HS.123 Career Opportunities in Agriculture
This LifeKnowledge lesson (HS.123) introduces students to career opportunities in agriculture as part of a Supervised Agricultural Experience unit. Students learn to distinguish between a task, a job, and a career; define career success; and identify the broad range of career opportunities available in agriculture through discussion, handouts, and a written assessment.
At a glance
- Learning objectives
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- Distinguish between a task, a job, and a career.
- Define career success.
- Identify career opportunities in agriculture.
- Time required
- Instruction for this lesson: 50 minutes.
- Grade level
- High School
- Materials
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- Overhead Projector
- 3 x 5 index cards—one per student
- HS.123.AS.A—one per student
- HS.123.TM.A
- HS.123.TM.B
- HS.123.Assess—one per student
- Unit
- Supervised Agricultural Experience
- Problem Area
- Introduction to SAE
- Precepts
- F5: Acquire new knowledge
- Resources
- www.ageducate.org/careers/
- Key Terms
- Career, Job, Task
Downloads & Links
Lesson plan
Presentation
Aligned Standards
National Standards
- NSS-EC.9-12.4Positive and Negative Incentives — Understand that acting as citizens, people respond to incentives in order to allocate their scarce resources in ways that provide the highest possible returns to them.