Agricultural Education

This guide includes different one-, three-, and five-day options for curated and cohesive activities to leave for students when you need to be away from your classroom for a varying number of days. The theme of this guide is animal systems and all selected activities are related to learning more about small animals, large animals and careers within animal systems.

Bring agricultural issues to your classroom with this resource. Teach students how to recognize issues, how to properly research them and how to present their findings based on facts, not their opinions. These lessons will also introduce agriculture classes to the Agricultural Issues Forum LDE.

In her retiring address, 2024-25 National FFA Eastern Region Vice President Caroline Groth shares her story of speaking truth to inspire positive change.

Description of Lesson: In her retiring address, 2024-25 National FFA Central Region Vice President Mary Schrieber shares the deeper meaning behind the question of why FFA members are here.

Students will explore how personal beliefs influence their decisions and behaviors. Using the retiring address of 2024-25 National FFA Southern Region Vice President Jack Lingenfelter, students will analyze how beliefs shape actions.

In her retiring address, 2024-2025 National FFA Western Region Vice President Abigale Jacobsen shares her personal experiences with building emotional “walls” and how they can limit connection with others.

Being a light can help others overcome challenging times. In his retiring address, 2024-25 National FFA Secretary Luke Jennings shares his experience of the power of support systems.

Achieving success requires sacrifice and finding your purpose. In his retiring address, 2024-25 National FFA President Thaddeus Bergschneider shares his story about the impact of sacrifice.

This past Arkansas state officer and current Walmart executive continues to draw on his FFA experiences and pay it forward to future generations of members.

From corporate offices to cameras, these past national officers discovered lessons in leadership, teamwork and career growth.

In this guide, you will find activities for six articles in the spring/summer 2026 issue of FFA New Horizons. Worksheet answer keys can be found at the end of the activity worksheet. The activities are aligned to educational standards.

In partnership with Outrun the Sun, this sun safety in agriculture resource is designed to teach students about sun-safe practices in agriculture and the importance of being sun-smart. In addition to the two lesson plans, use the outreach guide to help share sun safety in agriculture with the community through projects and activities.