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Social Science Overview
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Preparation
for roles as a member of society, legal proceedings, public policy and
inter-relations.
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Practice
leadership skills and roles, take part in community affairs, and demonstrate
citizenship responsibility.
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Explore
career, job and productive leisure opportunities.
Develop skills, knowledge and attitudes for lifelong use.
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Learn
to use accepted practices for mental, physical and emotional health, and to
respect yourself and others.
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Develop
personal integrity, a sense of sportsmanship, team cooperation, and ability
to speak in public through participation in related activities, such as
demonstrations, talks, judging events, field days, tours and exhibits.
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Share
acquired knowledge and skills with other 4-H members.
Social Science Projects
Achievement
Project Leader:
Teen Leader:
Jr. Leader:
Members:
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Attain
a broad knowledge of 4-H projects and activities and their contribution to
improving family and community living.
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Become
a skilled, productive and self-directing individual.
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Adopt
and apply the latest practices and research findings to daily living.
Citizenship
Project Leader:
Annette Keenberg (Co-Leader Needed)
Teen Leader:
Jr. Leader:
Members: 1
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Become
aware of your relationship to others: family,
peers, state, nation and the world.
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Acquire
life skills that are essential for an individual to become an active,
responsible citizen.
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Demonstrate
social responsibility.
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Learn
to respect and respond to the needs, rights and responsibilities of others.
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Gain
insight into the principles, processes and structures of democracy.
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Learn
how issues affect the people of the world, affect us as a nation, and how
the individual can become involved in addressing those issues.
Communications
Project Leader:
Annette Keenberg
Teen Leader:
Jr. Leader:
Members: 1
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Develop
skills of expressing, imparting, and conveying information to others.
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Develop
poise and confidence while appearing before a group.
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Gain
new knowledge about a specific subject.
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Learn
to plan and organize thoughts to increase skills in communicating.
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Teach
and show others good methods and practices learned through 4-H and thus
perform a service to the community.
Community
Pride
Project Leader:
Leader Needed/Annette Keenberg - Co-Leader
Teen Leader:
Jr. Leader: Nick Keenberg
Members: 1
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Increase
awareness of the resources and dimensions of the community.
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Have
experience in gaining access to and making use of existing community
resources.
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Have
experience in defining the community, the ways in which it's developing and
how it makes decisions.
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Participate
in an analysis of community resources and needs.
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Have
direct involvement in the community's decision-making process.
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Be
involved in planning and action on specific community improvement projects.
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Develop
increased understanding of how these community experiences relate to
parallel processes on other governmental levels.
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Understand
how and to whom information about community issues is communicated.
Computers
Project Leader:
Annette Keenberg
Teen Leader:
Jr. Leader:
Members: 1
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Explore
the history and development of the computer in current and future
applications.
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Perform
practical applications meeting the 4-HYD member's needs and interests.
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Develop
skills of expressing, imparting, and conveying information to others.
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Describe
the components of a computer and how they work together.
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Design
and construct at least one simple, operational program, using a computer
language such as BASIC.
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Explain
the basic function of the computer and the terminology used in the industry.
Economics
& Marketing
Project Leader:
Teen Leader:
Jr. Leader:
Members:
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Learn
basic economic marketing and management principles of a free marketing
system.
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Investigate
the cash and futures markets.
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Apply
economic marketing and management principles and tools to other 4-H
projects.
Exchanges
(Domestic and International)
Project Leader:
Teen Leader:
Jr. Leader:
Members:
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Broaden
international understanding, culture of other states and nations, and
importance of global understanding.
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Learn
technical knowledge and skills in modern agriculture, family and community
life and rural youth education programs.
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Provide
educational opportunities which will assist delegates and exchanges in their
intellectual growth, capacity for cross-cultural understanding, capacity for
developing satisfying interpersonal relationships, ability to get along in a
strange environment.
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Develop
skills in cross cultural communications.
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Develop
long-term relationship through personal exchanges with people in other
states and nations.
Graphic
Arts
(Includes but not limited to calligraphy, map making, drawing, making posters,
and painting).
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Develop
skills of expressing, imparting, and conveying information to others.
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Develop
skills and knowledge in designing and constructing useful, artistic items.
- Understand
principles of design (use of color, space, line, texture and shape).
Leadership
Project Leader:
Annette Keenberg
Teen Leader:
Jr. Leader:
Members: 3
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Identify
and understand roles, attitudes, tasks and functions necessary for effective
leadership.
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Seek
guidance in leadership development which will provide opportunities to
develop self-confidence.
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Strengthen
local 4-H units by becoming involved in leadership responsibilities and
encouraging other youth to do so.
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Actively
participate in program planning, development and implementation, and help
recruit new members and leaders.
Public
Speaking
Project Leader:
Annette Keenberg
Teen Leader:
Jr. Leader: Nick Keenberg
Members: 1
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Develop
skills of expressing, imparting, and conveying information to others.
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Recognize
the need for obtaining pertinent information on a given topic.
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Learn
about organization of materials to be presented in a speech.
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Develop
a pleasing personal appearance before an audience.
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Acquire
the ability to speak convincingly in public.
Self
Determined (Group Determined appropriate here)
Project Leader:
Annette Keenberg
Teen Leader:
Jr. Leader:
Members: 1
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Pursue
a particular interest through 4-H that is not an extension of a
standard 4-H project.
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Learn
how to use the decision making process.
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Develop
the ability to set goals and realistically evaluate abilities and interests.
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Become
aware of resources and how to use them to achieve goals.
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