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HS.127 Choosing My Vehicle

This is a National FFA LifeKnowledge high school lesson (HS.127, “Choosing My Vehicle”) in the Supervised Agricultural Experience unit that teaches students to set short-term and long-term career goals and use them to plan an SAE program. Through goal-setting tools, planning sheets, and resource identification activities, students develop a plan and identify the action steps and resources needed to establish their SAE. The lesson includes an interest approach, teaching content, planning handouts, an assessment, and extended application activities.

At a glance

Learning objectives
  • Develop short-term and long-term career goals.
  • Develop a plan for establishing an SAE program.
  • Identify the action steps to take and the resources needed in establishing an SAE.
Time required
Instruction time for this lesson: 50 minutes.
Grade level
High School
Materials
  • Overhead Projector
  • HS.127.Assess—one per student
  • HS.127.AS.A—one per student
  • HS.127.TM.A
  • HS.127.TM.B
  • HS.127.TM.C
  • HS.127.TM.D
  • SAE Tool Box (www.cals.ncsu.edu/agexed/sae/toolbox/)
Unit
Supervised Agricultural Experience
Problem Area
Planning My SAE
Precepts
I1: Plan and implement professional goals and priorities; I2: Make clear decisions in my professional life
Key Terms
Goals; Long-term goals; Short-term goals; Resources; Planning

Downloads & Links

Lesson plan

Presentation

Aligned Standards

National Standards

  • NL-ENG.K-12.5Communication Strategies – Students employ a wide range of strategies as they write and use different writing process elements appropriately to communicate with different audiences for a variety of purposes.

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