Patricia Carpenter, a teacher at the Youth Rehabilitation Center in Geneva, Nebraska, for students in grades 7-12,
had a very unique plan to bring agriculture into her Business Education classes. Eighty-percent of Patricia's students
come from the city and were not aware that the agriculture industry has an impact on the state's economy. The students learned about the different businesses involved in production agriculture, processing, distribution and marketing of the
crops and livestock produced in Nebraska.

Each student researched a commodity grown in Nebraska and was required to
use three different references. The next step was to organize this information,
draw conclusions and solve problems. To assess the students' comprehension, they had to develop a mode of sharing their information by a poster, diagram, multimedia, advertisement, song, play, etc.