Farmer, What's On Your Mind?

Preparation

Three empty corners of a room with little obstruction between each corner. Choose a farmer to sit with his or her back to the group.:

1. Provide background information about tthree agricultural commodities in Oklahoma. (See Ag Facts.)
2. Assign one of the three commodities to each of the three empty corners, and appoint one student to serve as the farmer.
3. Have each student choose one of the three commodities.
4. As the class spells the word "agriculture" aloud, have each student move to the corner representing the topic he or she has selected.
5. Ask the farmer which commodity he/she is ready to take to market. The group that is chosen is out of the game.
6. Select another farmer, and have the remaining students choose another commodity. Repeat steps 4 and 5 until only 1-3 students remains. Note: Sometimes two or three students figure out a strategy for staying in the game. If so, declare them all winners before the majority of the class gets antsy.

For older students

1. Follow the instructions above, but have four corners. Each corner can be a commodity group (cattle, hogs, chickens, wheat) or a fruit/vegetable.
2. Cut out facts from the AITC website about the represented corners, and place them in a bag.
3. Students move to a corner while spelling AGRICULTURE together.
4. Draw a fact from the bag and read. Students in that corner are eliminated.
5. To keep students attentive, ask the eliminated students to listen to the facts being read to prepare for a review.