GRADE 5 SOCIAL STUDIESGRASS FED! GRAIN FED!

THE CONTROVERSY OVER COWS

LIVESTOCK & AGRICULTURE

TEACHER LIVESTOCK & AGRICULTURE

Grass-Fed! Grain-Fed!The Controversy Over Cows

In this lesson students will:

* Apply critical thinking skills to identify different

points of view about an issue.

* Analyze information from various sources to evaluate the

effects of supply and demand on business, industry, and

agriculture.

Grade FiveSOCIALSTUDIES

We have all heard

advertisements on TV or

seen ads at the grocery store

promoting organic meats and

grass-fed beef. Across our

state, many Texas families

consume beef for dinner, but

do we really understand what

we’re eating?

Standards *Social Studies TEKS:

5.12(B), 5.24(A), 5.24(B), 5.24(D)

*ELAR TEKS: 5.14(A), 5.17

*Art TEKS: 5.1(B), 5.2(B), 5.4(A)

Before You Go

Prior to visiting the State Fair of Texas,

students should be given the opportunity to

complete a blind taste test of grass-fed and

grain-fed beef:

* Taste the two types of beef .

* Analyze an infographic and an article

explaining how messages conveyed

in various forms of media are presented

differently .

* Research a variety of sources, comparing

and contrasting the two methods of

raising cattle.

* Hold a classroom discussion about how

supply and demand impact the type of

beef that is sold in stores.

Plan Your Route.

* From the Texas Star, go around the back of

the Cotton Bowl stadium.

* Go to Cattle Barn #1 and #2.

* Find the Woofus and wave at him!

* You will pass the Livestock Judging

Pavilion as well.

* When you finish wandering through these

barns, make your way to the Pan Am Barns on

M.L. King Blvd.

Exhibits & Museums1 Hall of State

Big Texas Music Exhibit2 Canstruction®

3 Women’s Museum Building Mundo Latino – Guitarras de Mexico Exhibit4 African American Museum5 Children’s Aquarium at Fair Park6 Dallas Police Mounted Unit

7 D.A.R. House8 Texas Discovery Gardens9 Texas Vietnam Veterans Memorial

10 Perot Museum Building11 Music Hall

FOOD FUN12 Creative Arts Building Competition Kitchen

Celebrity Chef Kitchen Butter Sculpture13 State Fair Wine Garden14 Magnolia Beer Garden15 Tower Building Food Court16 Beer Haven17 Texas Ice House18 SkyWay Porch

Fun On The Farm19 Ranch Arena

Pee Wee Stampede Horse & K-9 Demos20 Little Hands on the Farm21 Kids’ Pedal Tractor Pulls22 Milking Demos23 Big Tex’s Farmyard24 Livestock Guided Tours

Livestock Area25 Livestock Judging Pavilion Livestock Shows

26 Cattle Barn No. 1

27 Cattle Barn No. 228 Horse Barn29 Swine Barn30 Poultry Building

LIVE MUSIC31 Chevrolet Main Stage32 Dr Pepper Stage33 Bud Light Sound Stage34 Coca-Cola Stage35 State Fair Wine Garden Stage36 Tree House Maestro37 Marine Corps Square

SHOPPING38 Centennial Building39 Centennial Terrace40 Craft Pavilion41 Food & Fiber Pavilion42 Embarcadero Building43 Coliseum Market Place44 Gateway Pavilion45 Grand Place46 Grand Place Terrace47 Nimitz Terrace48 Chevrolet Park Plaza49 Texas Tower Plaza

Shows & Activites50 Esplanade Mattress Firm Illumination Sensation

ZuZu African Acrobats51 Pan Am Arena

Lone Star Horse Spectacular Pig Races Jump! The Ultimate Dog Show52 Band Shell

Wild West Pet Palooza53 Truck Zone Stage54 Children’s Health Barnyard55 Texas Cultural Partnership

56 Kids’ Boardwalk Children’s Activities Buford Buzzard

57 Showplace Theater World on a String58 Oak Farms Children’s Activity Center – New Location

Backyard Circus Mother Goose Story Time59 BMX Show

60 McDonald’s Stage Ronald McDonald Show

61 Midway Barker62 Errol McKoy Greenhouse

on the Midway Texas Garden Railway Tree Man Stilt Walker Farmer Mike the Pumpkin Carver

VROOM!

63 2016 State Fair Auto Show64 2016 State Fair Truck Zone65 Chevrolet Ride & Drive66 Classic Corral

Exhibits & Museums1 Hall of State Big Texas Music Exhibit Canstruction®

Women’s Museum Building Mundo Latino – Guitarras de Mexico Exhibit African American Museum Children’s Aquarium at Fair Park

Dallas Police Mounted Unit D.A.R. House Texas Discovery Gardens Texas Vietnam Veterans Memorial

Perot Museum Building Music Hall

FOOD FUN

Creative Arts Building Competition Kitchen Celebrity Chef Kitchen Butter Sculpture State Fair Wine Garden Magnolia Beer Garden

Tower Building Food Court Beer Haven Texas Ice House SkyWay Porch

Fun On The Farm Ranch Arena Pee Wee Stampede Horse & K-9 Demos

Little Hands on the Farm Kids’ Pedal Tractor Pulls Milking Demos Big Tex’s Farmyard Livestock Guided ToursLivestock Area Livestock Judging Pavilion Livestock Shows

Cattle Barn No. 1

Cattle Barn No. 2 Horse Barn Swine Barn Poultry Building

LIVE MUSIC Chevrolet Main Stage Dr Pepper Stage

Bud Light Sound Stage Coca-Cola Stage State Fair Wine Garden Stage

Tree House Maestro Marine Corps Square

SHOPPING Centennial Building Centennial Terrace Craft Pavilion Food & Fiber Pavilion Embarcadero Building Coliseum Market Place Gateway Pavilion

Grand Place Grand Place Terrace Nimitz Terrace Chevrolet Park Plaza Texas Tower Plaza

Shows & Activites Esplanade Mattress Firm Illumination Sensation ZuZu African Acrobats Pan Am Arena Lone Star Horse Spectacular Pig Races Jump! The Ultimate Dog Show Band Shell

Wild West Pet Palooza Kids’ Boardwalk Children’s Activities Buford Buzzard McDonald’s Stage Ronald McDonald Show

Children’s Health Barnyard Truck Zone Stage Showplace Theater World on a String

Oak Farms Children’s Activity Center – New Location Backyard Circus Mother Goose Story Time Errol McKoy Greenhouse on the Midway Texas Garden Railway Tree Man Stilt Walker Farmer Mike the Pumpkin Carver BMX Show Midway Barker

Texas Cultural Partnership

VROOM!

2016 State Fair Auto Show

2016 State Fair Truck Zone

Chevrolet Ride & Drive

Classic Corral

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TEACHER LIVESTOCK & AGRICULTURE

Grass-Fed! Grain-Fed!The Controversy Over Cows

Optional Materials to Bring

* Recording Device

* Smart Phone, Tablet

* Sketchbook & Pencil for Arts Connection

Grade FiveSOCIALSTUDIES

While You’re There

Your job is to find out:

* Which cattle at the Fair were grass-fed

and which ones were grain-fed?

BREEDS

• More than 18 breeds of beef

cattle are represented at

the Texas State Fair.

DIET• Stop and ask the exhibitors or agriculture

experts about the cattle’s diet.

• Why did they choose this particular diet?• Using either an audio voice recorder, camera, or notepad, capture the information you learn.

TEN SAMPLES

• You need AT LEAST 10

SAMPLES!!

• As you collect your

information, ask yourself,

is this what I expected to

find?

POP ART• Don’t forget to notice the

art and signs!

• Do you see repeated

images?

• Do you see images that

relate to popular

culture, from the past or

present?

• Is there art that

represents animals?

• Write down, sketch, or

take pictures of art that

interests you.

TEACHER LIVESTOCK & AGRICULTURE

Grass-Fed! Grain-Fed!The Controversy Over Cows

After the Fair

When you return to class following your State Fair visit,

students will:

* Write a persuasive essay or create a digital PSA (Public

Service Announcement) about the issue of grass-fed beef vs.

grain-fed beef

* Include information about their experience at the Fair and

research related to supply and demand

Encourage students to share their final products with local

news stations, newspapers, or magazines to create an authentic

audience.

Grade FiveSOCIALSTUDIES

TEACHER LIVESTOCK & AGRICULTURE

Arts Connection: Pop Art at the FairGrade Five

SOCIALSTUDIES

In this lesson, students will:

* Choose an image of popular culture from the

Fair from which to create a pop art piece.

Plan Your Route.

* Proceed through the route for the

Social Studies lesson.

* Cow Screenprint Set

* Marilyn Monroe Print

* Campbell’s Soup Print

Before You Go

Prior to visiting the Texas State Fair, talk to the

students about the images or objects that would

be considered part of popular culture, today. To

begin, ask the students questions such as:

* What are some images that you see every day?

(hint: think of things that are popular, such

as social media.)

* What are some popular products that we use

today?

* Are there people that we see in pictures or

magazines on a daily basis?

* What are some popular foods that we eat?

Next, show students the art of Andy Warhol. Warhol

was at the forefront of the pop art movement. He

took images from everyday life, used them as the

focus of his work, and utilized a small palette of

bright and vibrant colors to create his pop art

works. Often, he would repeat the exact image,

changing only the color scheme. Below are some

great images of Andy Warhol’s to show and discuss

with the students. Talk about the color schemes you

see, emphasis of the main image, and balance. Many

more of his pop art works can be found at http://

www.warhol.org/collection/art/.

Popular culture is all around

us. It includes the images, ideas,

perspectives, attitudes, and

other phenomena exist within the

mainstream of a given culture.

Each area of the world, therefore,

would have varying objects or

images that would be considered

a part of their popular culture.

The artist Andy Warhol was at

the forefront of an artistic

movement known as the “pop art”

movement. The art involved in

this movement placed images from

popular culture as the focus of

artworks, challenging the previous

traditions of what was considered

“art”.

Exhibits & Museums

1 Hall of State

Big Texas Music Exhibit

2 Canstruction®

3 Women’s Museum Building

Mundo Latino – Guitarras de

Mexico Exhibit

4 African American Museum

5 Children’s Aquarium at Fair Park

6 Dallas Police Mounted Unit

7 D.A.R. House

8 Texas Discovery Gardens

9 Texas Vietnam Veterans

Memorial

10 Perot Museum Building

11 Music Hall

FOOD FUN

12 Creative Arts Building

Competition Kitchen

Celebrity Chef Kitchen

Butter Sculpture

13 State Fair Wine Garden

14 Magnolia Beer Garden

15 Tower Building Food Court

16 Beer Haven

17 Texas Ice House

18 SkyWay Porch

Fun On The Farm

19 Ranch Arena

Pee Wee Stampede

Horse & K-9 Demos

20 Little Hands on the Farm

21 Kids’ Pedal Tractor Pulls

22 Milking Demos

23 Big Tex’s Farmyard

24 Livestock Guided Tours

Livestock Area

25 Livestock Judging Pavilion

Livestock Shows

26 Cattle Barn No. 1

27 Cattle Barn No. 2

28 Horse Barn

29 Swine Barn

30 Poultry Building

LIVE MUSIC

31 Chevrolet Main Stage

32 Dr Pepper Stage

33 Bud Light Sound Stage

34 Coca-Cola Stage

35 State Fair Wine Garden Stage

36 Tree House Maestro

37 Marine Corps Square

SHOPPING

38 Centennial Building

39 Centennial Terrace

40 Craft Pavilion

41 Food & Fiber Pavilion

42 Embarcadero Building

43 Coliseum Market Place

44 Gateway Pavilion

45 Grand Place

46 Grand Place Terrace

47 Nimitz Terrace

48 Chevrolet Park Plaza

49 Texas Tower Plaza

Shows & Activites

50 Esplanade

Mattress Firm Illumination

Sensation

ZuZu African Acrobats

51 Pan Am Arena

Lone Star Horse Spectacular

Pig Races

Jump! The Ultimate Dog Show

52 Band Shell

Wild West Pet Palooza

53 Truck Zone Stage

54 Children’s Health Barnyard

55 Texas Cultural Partnership

56 Kids’ Boardwalk

Children’s Activities

Buford Buzzard

57 Showplace Theater

World on a String

58 Oak Farms Children’s Activity

Center – New Location

Backyard Circus

Mother Goose Story Time

59 BMX Show

60 McDonald’s Stage

Ronald McDonald Show

61 Midway Barker

62 Errol McKoy Greenhouse

on the Midway

Texas Garden Railway

Tree Man Stilt Walker

Farmer Mike the Pumpkin Carver

VROOM!

63 2016 State Fair Auto Show

64 2016 State Fair Truck Zone

65 Chevrolet Ride & Drive

66 Classic Corral

Exhibits & Museums

1 Hall of State

Big Texas Music Exhibit

Canstruction®

Women’s Museum Building

Mundo Latino – Guitarras de

Mexico Exhibit

African American Museum

Children’s Aquarium at

Fair Park

Dallas Police Mounted Unit

D.A.R. House

Texas Discovery Gardens

Texas Vietnam Veterans

Memorial

Perot Museum Building

Music Hall

FOOD FUN

Creative Arts Building

Competition Kitchen

Celebrity Chef Kitchen

Butter Sculpture

State Fair Wine Garden

Magnolia Beer Garden

Tower Building Food Court

Beer Haven

Texas Ice House

SkyWay Porch

Fun On The Farm

Ranch Arena

Pee Wee Stampede

Horse & K-9 Demos

Little Hands on the Farm

Kids’ Pedal Tractor Pulls

Milking Demos

Big Tex’s Farmyard

Livestock Guided Tours

Livestock Area

Livestock Judging Pavilion

Livestock Shows

Cattle Barn No. 1

Cattle Barn No. 2

Horse Barn

Swine Barn

Poultry Building

LIVE MUSIC

Chevrolet Main Stage

Dr Pepper Stage

Bud Light Sound Stage

Coca-Cola Stage

State Fair Wine Garden Stage

Tree House Maestro

Marine Corps Square

SHOPPING

Centennial Building

Centennial Terrace

Craft Pavilion

Food & Fiber Pavilion

Embarcadero Building

Coliseum Market Place

Gateway Pavilion

Grand Place

Grand Place Terrace

Nimitz Terrace

Chevrolet Park Plaza

Texas Tower Plaza

Shows & Activites

Esplanade

Mattress Firm Illumination

Sensation ZuZu African Acrobats

Pan Am Arena

Lone Star Horse Spectacular

Pig Races Jump! The Ultimate Dog Show

Band Shell Wild West Pet Palooza

Kids’ Boardwalk

Children’s Activities

Buford Buzzard

McDonald’s Stage

Ronald McDonald Show

Children’s Health Barnyard

Truck Zone Stage

Showplace Theater

World on a String

Oak Farms Children’s Activity

Center – New Location

Backyard Circus Mother Goose Story Time

Errol McKoy Greenhouse

on the Midway

Texas Garden Railway

Tree Man Stilt Walker

Farmer Mike the Pumpkin

Carver

BMX Show

Midway Barker

Texas Cultural Partnership

VROOM!

2016 State Fair Auto Show

2016 State Fair Truck Zone

Chevrolet Ride & Drive

Classic Corral

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Arts Connection: Pop Art at the Fair

While You’re There

As you make your way through the Fair, pay attention to the

signs and images surrounding you.

* Do any of them look familiar?

* Do you see any that are repeated?

* What about the animals that you see?

* Do you see a lot of the same kinds of animals?

* Think about the popular culture of the fair.

* If you listed some of the objects or images that are repeated

at the Fair, what would they be?

* List or sketch these in your notebook.

* If possible, you can take photos of them with your

smart phone.

After the Fair

* Now it’s time to create your own pop art piece!

* Have the students take out their sketches or images have from

the fair.

* If possible, display examples of pop art on the projector, or have

handouts available to show the students.

* Reflect on the color schemes that are often seen in pop art (limited

palette – usually 2-3 colors, bold colors, balance, and emphasis.)

* Have each student select an image from the Fair for their pop art work.

* You can fold a large piece of paper into four equal squares and repeat

the same image in each square using a different color palette for each

square.

* The medium is up to you and can be anything from colored pencils to

paint.

* Encourage the students to have fun and be creative!

* Ask the students to include a paragraph that accompanies their work,

explaining the pop culture image they chose from the Fair, why

they chose that image, what their biggest obstacle was, and what they

would do differently next time. If possible, display the paragraphs

beside the pop art on the wall.

Grade FiveSOCIALSTUDIES

TEACHER LIVESTOCK & AGRICULTURE

Arts Connection: Pop Art at the FairGrade Five

SOCIALSTUDIES

“Cow Wallpaper (Pink on Yellow”) by Andy Warhol – warhol.org