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2005 TEACHER OF THE YEAR
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PATRICIA CARPENTER

  Pat CarpenterPatricia 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.
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