Advocacy: Advocate for a Cause
This is a quick FFA lesson plan titled “Advocate for a Cause” in which students explore what advocacy means and the various forms it can take, from extreme to passive. Using a “Forms of Advocacy” worksheet, students identify a community cause or issue and develop their own plan to advocate for it. It is designed to fit within a service learning, public relations, or agricultural business lesson.
At a glance
- Learning objectives
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- Define what it means to advocate.
- Develop a plan to advocate for a cause in their home community.
- Time required
- 30 minutes
- Materials
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- A copy of the "Forms of Advocacy" worksheet for every student.
- Resources
- FFA.org
- This Quick Lesson Plan Would Work Well As
- 1. A portion of a service learning project. 2. A portion of a public relations lesson. 3. A portion of an agricultural business lesson.
- Partnership for 21st Century Skills
- Communication; Information Literacy; Collaboration
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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.
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.
AFNR Performance Element
- CS.01Analyze how issues, trends, technologies and public policies impact systems in the agriculture, food & natural resources career cluster.
Common Core – Speaking and Listening
- 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.9-10.2Integrate multiple sources of information presented in diverse media or formats (e.g., visually, quantitatively, orally) evaluating the credibility and accuracy of each source.
FFA Precept
- FFA.CS-MCommunication: Effectively interact with others in personal and professional settings.
- 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-EAwareness: Understand personal vision, mission and goals.