Lesson Plan
Curated OER

Farm Animals ABC Book

For Teachers 2nd - 3rd
Learners read and examine various books and websites on farm animals and farm life, then create a class farm ABC book. Each student is responsible for one page in the book.
Website
PBS

Pbs Learning Media: Organic Farming: Conserving Top Soil

For Students 9th - 10th
Against the backdrop of the devastating 1930's Dust Bowl, this video segment adapted from Interactive NOVA profiles an organic farmer and the techniques he uses to conserve topsoil.
Website
US Department of Agriculture

Usda: New Farmers Website

For Students 9th - 10th
Discover step-by-step resources and community connections when deciding to start to farm.
eBook
Unite for Literacy

Unite for Literacy: Community: Farm Tractors at Work

For Students 1st - 2nd
Learn about all the jobs that a tractor does on a farm. Includes audio narration in 6 additional languages with text in English.
eBook
Unite for Literacy

Unite for Literacy: Plants and Food: Fresh From the Farm

For Students Pre-K - 1st
Read about some of the products we get from farms. Includes audio narration in English, Spanish, and Turkish with text in English.
Website
Other

Upper Canada Village

For Students 9th - 10th
Ever want to know what life in Canada was like back in the 1860's? Well, look no further than this site! Information can be found on topics such as: daily life, communication, manufacturing, religion and more. Also be sure to check out...
Activity
Read Works

Read Works: The Grey Sheep [Pdf]

For Teachers 1st - 3rd Standards
This nonfiction narrative entails a young girl describing her family's grey sheep on the farm activities related to raising them. This passage is a stand-alone curricular piece that reinforces essential reading skills and strategies and...
Handout
Utah Education Network

Uen: Utah History Encyclopedia: Dry Farming in Utah

For Students 9th - 10th
Provides information about dry farming in general as well as specific information about dry farming in Utah.