8.1 Careers in Agriculture
This upper-elementary lesson, “Careers in Agriculture” (Unit 8: Careers, part of the Food for America series), teaches students that agriculture involves far more than farming by introducing the eight categories of agricultural careers and the many jobs within each. Students explore one career in depth—an agricultural pilot—through a story, and then interview someone working in an agricultural career. Activity sheets support identifying career categories, reading about an ag pilot, and conducting a career interview.
At a glance
- Learning objectives
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- List the major categories of agricultural careers.
- Describe what is involved in one agricultural career: agricultural pilot.
- Time required
- 50 minutes
- Grade level
- Upper elementary
- Materials
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- Handouts of Activity Sheets 25:1, 25:2, 25:3
- Classroom set of almanacs/encyclopedias or the Internet