Ridge Hughbanks – Let’s Get to Work
“Let’s Get to Work” is an FFA lesson plan built around 2018-19 National FFA Central Region Vice President Ridge Hughbanks’ retiring address, in which he discusses how hard work and resiliency are key to leadership and self-care. Students watch the video, complete activity worksheets (including analysis of the poem “Invictus”), and plan their own self-care activities. The lesson emphasizes mental health awareness and the importance of resiliency.
At a glance
- Learning objectives
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- Describe why hard work is needed to move forward.
- Describe why resiliency leads to good leadership.
- Identify the importance of and steps to self-care.
- Time required
- 45 minutes
- Materials
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- A copy of the "Let's Get to Work" worksheet for each student
- Purple and green markers, colored pencils or pens
- Internet access to play the video in real time or embed it in a PowerPoint ahead of time
- Video: "Let's Get to Work | Ridge Hughbanks Retiring Address," https://vimeo.com/370525702
- Partnership for 21st Century Skills
- Critical Thinking and Problem Solving; Flexibility and Adaptability; Initiative and Self-Direction; Leadership and Responsibility
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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 – Math Practices
Common Core – Reading: Informational Text
- CCSS.ELA-Literacy.RI.9-10.2Determine a central idea of a text and analyze its development over the course of the text, including how it emerges and is shaped and refined by specific details; provide an objective summary of the text.
- CCSS.ELA-Literacy.RI.9-10.3Analyze how the author unfolds an analysis or series of ideas or events, including the order in which the points are made, how they are introduced and developed, and the connections that are drawn between them.
- CCSS.ELA-Literacy.RI.9-10.4Determine the meaning of words and phrases as they are used in a text, including figurative, connotative, and technical meanings; analyze the cumulative impact of specific word choices on meaning and tone (e.g., how the language of a court opinion differs from that of a newspaper).
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.