The Basic Program of Vocational Agriculture in Louisiana. Ag I and Ag II
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DOCUMENT RESUME ED 229 628 .'.CE 035 992 TITLE . The Basic Progeam of Vocational Agriculturein Louisiana. Ag I 4nd Ag II (9th and10th Grades). Volume I. Bulletin 1690-1. INSTfTUTION Louisiana State Dept. of Education,Baton Rouge. Dili. of Vocational Education. PUB DATE 83 ( , NOTE 562p.; For a related document see.6E035 993. PUB TYPE Guides Classroom Use - Guides (For Teachers) (052) EDRS PRICE MF02/PC23 Plus Postage.-- DESCRIPTORS *Agricultural Education; BehavioralObjectives; e. Competence; Competency Based Education;Fertilizers; High Schools; Land Use; Iieadership;Ukadership Training; Learning Activilties;Lesson Plans; *Occupational Information; SoilConservation; *Soil Science; State Curriculum Guides;Student Motivation; Student Organizations; Teaching Methods; Transparencies; *Vocational Education IDENTIFERS Future Farmers of America; Louisiana ABSTRACT This document is the first volumeof a state curriculum guide on vocational agriculturefor use in the 9th and 10th grades in Louisiana. Threeinstructional areas are profiled in this volume: orientation to vocationalatriCulture, agricultural leadership, and soil science. The threeunits of the orientationarea cover introducing beginning students to thetotal program in vocational agriculture, introducingstudents to the advanced prograiii options (designed toprepare for'occupational cboices), 4nd developing the individual supervisedoccupational experience prograir. The four units of the agriculturalleaderghip area cover introduction to Future Farmers of America (FFA), awardsand contests, leadership training, and participation in FFAactivities. The soil science instructionalarea contains seven umits covering soil formation, soil properties, soil acidity and liming,soil classification and landuse evaluation, soil fertility and fertilization,soil water, and soil judging. Each unit.containsone to several individual lessons, with -,student objeCtives_(terminal and specific),suggested teaching materials, special arrangements forthe teacher to make, tipson presenting the lesson, content outlines,and suggested student activities4 An extensive section oftransparency masters and 'accompanying scriptsas well as student materials completes the units. Soil science testsare appended. (KC) **********************************************************************, Reproductions supplied by EDRS.are the e.st that can be made from the original'document. ;'*********************************************************************** CO r\J CO (\J STATE-OF LOUISIANA is* cz) DEPARTMENT OF EDUCATION LU. BULLETIN1690I THE BASIC PROGRAM'OF VOCATIONAL AGRICULTURE IN LOUISIANA AG I and AG II (9th and 10th grades) VoLvros- U.S. DEPARTME N F EDUCATION ) NATIONAL INSTITU OF EDUCATION "PERMISSION TO REPRODUCE THIS EDUCATIONAL RESO CES INFORMATION MATERIAL HAS BEEN GRANTED BY CENTER IERIC) / he. document has been reproduced as % recewed from the person or organuauon originating a . Minor changes have been made -to improve reproduction quality Points of view or opinions stated in airs docu TO THE EDUCATIONAL RESOURCES ment do not necessarily represent official NIE IfiFORMATION CENTER (ERIC)." posrtion oripolicy Spring, 1983 . Office of Vocational Education N. J. Stafford, Jr., Ed.D. Assistfant Superintendent J. KELLY NIX STATE SUPERINTENDENT 2 z EQUAL OPPORTUNITY STATEMENT Incompliance with Title VI, Title IX and Section 504 of the Rehabilitation Act of 1973 this Educational Agency upholds the following policy: This isan Equal Opportunity Institution andis dedicated toa policy of don-discrimination in employment or training. Qualified students, applicants or employees will not be excluded from any course s,activitybecause of age, race, creed, color, sex, religion, nationalorien, or qualified handicap. All students have equal rights to counseling and training. This guide was printed at a cost of $6.50 c. .per copy by the Department of Education for the purpose of improvingVocaticlal Education programs under the authority of P.L. 94-482 as amended.and regulations issued thereunder. This material was printed in accordance with the standards for printing by state agencies established pursuant to R.S. 43:31. "..t Page 2 .. FOREWORD This curriculum guide is a result of extensive wor,k on the par:t of numerous agricultural educatOrs. The materials included here were developed for the express purpose of aiding secondary vocational agriculture teachers. The hope is that by having practical and usable teaching materials in their hands, teachers will be able to make improvements,in their instructional program as well as have increased time available to spena on other phases of the total vocational agriculture program. I wish to exgress my personal gratitude and that of the Department .of Education to each vocational educator whose efforts and expertise were contributed throughout the development of this curriculum guide. The results of your efforts will significantly benefit vocationalagricullure teachers and students in Louisiana. I J ELLNIX State uperintendent Department of Education . r 4b. s Page 3 4 ACKNOWLEDGEMENTS This publication represents the cooperative efforts of personnel in the Department of Yocational Agricultural Education, Louisiapa State University and the Vocational'Agriculture Section in the Office of VocationaD.Education, Louisiana State Department of Education. Special recognition goes to Dr.4*Michael F. Burnett who servei as project director in the development of the guide. Special commendatiOn goes also to members of thd writing team who worked diligently to make this publication a reality.. Other highly significant contributors to this projece include: Dr. Charles W. Smith, Dean of the College of Education, Louisiana State University, who initiated this project and served as its director during the early stages; Dr. Loy H. Dobbins, who effectively supervised the day-to-day actiVities of the project in serving as project coordinator; Dr. Clarence E. Ledoux, who provided invaluable support, encouragement, and advice for the completion of the project; Dr. Cheri& M. Curtis, Director of the S'chool of Vocational Education and Head of the Department of Agricu tural Education, who made available innumerable resources of the,Scho 1 and Department e and support the completion of this proj ct; Mrs. Anne Nolan, Mrs. Mary McMinn, and Florence Larguier who worked diligently and skillfully in preparing and revising the materials as needed; I . Mrs. Yvette Chandler,' who so skillfully Prepared the many illustrations included intthe guide for use in making transparencies; Mr. J. C. Simmons, State Super4isor of Vocational Agriculture, and Mr. Robert Simmons, Mr. Russell Sullivan, and Mr. Gus iller, Vocational Agriculture supervisors, who supported the project both directly and ' indirectly by,villingly participating in work sessions whenever called upon to do so, and by outwardly backing the project with the teachers in ' the state; * Dr. Jimmy S. McCully, Jr., Curriculum Materials Center, Mississippi Siete University, who provided valuable technical Consultation; and A special acknowledgement to the Curriculum Materials centers at AAVIM (American Association,of Vocational Instructional Materials), Texas A&M University, and Oklahoma State University.These centers made numerous contributions to thiti project by allowing relevant materials alreadY in existence to be freely adapted for use in this curriculum guide. Page 4 The following Louisiana Vocational Agriculture Teachers gave freely of their valuable time to serve on the curriculum review paner. Louis M. Austin, Jr. Henry Mills James Morrow James Bourque James D. Richmond Gene J. Chataiguier Harvey Robichaux Jerry Dosher David Summers Charles Hogan Lionel Wells Wayne R. Howes John McMillon Without the conerOutions of these teachers, the materials would have much less potential for bringing about instructional improvement. IP In addition; the following 13 graduate students in Vocational Agricultural Education, while enrolled in an_off-campus course, provided more valuable input by critiquing and evaluating various lessons. 1 James D. Bailey, Jr'. David C. Mallory Wayne R. Howes James B. Morrow William Sanford Hyde Jerry W. Myers 7- Clarence E. Johnson Lawrence L. powell 0 .Sidney L. Kinchen John M. Southworth . Leonard J. London Lionel W Codell Wilson N. J .Ktafford, Jr., Ed.D. *ft Assistant Superintendent VOCATIONAL EDUCATION TABLE OF CONTENTS ORUNTATION TO VOCATIONAL AGRICULTUR4 UNIT PAGE I. Orienting Beginning Students to the_Total Program of Voca- tional Agriculture Lesson 1: The Instructional . Program in Vocational Ag- riculture (Basic, Advanced, and Adult) 1 Lesson 2: Relationship of FFA to the Total Instructional Program \ie 8 Lesson 3: Introduction to Pro- duction Supervised Occupa- tional Experience Programs (SOEP) 14 Lesson 4: Farming Types and Agribusiness in Louisiana and the United States 19 Lesson 5: Record Keeping as Applied to Supervised .Occupational Experience Programs 32 II. 'Orienting tudents to the Ad- vanced Program Options in Vocational Agriculture De- signed to Prepare for the Occupational Choices Lesson 1: Training Options in Agricultural Production, Nonfarm Agricultural Oc- cupations and Pre-pro- fessional Training 50 III: Developing the Individual . Supervised Occupational Experience Program for Students in,Vocational Agricultare Lesson 1: Building the Super- vised.Occupational Experi- cnce Program 56 Lesson 2: Determining Facilities% for Obtaining Individual Work Experience 61 Lesson 3: Technical and Skill Jobs to Perform While Ob-