2. History of FFA Ms. Lane

3. Objectives Explain historical FFA events orally Identify FFA events and their according facts and dates with a memory game Demonstrate acquired knowledge of historical events with a quiz

4. SO WHAT???? Women go to home economics White males join Future Farmers of America to learn about farming Black males join New Farmers of America to learn about farming Does this sound ok to you??? National Officer TeamState Officers

5. Morrill land grant act of 1862 Provided land to states to establish colleges for the common man. Provide education in agriculture, engineering, and military training.

6. Hatch Act of 1887 Provided $15,000 to each state for the development of ag experiment stations. Purpose was to conduct research and provide scientific basis for information taught in colleges.

7. Morrill Act of 1890 Provided funding for Ag and Mechanical colleges for African-Americans.

8. Smith-Lever Act of 1914 Established the cooperative extension service. Purpose was to help local communities in agriculture and home economics.

9. Smith-Hughes Act of 1917 Established vocational education courses in high schools. Ag programs were intended to “teach boys about farming.”

10. 1926 Henry Groseclose established the Future Farmers of Virginia for boys taking ag classes.

11. 1928 33 students from 18 states established the Future Farmers of America in Kansas City.

12. 1929 National blue and corn gold adopted as official colors.

13. 1933 Official delegates vote to adopt the jacket as the official dress.

14. 1935 New Farmers of America an organization for African-American boys is formed in Virginia.

15. 1950 U.S. Congress passes Public Law 81- 740 passed. This granted the FFA a federal charter and declares the ag teacher must also be the FFA advisor.

16. 1963 Vocational Education Act of 1963 Expanded the scope of ag programs to include off farm enterprises Expanded SAE’s. Funding increased.

17. 1965 New Farmers of America merges with the FFA adding 50,000 members.

18. 1969 Women are allowed membership at the national level. Today 35% of FFA membership is female.

19. 1988 Understanding Agriculture: New Directions for Education FFA changes name to “National FFA Organization.” Middle school students allowed to be FFA members.

20. 2000 Reinventing Ag Education: Vision 2020 4 major goals: Increase supply of qualified teachers All students have access to Ag Ed programs All students agriculturally literate Partnerships and alliances developed

21. What does it mean? Think about your own contribution to FFA –What have you learned from your experiences? –Why is it important to be aware of the important events of our organization? –What is the reason we need to be aware of our past? –To you, what is the most important event and why?

22. Today… Today we discussed some of the most important events in the history of FFA. It is important to understand the foundation of our organization and the events which left a huge impact on it.

23. Game Time! Find a partner Get a set of cards Place cards face down on table Goal: Find the event that matches its name or date