Nathan McDonald – Woodworking SAE Lesson Plan
A 30-minute FFA lesson plan that helps students explore how personal hobbies can be transformed into supervised agricultural experience (SAE) projects. Using a video about an FFA member’s woodworking SAE and an accompanying worksheet, students inventory their own resources and connections and brainstorm potential SAE opportunities tied to career goals.
At a glance
- Learning objectives
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- Create an inventory of resources and connections to develop a supervised agricultural experience (SAE) project.
- Plan opportunities for SAEs within their school or community.
- Time required
- 30 minutes
- Materials
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- A copy of the "Turn Your Hobby Into Profit!" worksheet for each student.
- Internet access to play the video in real time or embed it in a PowerPoint ahead of time.
- Resources
- 1. FFA.org; 2. Video: "Nathan McDonald – SAE – Woodworking," https://vimeo.com/162897443; 3. Ag Explorer, https://agexplorer.ffa.org/
- This Quick Lesson Plan Would Work Well As
- 1. Part of an SAE lesson/unit. 2. A lesson on career preparation.
- Student Activity Sheets
- Direct access to student activity sheets without lesson plan or answer key: https://ffa.box.com/s/abiour467v699qic133jpdkee508ybot (Word); https://ffa.box.com/s/rurmem5gvyd3b4dohplr9m78extwawof (PDF)
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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.
- CRP.10Plan education and career path aligned to personal goals. Career-ready individuals take personal ownership of their own educational and career goals, and they regularly act on a plan to attain these goals.
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.
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.
Common Core – Writing
- CCSS.ELA-Literacy.W.9-10.1Write arguments to support claims in an analysis of substantive topics or texts, using valid reasoning and relevant and sufficient evidence.
- CCSS.ELA-Literacy.W.9-10.2Write informative/explanatory texts to examine and convey complex ideas, concepts, and information clearly and accurately through the effective selection, organization, and analysis of content.