USDA Mission Area of Farm Production and Conservation

Overview

Students will research and prepare a paper and design and deliver a presentation on the USDA Mission Area of Farm Production and Conservation

https://www.usda.gov/our-agency/about-usda/mission-areas

Objectives

The objectives of the presentation assignment are to:

· Summarize the history of the issue

· Identify future work related to the mission area

· Detail why this topic is a USDA Mission Area

· Describe why you selected the mission area

· Use a rubric

· Evaluate the quality of a peer’s presentation

Time

The approximate time to complete the assignment is 2-3 hours.

Instructions

· In groups, prepare a paper and Power Point presentation on the current USDA Mission Areas.  The mission areas can be found https://www.usda.gov/our-agency/about-usda/mission-areas

· Formatting and Structure of the paper are given below.

· Scoring and Rubric information for all components of the assignment are provided below.

· The Power point presentation should be 5-8 minutes in length and will be presented during in-person lecture.  It should summarize the information provided in the paper.

· Complete the Group Assessment form.

· Only one student in each group needs to submit the paper and presentation slides.  All students should submit the Group Assessment form.

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Paper Formatting

Your report should be at least 4 pages of text double-spaced using Times New Roman, Arial, or Calibri in 12 pt font (excluding abstract, title, and references pages).  Use APA formatting

 

Paper Structure

Your document should have the following structure:

· Cover page providing an appropriate title, your name, date, course title, and course section number.

· Abstract that succinctly summarizes the paper.

· Introduction that describes the purpose of the paper.

· Section summarizing the history of the USDA Mission Area.

· Section describing why the specific topic is a USDA Mission Area and its importance.

· Section identifying future work related to the USDA Mission Area.

· Section describing why you selected this specific USDA Mission Area.

· Conclusion summarizing the USDA Mission Area discussion.

· Reference section citing at least 3 references