Sense of Belonging Celebration Lesson
This is a National FFA lesson plan (“Sense of Belonging Celebration Lesson”) that introduces students to diverse fall and winter celebrations from around the world. Through a multi-part “Celebrations Around the World” worksheet, students research celebrations, the foods eaten during them, and the agricultural products needed to make those foods, culminating in an infographic, gallery walk, and a “perfect plate” activity. The resource includes student activity sheets and a complete answer key.
At a glance
- Learning objectives
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- Research different fall and winter celebrations.
- Evaluate how agriculture plays a crucial role in celebrations around the world.
- Time required
- 100 minutes (*Time requirements may vary based upon student understanding and class schedule.)
- Grade level
- Grades 9 and 10
- Materials
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- A copy of the “Celebrations Around the World” worksheet for each student
- Student devices with internet access
- Blank paper
- Markers
- Description of Lesson
- Introduce diverse fall and winter celebrations to students by having students research different celebrations, what foods are eaten during those celebrations and what agricultural products are needed to make those foods.
- Vocabulary
- Bodhi Day; Chinese New Year; Christmas; Collard greens; Diwali; Eid Al-Fitr; Hannukah; Kwanzaa; Las Posadas; Latkes; Matzo ball soup; Ōmisoka; Rosh Hashana; Samosa; Sheer khurma; Soyal; Tamales; Thanksgiving; Toshikoshi Soba; Yom Kippur
- Resources/References
- Website: https://www.canva.com/; Website: https://piktochart.com/blog/infographic-examples/
- Related Resources
- New Horizons Teaching Guide, Spring/Summer 2024, Appendix 2: Paving a Path Forward; New Horizons Teaching Guide, Fall 2022, Appendix 3: Rich in Tradition
- Cross-Curricular Connections
- English/Language Arts: Synthesize information about global celebrations and explain how agriculture plays a role. Technology: Use the internet to aid in research about celebrations, food and agricultural products. Geography: Sketch states and countries producing agricultural products.
- Partnership for 21st Century Skills
- Financial, Economic, Business, and Entrepreneurial Literacy; Information, Communications, and Technology Literacy; Global Awareness; Think Creatively
- Created
- 07/2024 by the National FFA Organization
Downloads & Links
Lesson plan
Worksheet
Student Activity Sheets_Sense of Belonging Celebration Lesson (PDF)
Student Activity Sheets_Sense of Belonging Celebration Lesson (DOCX)
Other
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.05Consider the environmental, social and economic impact of decisions.
- CRP.06Demonstrate creativity and innovation.
- CRP.07Employ valid and reliable research strategies. Career-ready individuals are discerning in accepting and using new information to make decisions, change practices or inform strategies.
- 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.
- CRP.11Use technology to enhance productivity. Career-ready individuals find and maximize the productive value of existing and new technology to accomplish workplace tasks and solve workplace problems.
AFNR Performance Element
- CS.01Analyze how issues, trends, technologies and public policies impact systems in the agriculture, food & natural resources career cluster.
Common Career Technical Core
- AG1Analyze how issues, trends, technologies and public policies impact systems in the Agriculture, Food & Natural Resources Career Cluster.
Common Core – Literacy in Science & Technical Subjects: Writing
- CCSS.ELA-Literacy.WHST.9-10.6Use technology, including the Internet, to produce, publish, and update individual or shared writing products, taking advantage of technology's capacity to link to other information and to display information flexibly and dynamically.
Common Core – Math
- MP5Use appropriate tools strategically.
Common Core – Math (Specific)
Common Core – Math Practices
- MP6Attend to precision.
Common Core – Reading: Informational Text
- CCSS.ELA-Literacy.RI.9-10.1Cite strong and thorough textual evidence to support analysis of what the text says explicitly as well as inferences drawn from the 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).
- CCSS.ELA-Literacy.RI.9-10.8Delineate and evaluate the argument and specific claims in a text, assessing whether the reasoning is valid and the evidence is relevant and sufficient; identify false statements and fallacious reasoning.
Common Core – Science & Technical Subjects
- CCSS.ELA-Literacy.RST.9-10.7Translate quantitative or technical information expressed in words in a text into visual form (e.g., a table or chart) and translate information expressed visually or mathematically (e.g., in an equation) into words.
- CCSS.ELA-Literacy.RST.9-10.9Compare and contrast findings presented in a text to those from other sources (including their own experiments), noting when the findings support or contradict previous explanations or accounts.
Common Core – Speaking and Listening
- 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.
- CCSS.ELA-Literacy.SL.9-10.4Present information, findings, and supporting evidence clearly, concisely, and logically such that listeners can follow the line of reasoning and the organization, development, substance, and style are appropriate to purpose, audience, and task.
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.
FFA Precept
- FFA.CS-MCommunication: Effectively interact with others in personal and professional settings.
- FFA.CS-NDecision Making: Analyze a situation and execute an appropriate course of action.
- FFA.PG-JMental Growth: Embrace cognitive and intellectual development relative to reasoning, thinking and coping.
- FFA.PL-AAction: Assume responsibility and take the necessary steps to achieve the desired results, no matter what the goal or task at hand.
- FFA.PL-EAwareness: Understand personal vision, mission and goals.
NASDCTEc
- AGC02.02Employ the use of technical information effectively to maintain and communicate records and reporting procedures commonly used in the AFNR cluster.
- AGC10.03Compare and contrast issues affecting the AFNR industry including biotechnology, employment, safety, environmental and animal welfare to demonstrate an understanding of the trends and issues important to careers in this industry.
- AGC10.04Envision emerging technology and globalization and project its influence on widespread markets to demonstrate an understanding of technologies and trends that will impact the AFNR industry.