Food for America is a program designed by the National FFA Organization to help introduce first through sixth-grade students to the fascinating world of agriculture and to make elementary students more aware of the world of agriculture and how it affects their daily lives.

The program includes:

• A presenter's guide
• A video to introduce elementary students to agriculture and to Food for America
• A Teacher's Guide copy master for elementary teachers
• Step-by-step lesson plans to help teachers incorporate the study of agriculture into existing curriculum areas
• Recognition certificates

How it Works. . .

You can help your students discover the fascinating world of agriculture and all of its opportunities by participating in the Food For America program. Initiate the program by agreeing to a presentation by a local organization (the one that may have supplied these materials), or you may introduce your students directly to the program.

Food For America will help you teach students in first through sixth grade about agriculture. It is not a complete curriculum to teach only agriculture. Instead, the lesson plans help you teach existing curriculum, allowing you to integrate agriculture into math, science, language arts, social studies and other subjects.

The materials are designed to help you supplement your existing curriculum. It is not an add-on. For example, if your students are learning graphing in math, you can have them put that knowledge to work by creating graphs about American agriculture. If students are learning about the environment in their science classes, they can expand their knowledge by learning how farmers protect the land.

In this program, your students will learn that agriculture includes many careers beyond those traditionally associated with farming. They will understand that every state is involved with agriculture and have a better sense of the development of agriculture from primitive methods to the current state of the art. Most importantly, Food For America will help your students understand how agriculture affects their lives.

If you are working with a sponsoring organization to present Food For America, that group is an excellent resource. Members might arrange for field trips, samples of agricultural products, demonstrations and supplementary information.

Food for America Kit...

This valuable resource contains a presenter's guide, and resources targeting grades 1-6 which include a video tape (Time 10:00), lesson plans, worksheets, certificates and ideas for student activities.

Lesson plans include:

• Where is agriculture?
• Food from Coast to Coast
• Agriculture by the Numbers
• Top Crops
• Lots More from Agriculture
• The Exploding Cheeseburger
• The Adventures of Peter the Potato
• Peanuts to Peanut Butter
• Where Does Your Food Dollar Go?
• How Food Moves From Farm to You
• Open Your Eyes and Watch the Food Go By
• Food for Keeps
• Pyramid Power
• The Pyramid Counts
• Food Safe
• After School Food Safety
• Controlling Pests and Disease
• The Beagle Brigade
• Where in the World?
• My Food Heritage
• The Trade Game
• Farmers Love the Land
• Compost It
• Careers in Agriculture
• Agriculture Through the Centuries

Order by shopping on-line in the Blue Catalog
http://www.ffaunlimited.org/foforam2.html