Paxton Dahmer – Your Path
This National FFA lesson plan, “Your Path,” centers on a retiring address by 2020-21 National FFA Central Region Vice President Paxton Dahmer, in which he discusses how it is OK for one’s life path to look different from peers’. Students watch the video, complete a worksheet, and create a personal five-year timeline of major life milestones. The resource includes a lesson plan, student activity sheets, and an answer key.
At a glance
- Learning objectives
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- Describe the importance of following their own path, regardless of what peers are doing.
- Create a timeline to outline major milestones in life.
- Time required
- 45 minutes
- Grade level
- Grades 9 and 10
- Materials
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- A copy of the "Your Path" worksheet for each student
- Internet access to play the video in real time or embed it in a PowerPoint ahead of time
- Vocabulary
- Dive; Trust
- Cross-Curricular Connections
- English/Language Arts: Create a timeline to depict a path. Social Studies: Locate Ukraine on a map.
- Resources/References
- Video: "Paxton Dahmer Retiring Address," https://vimeo.com/640688862
- Related Resources
- Retiring Addresses and Keynotes, FFA.org/ffa-video-center/convention-keynotes-and-retiring-addresses/
- Virtual Instruction Ideas
- Have students download and then watch the video on a device of their choice and complete the worksheet.
Downloads & Links
Lesson plan
Worksheet
Aligned Standards
AFNR Career Ready Practices
- CRP.02Apply appropriate academic and technical skills. Career-ready individuals readily access and use the knowledge and skills acquired through experience and education to be more productive.
- 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.06Demonstrate creativity and innovation.
- CRP.08Utilize critical thinking to make sense of problems and persevere in solving them. Career-ready individuals readily recognize problems in the workplace, understand the nature of the problem, and devise effective plans to solve the problem.
Common Core – Writing
- CCSS.ELA-LITERACY.W.9-10.4Produce clear and coherent writing the development, organization, and style are appropriate to task, purpose, and audience.
FFA Precept
- FFA.PG-J.Mental GrowthEmbrace cognitive and intellectual development relative to reasoning, thinking and coping.
- FFA.PL-A.ActionAssume responsibility and take the necessary steps to achieve the desired results, no matter what the goal or task at hand.
- FFA.PL-C.VisionVisualize the future and how to get there.
- FFA.PL-E.AwarenessUnderstand personal vision, mission and goals.
FFA Precepts
- FFA.CS-N.Decision MakingAnalyze a situation and execute an appropriate course of action.