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Course Title: Floriculture
Grade Level: 9-12
Required: No Elective: Yes
Prerequisites: Introduction to Agriscience
TextBook(s) Used For This Course:
Title: Author(s): Publisher: Edition: Date:
The Art of Floral Design Norah T. Hunter Delmar 1994
Description of Course:
This course prepares students to design and arrange flowers, foliage, and
related materials for interior locations. The course also includes activities
relating to career exploration and leadership.
Categorical Objectives:
The Student Will:
1. Classify and identify flowers and plants used in floral design.
2. Review techniques of increasing keeping qualities of flowers and plants used
in floral design.
3. Trace the history of floral design.
4. Recognize design principles related to floral design.
5. Evaluate geometric floral designs prepared with fresh cut flowers, silk
flowers, and dry flowers related to floral design and interior landscape
development.
6. Recognize techniques of preparing corsages and boutonnieres related to floral
design and interior landscape design.
7. Discuss ordering, billing, marketing and advertising principles in the floral
industry.
8. Review career opportunities in the floral industry.
9. Create fresh floral arrangements
10. Utilize class content information in a wedding floral planning final
project.
11. Complete Supervised Agricultural Experience Points.
Writing Activities:
The Student Will:
1. Use correct sentence structure on all tests, papers, and reports.
2. Write a report outlining flowers of a particular time period.
3. Prepare written evaluations of floral arrangements.
4. Write summaries on agricultural activities/careers/research to gain
Supervised Agricultural Experience points.
Multicultural Education Activities:
The student will:
1. Observe diverse role models in the classroom, at community sites and at
leadership workshops and conferences.
2. Use texts which provide accurate, specific, balanced representation of
minorities.
3. Have equitable attention.
4. Receive unbiased career information in the field of agriculture.
5. Appreciate the contributions and perspectives of diverse cultures in
agriculture.
6. Participate in a multicultural climate promoted by teacher example,
expectation and support, integrated instructional groups, task assignments, and
unbiased language.
7. Interact with counselors and teachers about the goals and content of the
agriculture curricula as it pertains to the students’ career goals.
