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FFA HistoryFFA

ComponentsAg.

Organizations FFA BasicsFFA Degrees FFA Creed

Mrs. Hern’s Class

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Agriculture teachers from across the U.S. worked together to form the

National FFA.

When was 1928?

The year that women were allowed in the FFA.

When is 1969?

The act that established vocational agriculture in

1917.

What is the Smith-Hughes Act?

This type of document was granted for the FFA with the passing of Public Law 740 in

1950.

What is a federal charter?

The name given to North Carolina Agriculture students before North

Carolina joined the FFA.

What are the Young Tarheel Farmers?

The official FFA Colors

What are National Blue and Corn Gold?

The symbol in the FFA that represents knowledge and

wisdom.

What is the owl?

The part of the emblem that represents labor and

tillage of the soil.

What is the plow?

The symbol that signifies that the FFA is a national

organization.

What is the eagle?

The symbol of the FFA that represents the progressive nature of agriscience, and

the need for workers in agriscience to cooperate

and work toward common goals.

What is the Rising Sun?

A goal of MOST professional agricultural organizations is to:

A. Maintain current methods of farming.B. Create more paperwork.C. Keep membership down by raising the amount of dues members have to pay.D. Update its members on new methods, products, and technology.

What is update its members on new

methods, products and technology (D)?

Many professional agricultural organizations require its members to:

A. Attend weekly meetings.B. Give a percentage of their profits to the organization.C. Pay membership dues.D. Take an oath.

What is pay membership dues (C)?

Professional agricultural organizations often provide these for their members :

A. Trade shows.B. Free equipment.C. Medical care.D. Transportation.

What are trade shows (A)?

Professional agricultural organizations are often related to a:

A. Piece of equipment.B. Commodity.C. Legislator.D. Specific company.

What is a commodity?

Mary owns a landscaping business. This professional agricultural organization would be the MOST helpful to her:

A. N.C. Nurseryman’s Association.B. N.C. Landscape Contractor’s Association.C. National Floriculture Association.D. National Greenways Association.

What is the N.C. Landscape Contractors

Association ?

The first FFA degree you earn in high school

What is greenhand?

You must earn $150 or work 45 hours for this

degree

What is chapter?

The greenhand degree is made out of this metal

What is bronze?

The money/hour requirements for the American FFA Degree

What is $7500 or $1500 + 2250?

This degree is made out of silver

What is the Chapter FFA Degree?

Freshmen members are asked to learn the FFA Creed because it:

A. Gives the teacher time to relax.B. Helps students develop the skill

necessary to compete in the tool identification career development event.

C. Is used by FFA in the place of saying the pledge of allegiance to the American flag.

D. Represents the beliefs and values that the FFA stands for and members need to know.

What is that it represents the beliefs and values that

the FFA stands for and members need to know

(D)?

New FFA members are required to learn the FFA

Creed to achieve this degree.

What is the Greenhand Degree?

This belief is MOST reflected in The FFA Creed:

A. Decline of agriculture.B. Importance of getting the upper hand

by any means possible.C. Need to put others down in order to succeed.D. Value of work and fair play.

What is the value of work and fair play (D)?

The FFA Creed was written and adopted in 1928 to:

A. Give members a theme song.B. Help members understand the importance of the organization.C. Provide a jingle for advertisement.D. Raise money for the support of

contest held at the national level.

What is help members understand the

importance of the organization (B)?

The FFA Creed was adopted by members of this National FFA

Convention.

What is the third National FFA Convention?

Developing students’potential for premier leadership,

personal growth and career success through

Agricultural Education.

What is the FFA Mission Statement?

The official FFA colors.

What are National Blue and Corn Gold?

Choose a representative to correctly recite the

“Members in Unison” portion of the FFA Opening

Ceremony.

“To practice brotherhood, honor agricultural opportunities and

responsibilities and develop those qualities of leadership

which an FFA member should possess.”

Select a representative to recite the entire FFA motto.

Learning to Do.Doing to Learn.Earning to Live.Living to Serve.

Choose one representative to recite the first

paragraph of the FFA Creed.

I believe in the future of agriculture, with a faith born not of words but of deeds – achievements won by the present and past generations of

agriculturalists; in the promise of better days through better ways, even as the better things we now enjoy have come

to us from the struggles of former years.