Lesson 1 – The World of Agricultural News
This is Lesson 1, “The World of Agricultural News,” from the Current Events 7th-9th Grade Series Substitute Teacher Guide. Students use the Internet to research international agricultural current events, write a one-paragraph synopsis, and create a drawing/collage representing the event to practice identifying and summarizing global agricultural news.
At a glance
- Learning objectives
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- Identify international agricultural current events
- Summarize an international agricultural current event
- Time required
- 50-90 minutes
- Grade level
- 7-9th Grade
- Materials
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- Course text
- Computers with Internet access
- One sheet of copy paper 8.5×11 for each student
- Markers, crayons, colored pencils
- Related LifeKnowledge Lesson
- LifeKnowledge MS 41