OVERVIEW This lesson is designed to help students gain an understanding of the peanut industry. Students will be involved in class discussions of the peanuts growth, history, types, and products. They will use maps to show production areas and also watch a video. CONNECTION TO THE CURRICULUM This is a lesson for an introductory Agriculture class. The lesson is also related to Geography, History, Science, and Math. THEMES AND STANDARDS Themes: 1- Location 2- Place 3- Human – Environment Interaction 4- Movement 5- Regions Introduction to Agriculture Standards: A.
2 Explore new technologies in animal science, plant science, environmental science, and agricultural engineering. B. 3 Explain the processing and distribution of agricultural products. Geography for Life Standards: 1.
How to use a map and other geographic representations, tools, and technologies to acquire, process, and report information for a spatial perspective. 3. How to analyze the spatial organization of people, places, and environments on . 7. The physical processes that shape the patterns of earth’s surface.
11. The patterns and networks of economic interdependence on earth’s surface. 14. How human actions modify the physical environment.
South Carolina Social Studies Curriculum Standards: 8. 1. 1 Discuss the nature, challenges, and contributions of African-American communities and Native American culture 8. 8.
1 Make and use maps, globes, graphs, charts, and models to illustrate and analyze location and spatial distributions of physical and cultural features in South Carolina and the United States SKILLS BUILDING o listening for information o making inferences o using maps o drawing conclusions o coloring GRADE RANGE 7-9 TIME one to two class periods MATERIALS NEEDED o overhead projector and overheads or chalkboard and chalk o TV, VCR, and video “Nutrition in a Nutshell” (available from SC Peanut Board) o crayons o world and US map posters o US and SC map worksheets o peanut poster (from SC Peanut Board) o peanuts OBJECTIVES 1. Students will label maps of major peanut states and counties in SC. 2. Students will name the top peanut country, state, and SC county. 3. Students will list the 4 types of peanuts.
4. Students will describe peanut growth. 5. Students will explain the history of the peanut. SUGGESTED PROCEDURES 1. Using the PEANUTS overhead, discuss the various names which have been given to a peanut with the class.
2. Show the.