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National 4-H Curriculum focuses on 4-H’s three primary mission mandates: science, healthy living, and citizenship.

From Wind Power to Workforce Readiness, youth activity guides are filled with engaging experiences that cultivate the skills that youth need for everyday living as they gain knowledge about subjects that interest them.

State 4-H programs within the Cooperative Extension System, 4-H National Headquarters at USDA, and National 4-H Council provide leadership for the development of National 4-H Curriculum. This partnership provides the knowledge, resources, and management necessary to develop and market quality youth curriculum.

Exploring Beef Health and Husbandry

This curriculum is designed as the guide for a project facilitator. The activities and background information in this curriculum will help youth develop the requisite knowledge and skills associated with raising and showing beef cattle. Activities are youth centered and include opportunities for the application of knowledge and skills at three different levels of experience: beginner, intermediate, and advanced.

Type of 4-H Material: Individual and group curriculum
Grades: 5th-8th
Type of Media: Project manual (1 Facilitator's Guide)
Category: Science
Focus Area: Beef

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Exploring Swine Health and Husbandry

This curriculum is designed as a guide for the project facilitator. The activities and background information in this curriculum will help youth develop the requisite knowledge and skills associated with raising and showing swine. Activities are youth centered and include opportunities for the application of knowledge and skills at three different levels of experience: beginner, intermediate, and advanced.

swine2 Type of 4-H Material: Individual and group curriculum
Grades: 5th-8th
Type of Media: Project manual (1 Facilitator's Guide)
Category: Science
Focus Area: Swine

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Theatre Arts: Imagination in Action!

This curriculum opens the world of theatre to youth in grades 5-8 (can be adapted for younger and older youth). Revised and new, these materials offer extended activities in communication, improvisation, pantomime, script writing, cultural and historical influences, stage design, and costume design. Life skills and workforce development concepts are woven throughout the curriculum, as youth master more sophisticated theatre techniques and ideas.

theater-arts-level-1-b Type of 4-H Material: Individual and group curriculum
Grades: 5th-8th
Type of Media: Project manuals (3 Facilitator's Guides)
Category: Citizenship
Focus Area: Theatre

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A Guide To Bully Prevention Programs

Bullying Prevention This guide to bully prevention is a resource for educators and youth development professionals from any school or youth-serving organization. The purpose of this publication is to help youth professionals better understand how to create safe and fully inclusive environments within the organizations they serve. In this guide you’ll find a comprehensive overview of the latest bullying research and information on selecting appropriate evidence-based bully prevention curricula and resources.

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Entomology: Teaming with Insects

Studying nature inspires creativity by demanding that youth see what is around them and requires them to use all of their senses. Because science is interconnected, many of the activities show interrelationships among insects, plants, and the environment. The curriculum, Teaming with Insects, increases youth science literacy using insects and their relatives

Type of 4-H Material: Individual and group curriculum
Grades: 3rd-12th
Type of Media: Project manuals (3 Youth Workbooks and 1 Facilitator's Guide)
Category: Science
Focus Area: Entomology

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