The Big Picture Three Circle Model Instruction FFA

The Big Picture

Three Circle Model • Instruction • FFA • Supervised Agricultural Experience Instruction SAE FFA

Three Circle Model • Instruction: – Can look forward to an exciting and fun experience as you explore agriculture. – Classroom & Laboratory work. – Big Difference: Hands on work experience. – Fun!

• FFA: Three Circle Model – When enrolled in Agriculture Education you are eligible to join FFA. – Nations LARGEST student organization. – Traveling opportunities. – Meet new people. – Fun!

Three Circle Model • Supervised Agricultural Experience : – In agriculture education you start an SAE program – Based on an agriculture related job. – Can earn awards & money!

FFA Mission FFA makes a positive difference in the lives of students by developing their potential for premier leadership, personal growth and career success through agricultural education.

FFA Premier Leadership Personal Growth Career Success Three Pillars of the FFA Mission

FFA Motto “Learning to Do, Doing to Learn, Earning to Live, Living to Serve. ” 12 powerful words

What’s in it for me? • Activity: – Each student will choose a blue heading on page 4 & 5. – Read the section you choose. – Once you have read your section, write down an explanation to your parents about why you should join the FFA using what you learned in your designated section. – Be convincing!

Opportunities in FFA • • Lead Travel Earn Money Be Part of the Team Civic Engagement Succeed Make Positive Choices Have Fun

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What’s a logo? • A symbol or other small design adopted by an organization to identify its products, uniform, vehicles, etc.

How well do you know your logos? ! • Activity: – Break up into teams – A logo will pop up onto the screen, it is your teams job to write down who that logo belongs to. – Make sure you are quiet so the other team doesn’t hear you! – 10 questions.

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How did you do? • Review each logo

How does a logo help a company? • A logo provides a quick first impression of your company, products and/or services. A professionally developed and designed logo helps your customers retain a positive image of your company's quality, reliability, value and more.

The FFA Emblem • Cross section of corn represents ‘Unity’: Whether you live in Alaska, Puerto Rico, Maine, Hawaii or one of the states in between, corn is grown somewhere in your state. This agriculture crop signifies unity, and, from the first Thanksgiving feast on, corn has historically served as the foundation crop of American agriculture. It is appropriate then that the cross section of corn be used as the foundation of the national FFA emblem.

The FFA Emblem • Rising sun signifies ‘Progress’: Just as the industry of agriculture has developed new technologies and evolved to meet the next generation of consumer demands, the National FFA Organization has continued to evolve as well and continually looks to the future to meet each member’s needs. The rising sun signifies progress and holds the promise that tomorrow will bring a new day, shining with opportunity.

The FFA Emblem • Plow signifies ‘Labor and Tillage of the Soil’: The National FFA Organization is an organization founded in agriculture, the backbone of our country. The plow signifies labor and tillage of the soil and the historic foundation of our country’s strength.

The FFA Emblem • Eagle symbolizes ‘Freedom’: The eagle is a national symbol which reminds all FFA members of our freedom and the ability to explore new horizons for the future of agriculture.

The FFA Emblem • Owl represents ‘Knowledge’: Long recognized as a symbol of wisdom and knowledge, the owl symbolizes the knowledge required to be successful in the industry of agriculture.

The FFA Emblem • Agricultural Education and FFA: The words Agricultural Education and FFA are emblazoned in the center of the emblem to signify the combination of learning and leadership necessary for progressive agriculture.

FFA Emblem Project • Cut out the pieces of the FFA Emblem and piece them together where they belong. • Place the finished emblem on a piece of poster board provided by Miss F. • Label each piece: What it represents and its meaning.