Lesson Plan

Date:
Monday, Week 2
the 50 States

Class:

your name
Unit:

Intro to Ag, 8-9th grade

Ag in

Lesson
Topic:
Aim:

Indiana Agriculture

Objectives
:

Students will be able to:

-know about basic crop production
-know about basic livestock
production
-know average age of farmer
-know the average size of a farm

Do-Now:
(Bell
Work)
Lesson
Overview:

What is the most popular crop grown in Indiana?

Answer: Grain corn

Closing:

-Indiana is 65% farmland

-over 15 million acres of farmland

Homewor
k:

-write paragraph about what you learned and how this impacts
your life

Materials:

PowerPoint and Intro to Ag textbook

Learn about Indiana agriculture

-Grain corn is most popular with soybeans in close second

-Swine accounts for more than 10% of total ag production
-average age of farmers in IN is 55 years old
-the average size of a farm is 253 acres

Technolog
PowerPoint
y
Componen
t:
Reference: https://www.teacherspayteachers.com/Product/Common-Core-LessonPlan-Template-for-Middle-and-High-School-1819939
Google Docs lesson plan: https://docs.google.com/document/d/1sKKa0L6k_q6W1MxHjPioLPaDNehWs6fmexHOA4CmtU/edit

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