FFA Basics
What are the FFA colors?
National Blue and Corn Gold.
DOUBLE POINTS
This is just a fun question! Give your best guess.
What is the zipper on the blue corduroy jacket called by many FFA members?
We call it a tallywacker!
1969
FFA allowed girls to join!
How many paragraphs are in the FFA creed?
5
What does SAE stand for?
Supervised Agricultural Experience.
Recite the FFA motto.
True or false.
All 50 states have an FFA Association.
True!
1917
Smith Hughes vocational education act was signed into law.
This established ag classes in schools.
What does each paragraph of the creed begin with?
"I believe..."
List all 4 types of SAE projects.
Exploratory, Research, Entrepreneurship, and Placement SAEs.
What is the FFA mission.
To develop premier leadership, personal growth, and career success.
List at least 4 parts of the emblem and what they represent.
Extra Points if you can list all 6 and what they represent.
Ear of corn : Unity
Rising Sun : Progress and New Opportunities
Plow : Hard Work and Labor
Owl : Wisdom and Knowledge
Eagle : National Scope of FFA
Words : the Relationship between FFA and ag Education
1929
Florida became a part of the National Organization!
Who wrote the creed?
E.M. Tiffany
Fill in the blanks.
An SAE consists of planned activities ____ of class time.
Outside
What is one of the 3 things you can do in the FFA?
Answers can be any of the following:
- CDE, career development event
- The opportunity to travel
- Meet new people
In what city, and state was the FFA organization founded?
And DOUBLE POINTS if you know how much the dues were (in 1998).
Kansas City, Missouri.
Dues were 10 cents per person!
1933
Blue, corduroy jackets were adopted as the National Official Dress.
At which National Convention was the creed adopted?
The 3rd National Convention.
Name the SAE.
Working as an employee for an agricultural business.
Placement SAE.
Name 1 of the 4 skills of the FFA.
Answers can be any of the following:
- Public speaking and human relations.
- Community service.
- Professional demeanor.
- Global outlook of the world.
DOUBLE POINTS
Take your best guess.
About how many FFA jackets do you think are manufactured every year?
50,000 FFA jackets are manufactured every year!
1950
Public law 81-740 grants FFA a federal charter recognizing it as an intra-curricular part of an ag program.
DOUBLE POINTS
Which paragraph of the creed mentions less dependence on others and a greater ability to earn what is needed?
Paragraph 4.
Name the SAE.
Engaging in multiple agricultural projects.
Exploratory SAE.