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2023 Spring-Summer New Horizons Teaching Guide-Appendix 8-Vocabulary Activity
https://www.ffa.org/educator_resources/2023-spring-summer-new-horizons-teaching-guide-appendix-8-vocabulary-activity/
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Keynote Speaker and Retiring Address activity
https://www.ffa.org/educator_resources/keynote-speaker-and-retiring-address-activity/
The following activity is designed to help guide students through keynote speeches and retiring addresses from National FFA Convention. Students will have the opportunity to think critically and apply messages conveyed through the presentations.
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Breanna Holbert – The Gap
https://www.ffa.org/educator_resources/breanna-holbert-the-gap/
A lesson plan to accompany the 2017-18 National FFA President Breanna Holbert's retiring address.
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Erica Baier – Fear
https://www.ffa.org/educator_resources/erica-baier-fear/
Fear is a feeling that creeps up in everyday life, anything from fearing the judgment of peers to bigger feelings such as being unwanted. We should not let fear control our lives. We need to learn to combat the fears. Erica Baier discusses fear and why we need to overcome our biggest obstacle … ourselves.
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Ian Bennett – Keep Climbing and Aiming High
https://www.ffa.org/educator_resources/ian-bennett-keep-climbing-and-aiming-high/
Success boils down to two important components, persistence and focus. In this retiring address, 2017-18 National FFA Southern Region Vice President Ian Bennett discusses how we encounter challenges on our path to success and how we need to be persistent and focused throughout these many challenges to achieve success.
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FFA Blue 365 Videos Activity Sheet
https://www.ffa.org/educator_resources/ffa-blue-365-videos-activity-sheet/
This activity is a general worksheet to be used with videos from the FFA Blue Room Experience from the 91st National FFA Convention & Expo.
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Gracie Furnish – Valuable
https://www.ffa.org/educator_resources/gracie-furnish-valuable/
From the day we are born, there is a value and purpose for our life. It is important to remember everyone is different and brings different skills, talents and knowledge to the table. Everyone is valuable in their own unique way. In this retiring address, 2017-18 National FFA Eastern Region Vice President Gracie Furnish discusses how valuable each person is and why we need to see ourselves as valuable too.
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SAE Video Activity Sheet
https://www.ffa.org/educator_resources/sae-video-activity-sheet/
This worksheet is a general worksheet to be used with the videos in the SAE video library.
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Bryce Cluff – Work To Be Done
https://www.ffa.org/educator_resources/work-to-be-done/
There is always work to be done in life. In his retiring address, 2017-18 National FFA Western Region Vice President Bryce Cluff discusses how we can become better leaders through work, understanding and love.
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Bell Ringers for the Agricultural Science Classroom Powerpoints
https://www.ffa.org/educator_resources/bell-ringers-for-the-agricultural-science-classroom-powerpoints/
Bell Ringers for the Agricultural Science Classroom in Powerpoint format to accompany the existing bell ringer document.
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Piper Merritt – Learning
https://www.ffa.org/educator_resources/retiring-address-piper-merritt/
Many believe that learning stops once you graduate from your last step in the world of academia, whether that is a high school diploma or a doctorate. However, to truly succeed, we must strive to be lifelong learners. In this retiring address, 2017-18 National FFA Central Region Vice President Piper Merritt discusses the importance of becoming a forever learner.
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Combating Food Insecurity Curriculum – National Turkey Federation
https://www.ffa.org/educator_resources/combating-food-insecurity-curriculum-national-turkey-federation/
The Combating Food Insecurity Curriculum is an engaging middle school level curriculum geared towards educating students from all backgrounds to engage in understanding world hunger and agriculture’s role for finding solutions.
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National FFA Educator Resources
https://www.ffa.org/educator_resources/national-ffa-educator-resources/
A summary of top utilized National FFA Educational Resources.
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Adrian Schunk – Make it Meaningful
https://www.ffa.org/educator_resources/adrian-schunk-make-it-meaningful/
In this retiring address, 2018-19 National FFA Eastern Region Vice President Adrian Schunk discusses the importance of making moments in life meaningful because that is the time in which we can really give something meaningful to others.
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Jordan Stowe – The Small Moments
https://www.ffa.org/educator_resources/jordan-stowe-the-small-moments/
In this retiring address, 2018-19 National FFA Southern Region Vice President Jordan Stowe discusses how we need to remember and respect the small moments that happen every day because that is where we can learn, be present and find where we are.
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Layni LeBlanc – Gray Space
https://www.ffa.org/educator_resources/layni-leblanc-gray-space/
In this retiring address, 2018-19 National FFA Secretary Layni LeBlanc shares how we need to continue asking questions and enter into the “gray space” to grow and learn.
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Luke O’Leary – The Characters We Play
https://www.ffa.org/educator_resources/luke-oleary-the-characters-we-play/
We go through life hiding behind a mask suitable for whatever situation we are currently a part of, hoping to be accepted. In this retiring address, 2018-19 National FFA President Luke O’Leary shares how it is important to allow others to see us for who we truly are.
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Ridge Hughbanks – Let’s Get to Work
https://www.ffa.org/educator_resources/ridge-hughbanks-lets-get-to-work/
In this retiring address, 2018-19 National FFA Central Region Vice President Ridge Hughbanks shares how hard work and resiliency are key components to being a great leader and caring for yourself.
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Shea Booster – Why Me?
https://www.ffa.org/educator_resources/shea-booster-why-me/
In this retiring address, 2018-19 National FFA Western Region Vice President Shea Booster discusses how we need to strive to be great leaders by not claiming to be “victims” in various situations.
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Sustainability in Agriculture – Valent USA
https://www.ffa.org/educator_resources/sustainability-in-agriculture-valent-usa/
Valent USA is a leader in sustainable solutions for a changing world, and maintaining the ability to continue feeding the growing population requires sustainability. Through this lesson series, students will have the opportunity to learn about the importance of sustainability throughout the Agriculture, Food and Natural Resources Value Chain.
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CDE, LDE and Agriscience Research Choice Board
https://www.ffa.org/educator_resources/cde-lde-and-agriscience-research-choice-board/
Career and leadership development events (CDEs/LDEs) and agriscience research help develop college and career readiness skills. Through this resource, students will be challenged to learn about and explore different events offered by National FFA.
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Agriculture in a Trying Time: An Interview with Sonny Perdue, U.S. Secretary of Agriculture
https://www.ffa.org/educator_resources/agriculture-in-a-trying-time-an-interview-with-sonny-perdue-u-s-secretary-of-agriculture/
The 2019-20 National FFA Officers met virtually with U.S. Secretary of Agriculture Sonny Perdue on May 1, 2020.
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CSX and Darling Foods
https://www.ffa.org/educator_resources/csx-and-darling-foods/
Students will have the opportunity to hear from CSX and Darling Foods about their role in the agricultural industry.
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Kolesen McCoy – Humbly Known
https://www.ffa.org/educator_resources/kolesen-mccoy-humbly-known/
Humility is a skill that each person needs to be able to recognize and acknowledge. In this retiring address, 2019-20 National FFA President Kolesen McCoy shares how humility will help lead each of us to recognize our strengths and act upon them.
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Kourtney Lehman – Behind the Dinosaur
https://www.ffa.org/educator_resources/kourtney-lehman-behind-the-dinosaur/
Many put on a happy face to meet the needs of society; however, what we don’t see is the struggle that could by lying underneath the smile. In this retiring address, 2019-20 National FFA Secretary Kourtney Lehman shares how we stop faking it and start facing it.
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