Lesson Plans-Curriculum

Lily Carriker’s SAE involves the website she created for a local agribusiness in her community. Students will watch a video on Lily’s agricultural communications SAE, spend time exploring different websites and think about how they would design their own websites.

It is never too early for students to start learning about how their interests and skills can lead to a future career. At Mount Pleasant Middle School in North Carolina, every student has an SAE that aligns with their interests and helps them prepare for their futures. Students will watch a video about middle school SAEs and complete a scavenger hunt using the SAE Idea Cards.

Mary Kate and Reyna manage their school’s hydroponics program, “Jackets for the Future,” which provides fresh lettuce to their school community. Students will watch a video on this SAE and then brainstorm their own ideas and plans for a possible school-based enterprise SAE on their campus using the resources of their agricultural education department.

This National FFA lesson plan, "High Pressure, High Potential," introduces students to entrepreneurship by following the story of a student-run pressure washing SAE through a video.

This FFA "Living to Serve" lesson plan introduces students to service-learning through a real-world SAE example in which three students (Lily, Ashlyn, and Charlotte) created maternity and baby kits…

"Hot Sauce Hustle" is an FFA lesson plan in which students explore entrepreneurship and school-based enterprises (SBEs) through a video about a real FFA chapter that turned its school garden into a…

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