Grade level
- Middle School
- Materials
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- Writing surface
- Transparencies and projector
- MS.IAS.7.1.TM.A – one per teacher
- MS.IAS.7.1.TM.B – one per teacher
- 3 index cards per student
- Assortment of markers (green, yellow, and red are required)
- MS.IAS.7.1.ASSESS.A – one per student
- Lesson Number
- MS.IAS.7.1
- Precepts
- D. Character; D3. Accept responsibility for personal actions
- Key Terms
- Stewardship; Accountability
Downloads & Links
Aligned Standards
National Standards
- CS.01.04.03.aIdentify the consequences of personal actions.
- CS.01.05.02.b.Demonstrate responsible citizenship.
- NL-ENG.K-12.12Applying Language Skills
- NL-ENG.K-12.4Communication Skills
- NRS.05.01.01.a.Identify ways in which a message regarding natural resources may be communicated to the public.
- NSS-C.5-8.5Roles of the Citizen