A Texas Curriculum for

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A Texas Curriculum for Livestock Education Galaxy
Conference 2003
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Curriculum Focus

• Quality Assurance
• Character Education

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Objective 1

• Ensure all 4-H and FFA livestock projects meet
  all food quality standards

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Objective 2

• Enhance character education for Texas
• 4-H and FFA Youth

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Objective 3

• Promote a Positive Image of Youth Livestock
  Programs

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How to Use the Curriculum

• Multiple delivery curriculum
• Notebooks with Text Lessons
• Step by step or as needed
• Activity Based
• Handouts and Support Materials
• Understanding the Concepts

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Eight Core Concepts

• Objective 2 Character Education
• Six Pillars of Character
• Purpose of 4-H/FFA
• Purpose of Livestock Projects
• Making Decisions/Goal Setting

• Objective 1 Quality Assurance
• Impact of Livestock Projects on Red Meat
  Industry
• Responsibilities of Producing a Safe Product
• Medication use/Reading and Following Labels
• Animal Care and Well-Being

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Core Concept

• Objective 1 Quality Assurance
• Core Concept 1
• Impact of Livestock Projects on Red Meat Industry

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• Reveal impact of 71,000 market projects

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Total Entry Numbers

• Market Swine 34,126
• Meat Goats 17,651
• Market Lamb 11,837
• Market Steers 7,582
• TOTAL 71,196

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How many pounds of carcass are there?

• Terms Calculations (1) Live Weight, (2)
  Dressing Percent, and (3) Carcass Weight

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SHEEP
Ave Wt. 125 D. P. - 53 784,793.1 lb
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Grand Total
Grand Total 16,780,325.8 pounds of carcass!!!!!!
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What does this mean?

• Livestock projects can IMPACT thousands of
  people!!!
• Think about the CONSUMER!!!!
• You never know who they might be..

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Core Concept

• Objective 1 Quality Assurance
• Core Concept 2
• Responsibility of Producing a Safe Product

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Lesson

• The Food Supply Continuum

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Understand role and responsibility in the food
supply continuum

• ALL producers are affected by negative publicity
  concerning our food supply
• Product safety can be compromised at any time in
  the food supply continuum

Responsibility
Citizenship
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Understand role and responsibility in the food
supply continuum
From NPPC, Youth PQA 2000
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• Activity
• Food Supply Continuum PuzzleChapter 2
• Group Sit Chapter 2

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Lesson

• Understanding Food Safety

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Identify potential hazards in meat products and
appropriate preventative measures

• What could potentially happen if a person
  extremely allergic to penicillin (or ibuprofen)
  ate meat with such a residue?
• What would happen if a consumer bit
  into a portion of a broken needle?

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• Participation
• Ch. 2, Lesson 2, Activity 3
• Broken Needles

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Core Concept

• Objective 1 Quality Assurance
• Core Concept 3
• Medication Use/Reading and Following Labels

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Lesson

• Medication and Feed Labels

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Exhibit knowledge of medication and feed labels
and their meaning
Read the Labels!!!

• Application Method
• Precautions
• Active Ingredient
• Trade Name

• Expiration date
• Lot number
• Dosage
• Warnings
• Cautions

From NPPC PQA for Youth 2000
Caring
Responsibility
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• More Activities
• Reading a Medication InsertChapter 2
• Reading a Feed Tag Chapter 3
• Medication Labels Chapter 3

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Core Concept

• Objective 1 Quality Assurance
• Core Concept 4
• Animal Care and Well-Being

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Lesson

• Administering Medicines

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Knowledge of proper medication administration

• Proper routes of administration
• Differences in routes of administration
• Differences between species
• ALWAYS avoid major meat cuts (loin, leg, ham)!!!

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From SDSU Animal Science website
From NPPC PQA for Youth 2000
Responsibility
Caring
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• Activities
• Livestock Injection Sites Chapter 3
• Banana Injection Chapter 3

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Core Concept

• Objective 2 Character Education
• Core Concept 1
• Six Pillars of Character

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Trustworthiness
Be honest Dont deceive, cheat or steal Be
reliable Do what you say you will do Have the
courage to do the right thing Build a good
reputation Be loyal Stand by your family,
friends and country
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Respect
Treat others with respect Follow the Golden
Rule Be tolerant to differences Use good
manners, not bad language Be considerate of the
feelings of others Don't threaten, hit or hurt
anyone Deal peacefully with anger, insults and
disagreements
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Responsibility
Do what you are supposed to do Persevere Keep
trying! Always do your best Use self control
be disciplined Think before you act Consider the
consequences Be accountable for your choices
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Fairness
Play by the rules Take turns and share Be open
minded Listen to others Don't take advantage of
others Don't blame others carelessly
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Caring
Be kind Be compassionate and show you
care Express gratitude Forgive others Help
people in need
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Citizenship
Do your share to make your school and community
better Cooperate Stay informed vote Be a good
neighbor Obey laws and rules Respect
authority Protect the environment
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• Participation
• Applying the Six Pillars of Character Chapter 1,
  Lesson 5, Activity 2

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Activity

• Trustworthiness
• Respect
• Responsibility
• Fairness
• Caring
• Citizenship

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• Activity
• Defining the Six Pillars of Character Chapter 1
• Applying the Six Pillars of Character to
  Livestock Projects Chapter 1

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Core Concept

• Objective 2 Character Education
• Core Concept 2
• Purpose of 4-H/FFA

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• Activity
• Understanding 4-H and FFA Chapter 1

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Motto

• Learning to Do
• Doing to Learn
• Earning to Live
• Living to Serve

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Slogan

• Learn by Doing

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Core Concept

• Objective 2 Character Education
• Core Concept 3
• Purpose of Livestock Projects

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• Activity
• The Real Purpose of Livestock Projects Chapter 1
• Name that skill Chapter 1

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Core Concept

• Objective 2 Character Education
• Core Concept 4
• Decision Making
• And
• Goal Setting

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What is Success?

• Success is the achievement of something desired,
  planned or attempted.

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What is Failure?

• Failure is not achieving what you desire, plan or
  attempt.

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• Activity
• What is Success? Chapter 4

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• In closing

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Eight Core Concepts

• Character Education
• Six Pillars of Character
• Purpose of 4-H/FFA
• Purpose of Livestock Projects
• Making Decisions/Goal Setting

• Quality Assurance
• Impact of Livestock Projects on Red Meat Industry
• Responsibilities of Producing a Safe Product
• Medication use/Reading and Following Labels
• Animal Care and Well-Being

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The Relationship between Quality Counts and the
local County Fair
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Where does it start?

• Quality Counts starts at home (At your local or
  regional shows)

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In Fort Bend County

• 350 4-H members participate in livestock projects
  at Local and County shows

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Major Shows

• 100 of those exhibitors, exhibit at the major
  shows

State Fair of Texas
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Question

• If Quality Counts is just for major show
  exhibitors, what about the other 250 in my
  program on the
  County level?

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County Fair Concerns

• County Fairs also have to be concerned with the
  quality of products that are sold to buyers at
  fair time

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4-H and FFA start at home and so does
Quality Counts!
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The Future of the Youth Livestock Show Program
Depends on Us!
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Thank You!
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Its A Question of Ethics

• You should
• Take the medicated feed. The show doesnt do drug
  tests anyway.
• Turn down the offer of medicated feed, thinking
  that you can find a neighbor who can let you
  borrow enough feed to last through the holidays
• Decline the feed and politely inform the store
  clerk that its important to follow the rules
  about using medicines and drugs
• What the clerk is suggesting is illegal. Notify
  your Ag Teacher of County Agent about the clerks
  suggestion.

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Its A Question of Ethics

• You should
• Get your brother and leave
• Point out to your little brother what you see and
  tell him that it is wrong and why
• Tell your dad what you saw and have him call the
  Ag Teacher or County Agent
• Call Bob and ask him what the deal is

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Its A Question of Ethics

• You should
• Call Bob and ask him what is going on
• Tell your dad and ask him to call your County
  Agent or Ag Teacher
• Tell all your friends what you saw in Bobs barn
  and let them know that he is cheating and using
  illegal drugs to make his show pigs better
• Unload the feed back into Bobs barn and leave as
  soon as possible to try to erase all evidence
  that you were there

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Its A Question of Ethics

• You should
• Politely decline the pig
• Take the pig. You should get first choice anyway
  because your dad is the one who went and
  purchased the pigs for everyone
• Take the pig. If you dont, someone else will and
  you will have to show against a better pig
• Take the good pig back and draw for the pig with
  the other members. You may get lucky and draw
  this one anyway

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Its a Question of Ethics

• You should
• Take the help. You have spent a great deal of
  time with your pig and really want to show
• Take the help. The practice is sort-of-legal. It
  hasnt been identified as illegal. Besides,
  others are sure to be cheating and this practice
  isn't considered cheating yet
• Decline the help and look for an alternative that
  is sort-of-more-legal
• Decline the help. Try to naturally and legally
  get the weight off and hope that your pig can
  lose the weight for the show. Learn from this
  mistake and do better with your next swine project