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2/25/2018 1 Tools to Tell Your Story Julie Taylor Indiana Farm Bureau Education Coordinator Agriculture in the Classroom State Program Director TOOL 1: A TOOTSIE ROLL
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Tools to Tell Your Story
Julie TaylorIndiana Farm Bureau
Education CoordinatorAgriculture in the Classroom State Program Director
TOOL 1: A TOOTSIE ROLL
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Tootsie Roll Conservation
• Group 1 (Pink): You may eat your Tootsie Roll Immediately.
• Group 2 (Blue/Green): You may unwrap the Tootsie Roll, but you may only lick the candy. DO NOT EAT.
• Group 3 (Purple): Can’t unwrap. Can’t eat it. Only look, measure it, smell it. DO NOT eat your Tootsie Roll!
Tootsie Roll Conservation
• Group 1: Indiscriminate Users.• Group 2: Conservationists• Group 3: Preservationists.
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Tootsie Roll Conservation
• Sometimes we confuse the terms preservewith conserve.
• Help students understand the difference between conservation, preservation, and indiscriminate use.
What is Ag Literacy
• All encompassing agricultural educational efforts – Not just books
• Lessons & Activities• Experiments• Field Trips• Multi-media• On-farm experiences• Conversations• Media/Social media
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Definition: Agriculturally literate
A person who understands and can communicate the source and value of
agriculture as it affects our quality of life.
Source: National Agricultural Literacy Logic Model
TOOL 2: AGRICULTURAL LITERACY LOGIC MODEL
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Agricultural Literacy Logic Model Summary
Assumptions• A majority of the U.S.
population is not agriculturally literate
• Opinions—not facts or evidence—sometimes drive decisions.
• Consumers have an increased interest in their food choices and availability.
External Factors• Teachers lack time to add to
their prescribed curricula.• Information available to the
public is not always scientifically based.
• The general public is not informed and/or concerned about the looming food crisis.
See: Logic Model
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TOOL 3: SPHERE OF INFLUENCE
Your Sphere of Influence
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Tell a True Story: Be Accurate
• Recognize the difference between published and unpublished information
• Consider the date.• Check out the authors.
• Determine if cited facts are credible.
• Look for concurrence of facts between various credible sources.
• Evaluate the tone.• Is the source selling a
product or service?
Telling Your Story is Really About Educating Others.
• Who needs to be educated about farmers and farming?
• What do they need to know about farmers and farming?
• Where are they? • When/Why are they there?
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WHO SHOULD I TELL MY STORY TO?
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WHAT SHOULD MY STORY BE ABOUT?
TOOL 4:
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http://www.foodintegrity.org/ TOOL 5A:
http://usfarmersandranchers.org/ TOOL 5B:
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WHERE SHOULD I TELLMY STORY?
Addressing Misconceptions of AgricultureOnline and printable tool from agfoundation.org
TOOL 6:
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WHEN SHOULD I TELL MY STORY?Why are they there?
HOW SHOULD I TELL MY STORY?
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Tools to Tell Your Story to Children. Kids. Students.
• National Agriculture in the Classroom• In Indiana – That’s Indiana Farm Bureau.
– 70,000 farmer members strong, more than 300 registered AITC volunteers
– Volunteers reached more than 75,000 K-12 students and teachers in 2017.
www.agclassroom.org
TOOL 7:
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Sample
http://www.journey2050.com/
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GROW CROPS
RAISE ANIMALS
CRAFT
SELL
TRADE
ONE FARM. NO TIMERS.MORE CROPS, ANIMALS & CRAFTING.
FREE. NO ADS or IN-APP PURCHASES
www.agfoundation.org
TOOL 8:
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American Farm Bureau Foundation for Agriculture’s
Sustainable Agriculturehttp://www.agfoundation.org/sustainability/
Indiana Agricultural Literacy Week
• Coming September 2018!• Re-energized • Daily theme with suggested activities and
templates to make implementing easy
TOOL 9:
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TOOL 10: AG LIB – MAD LIB
Parts of Speech Refresher CourseVerbs: action of a noun or subject Nouns: people, places, things, ideas
Add Allow Bake Bang Call
Drop End Fix Gather Grab
Knit Land Lock March Mix
Open Pass Reach Rinse Scatter
Talk Turn Use Visit Walk
Work sweep Pull Punch Hope
Greet Fry Fight Feel Expand
Dance Grow Beg Add Allow
Bake Bang Call Boil Beat
Man Mountain Ocean Food Sun
flock team sock rain suitcase
Adjective: describe nounsHot Purple Bad Little Pretty
hurry Bob’s twelve special great
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Environment Fill-In
If I owned a farm, I would grow __________________________ and raise _______________. (1. Fruit, vegetable, or other plant) (2. Animal)
I would take care of the soil by __________________and __________________, because we know that (3. verb ending in “ing”) (4. verb ending in “ing”)
_____________________ need good soil to grow. My animals would be healthy and comfortable (5. plural noun) because I would give them _____________________ and _____________________. Healthy animals (6. plural noun) (7. plural noun)
make delicious _____________________, _____________________ and eggs. The air would be (8. meat product) (9. dairy product)
_____________________ at my farm and the water would be _____________________. I know this (10. adjective) (11. adjective) would be hard work, but that’s ok, because I’m a farmer! My job is to take care of plants, animals and the environment.
