Lesson 2 – Agricultural News on a National Level
This lesson, part of the Current Events 7th-9th Grade Series (Lesson 2), teaches students to identify and summarize national agricultural current events. Students research a national agriculture story from newspapers or agricultural publications, write a one-paragraph synopsis, and create a newspaper-style headline using an accompanying activity sheet.
At a glance
- Learning objectives
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- Identify national agricultural current events
- Summarize an national agricultural current event
- Time required
- 50-90 minutes
- Grade level
- 7-9th Grade
- Materials
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- Course text
- Synopsis and headline activity sheet (AS 1.1)
- Computers with internet access
- Newspapers or agricultural publications brought by students