At a Glance:
| Grades: | 2, 3, 4 |
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| Subject: | Social Studies |
| Topic: | Impact of Agriculture |
| Lesson Length: | 25 - 35 mins |
Standards / Framework:
What will students learn in this activity?
Students will learn and explain how agriculture has impacted their state.
What should students know before this activity?
Students should have a basic understanding of agriculture and its economic connections.
How can teachers introduce this lesson?
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Ask students to write down everything they ate in the last day or two.
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Post a couple meals on the board and break down some of the ingredients as a class.
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Discuss where they believe the ingredients came from.
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Discuss the importance of agriculture and highlight a few examples from your state.
What will students do?
- Using the sample comic as a guide, have students create a two-to-three-panel comic illustrating a product of agriculture that has impacted their state. For example, corn in Iowa.
- The comic could include but is not limited to:
- Why the state makes the product.
- Who benefits from the product.
- Physical features in the state that makes the product possible.
How can teachers wrap up the lesson?
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Showcase student comics in a gallery walk or digitally.
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Have students vote on the top three products they feel are most important to their state and have them reflect on why they think this.
How can teachers differentiate this activity?
- Allow students to use the speech-to-text feature.
- Allow students to use the voiceover feature to read their comics aloud.
- Allow students to work in pairs or groups as needed.
- Assign products for students to research.
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César Chávez
