FFA HISTORY
TRADITIONS & SYMBOLS
THREE CIRCLES
DEGREES
FFA LANGUAGE
100

Q: What year was FFA founded?

A: 1928


100

Q: What are the two official FFA colors?

A: National Blue and Corn Gold


100

Q: What are the three parts of the Three-Circle Model?

A: Classroom/Laboratory, FFA, and SAE


100

Q: What is the first FFA degree?

A: Discovery Degree


100

Q: What does CDE stand for?

A: Career Development Event


200

Q: Who wrote the FFA Creed?

A: E.M. Tiffany


200

Q: What four words begin every paragraph of the FFA Creed?

A: “I believe”


200

Q: What does SAE stand for?

A: Supervised Agricultural Experience


200

Q: Which degree comes after Discovery?

A: Greenhand Degree


200

Q: What does LDE stand for?

A: Leadership Development Event


300

Q: What year was the FFA Creed adopted?

A: 1930


300

Q: What is the FFA salute?

A: The Pledge of Allegiance


300

Q: A student raises market chickens and keeps records on the project. Which circle is this?

A: SAE


300

Q: Which degree comes after Greenhand?

A: Chapter Degree


300

Q: What does SAE stand for?

A: Supervised Agricultural Experience


400

Q: What year were women granted full national FFA membership?

A: 1969


400

Q: What are the five symbols found in the FFA emblem?

A: Ear of corn, rising sun, plow, eagle, and owl


400

Q: A student competes on the Forestry team. Which circle is this?

A: FFA


400

Q: Put these in order: American, State, Chapter.

A: Chapter → State → American


400

Q: Is Prepared Public Speaking a CDE or LDE?

A: LDE


500

Q: What major change happened to FFA's name in 1988?

A: Future Farmers of America became the National FFA Organization.

500

Q: Recite the FFA Motto.

A: Learning to Do, Doing to Learn, Earning to Live, Living to Serve

500

Q: Students learn how to measure DBH in class and then practice outside. Which circle is this primarily?

A: Classroom/Laboratory

500

Q: Put ALL five degrees in order.

A: Discovery → Greenhand → Chapter → State → American

500

Q: Is Forestry a CDE or LDE?

A: CDE