Power Up Your Future With John Deere
This is a 45-minute lesson plan from the National FFA Organization that introduces students to career preparation programs offered through John Deere and affiliated colleges, focusing on the Agriculture/Turf Technician “Power Up” program. Students watch a video, complete worksheets exploring the program’s purpose, schools, courses, tools, and credentials, and create an advertisement promoting Power, Structural and Technical Systems careers. The packet includes student worksheets, an advertising rubric, and answer keys.
At a glance
- Learning objectives
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- Describe career preparation programs offered through John Deere and affiliated colleges.
- Identify skills, qualifications and requirements needed in a Power, Structural and Technical career.
- Time required
- 45 minutes
- Materials
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- A copy of the "Power Up Your Future as a John Deere Agriculture/Turf Technician" worksheet for each student
- A copy of the "Advertising to Power Up Our Future" worksheet for each student
- Internet access for student exploration
- Internet access to play the video in real time or embed it in a PowerPoint ahead of time
- Resources
- 1. FFA.org; 2. Video: "Power Up Your Career as a John Deere Technician" and additional resources, https://www.deere.com/en/our-company/john-deere-careers/dealer-technician-training/ag-turf-technicians/; 3. AgExplorer, AgExplorer.ffa.org
- This Quick Lesson Plan Would Work Well As
- 1. Part of a careers lesson. 2. A lesson/unit about agricultural companies.
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Aligned Standards
AFNR Career Ready Practices
- CRP.04Communicate clearly, effectively, and with reason. Career-ready individuals communicate thoughts, ideas and action plans with clarity, whether using written, verbal and/or visual methods.
- CRP.05Consider the environmental, social and economic impact of decisions.
- CRP.07Employ valid and reliable research strategies. Career-ready individuals are discerning in accepting and using new information to make decisions, change practices or inform strategies.
AFNR Cluster Skills
- CS.02Evaluate the nature and scope of the Agriculture, Food & Natural Resources Career Cluster and the role of agriculture, food and natural resources (AFNR) in society and the economy.
- CS.05Describe career opportunities and means to achieve those opportunities in each of the Agriculture, Food & Natural Resources career pathways.
Common Career Technical Core
- AG2Evaluate the nature and scope of the Agriculture, Food & Natural Resources Career Cluster and the role of agriculture, food, and natural resources (AFNR) in society and the economy.
- AG3Examine and summarize the importance of health, safety, and environmental management systems in AFNR businesses.
Common Core – Literacy in Science & Technical Subjects: Writing
- CCSS.ELA-Literacy.WHST.9-10.6Use technology, including the Internet, to produce, publish, and update individual or shared writing products, taking advantage of technology's capacity to link to other information and to display information flexibly and dynamically.
- CCSS.ELA-Literacy.WHST.9.10.4Produce clear and coherent writing in which the development, organization, and style are appropriate to task, purpose, and audience.
Common Core – Reading: Informational Text
- CCSS.ELA-Literacy.RI.9-10.2Determine a central idea of a text and analyze its development over the course of the text, including how it emerges and is shaped and refined by specific details; provide an objective summary of the text.
Common Core – Speaking and Listening
- CCSS.ELA-Literacy.SL-10.2Integrate multiple sources of information presented in diverse media or formats (e.g., visually, quantitatively, orally) evaluating the credibility and accuracy of each source.
- CCSS.ELA-Literacy.SL.9-10.1Initiate and participate effectively in a range of collaborative discussions (one-on-one, in groups, and teacher-led) with diverse partners on grades 9-10 topics, texts, and issues, building on others' ideas and expressing their own clearly and persuasively.
- CCSS.ELA-Literacy.SL.9-10.4Present information, findings, and supporting evidence clearly, concisely, and logically such that listeners can follow the line of reasoning and the organization, development, substance, and style are appropriate to purpose, audience, and task.
FFA Precept
- FFA.CS-MCommunication: Effectively interact with others in personal and professional settings.
- FFA.CS-NDecision Making: Analyze a situation and execute an appropriate course of action.
- FFA.PG-JMental Growth: Embrace cognitive and intellectual development relative to reasoning, thinking and coping.
- FFA.PL-AAction: Assume responsibility and take the necessary steps to achieve the desired results, no matter what the goal or task at hand.
- FFA.PL-CVision: Visualize the future and how to get there.
- FFA.PL-EAwareness: Understand personal vision, mission and goals.
- FFA.PL-FContinuous Improvement: Accept responsibility for learning and personal growth.
NASDCTEc
- AGC09.02Select, research and examine critical aspects of career opportunities in one or more AFNR career pathways in order to gain an understanding of the breadth of occupations within this cluster.