Intro to agriculture Ap human geography

Tuesday, November 29 DIRECTIONS: You are in charge of making a shopping list for Thanksgiving dinner! Our meals should be fresh on our minds since we just celebrated the holiday! Make a list on the foods you ate for Thanksgiving (or that you would have gone out to buy...if you had it your way)!! **lesson plan on turkey! http://www.agclassroom.org/teacher/matrix/lessonplan.cfm?lpid=367 **make a list on the white board. Mark off the products that cannot be grown locally. ASK: what did I do? Why did I do this?

Agricultural connections Where are all of these foods produced? Do any of these foods require special growing conditions? Does our climate and geography meet the requirements of growing these foods?

Think about it. Why are some foods unavailable? What factors limit a farmer’s ability to grow foods? What about technology. How does technology impact the production of agricultural foods?

Origins of our thanksgiving! A farmer's goal is to produce a product that is nutritious and economical for consumers. With these two goals in mind, farmers take many factors into consideration when choosing a location for a farm as well as the farm's overall capacity to grow crops and livestock for our food. Three factors: Climate Resource Availability Available Space

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Resource availability

Available space

Available space

Think. Pair. Share. Directions: Taking what we’ve just discussed, I am going to break the class into pairs. With your partner, I will assign you a food item. You and your partner will research and complete the activity assigned for your food item. Once, you’ve completed the research – you and your partner will create a “paper infographic” presenting what you’ve learned about your food item.