What is FFA? Use the National FFA website (www.ffa.org), the Iowa FFA Website (www.iowaffa.com), and your FFA handbook to find the answers to the following questions. 1. How old is the FFA? (Hint: look for when it was started!)
2. How many local FFA chapters are there in Iowa?
3. Who makes up a majority of the FFA membership (males or females? rural or city kids?)
4. What is the FFA mission?
5. What do the different parts of the FFA emblem stand for?
6. What is the FFA Motto?
7. Is the FFA still “Future Farmers of America”? Why? 8. How does the FFA get money?
9. Where are the National FFA headquarters?
10. When looking at the timeline of FFA events, when do you think are two of the most influential events that have happened in the FFA? What were the events? Why do you think they are most important?
11. What is the official dress of the FFA?
12. What are two Supervised Agricultural Experience (SAE) projects that you would like to take part in? Why?
13. Pick two Career Development Events (CDEs) that you may interest you. Identify what you do in the CDE, the career they could prepare you for, and the SAE they could align with.