Focusing on the History of Agricultural Education and Rural America
No, there really was not a 3-circle Ag Ed model in 1920. However, if there had been one, this Footnote hypothesizes what it would have been. Most people in agricultural education are familiar with the three circle Venn diagram (see Continue reading The 1920 Era Three Circle Model of Agricultural Education (8/19/2022)
Last week’s Friday Footnote used a Wordle like approach to establish the idea that agriculture teachers in the past were RESILIENT and still are today. As we embrace a new school year, we must continue to be resilient, but we also must have Continue reading Agriculture Teachers Have a □□□□□ (8/12/2022)
A trending online word game is Wordle. In this game one tries to guess, in as few guesses as possible, a secret word. Each time you guess, the computer lets you know if each letter you typed is in the secret Continue reading Agriculture Teachers are □□□□□□□□□ (8/5/2022)
If you are an FFA nerd, you may recognize the name Stevenson Ching. In early May I started writing this Footnote to recognize Stevenson in honor of Asian American and Pacific Islander Heritage Month. I also started researching the agricultural Continue reading Who is Stevenson Ching (7/1/2022)
For the past several weeks the Friday Footnotes focused on Japanese internment centers during World War II. We have investigated the establishment of these camps, looked at agricultural education and Future Farmer chapters in the camps, recognized a special Japanese military unit on Memorial Day, examined Continue reading A Raw Deal (Part 6) – Making it Real (6/24/2022)