Indiana 4-H Congress Lesson Plans

Indiana 4-H Youth and Adult Congress is held in the fall each year. Congress includes a keynote speaker, 4-H Accomplishment Scholarship luncheon, and three educational breakout sessions focused on topics of interest to youth and adults in the 4-H Program. Lesson plans and supporting resource materials are posted here for use with your 4-H Clubs.

2014 - 2017 lesson plans and resources are included below. ​For resources from 2007-2010, please click here. For resources from 2011-2013, please click here​.  

2017 Indiana 4-H Congress: The 4-H Shark Tank!

4-H Elevator Speech - Samm Johnson, Allen County 4-H Extension Educator

• Slide Presentation
  

Marketing Your 4-H Program - Heather VonDielingen, Jackson County 4-H Extension Educator

• Marketing Action Plan
  
• Club Meeting Report Form
  
• Marketing Your Local 4-H Program PPT Presentation
  

Social Entrepreneurship - Lesley Lodmell, Lawrence County 4-H Extension Educator

• What is Social Entrepreneurship?
  
• What is Social Entrepreneurship? PPT Presentation​
  

2016 Indiana 4-H Congress:  Indiana 4-H Congress: Lighting Your Path to Leadership!

4-H Citizenship: "Gaining & Building Trust"

•  4-H Gaining Building Trust - PowerPoint
•  Building Integrity Exercise

4-H Healthy Living: "4-H Healthy Living: "Putting Your Best Foot/Self Forward!"

• Putting Your Best Self Forward - PowerPoint
  
• Creating Your Professional Pitch Activity (Michigan State Unviersity 4-H Youth Development)
  
• Filling out Job Application Forms (Michigan State University 4-H Youth Development)
  
• The Perfect Business Handshake (Michigan State University 4-H Youth Development)
  
• Sample Interview Questions (Michigan State University 4-H Youth Development)
• Handshake Cards #1, #2, & #3​​

 4-H Science: "Building Leadership with Science"

• Building a Firm Foundation
• Pneumatic Directions​

​2015 Indiana 4-H Congress: Leading the 4-H Way!

​​2015 Indiana 4-H Congress Press Release​

4-H Healthy Living: "I'm Making a Change!"

4-H Science: "STEM out to New Possibilities with 4-H Science"​

2014 Indiana 4-H Congress: Live to Learn & Lead

4-H Healthy Living: "Self-Sufficiency...Ugh!"

• Healthy Living - Congress 2014
• How Do We Spend Scenario Cards and Worksheet 2014

4-H Science: "IW2K! I Want To Know: Exploring 4-H Science"

• 10 Ways to Integrate SET into 4-H Projects
• Agriculture in Soy Ink
• Food Science Nesquik Quick
• Soy Plastic
• 4-H SET abilities and definitions
• Checklist for 4-H SET Programs
• 4-H SET Checklist Matrix
• Science With Kids, Science By Kids
• STEM Activities by Subject

4-H Citizenship: "Making Citizenship Personal"

• Proverbs
• The Crayon Box That Talked
• World Map
• Letters to Veterans

Life Skills Posters

• Being
• Caring
• Giving
• Living
• Managing
• Relating
• Thinking
• Working

Budget Busters

• Instructions
• Score Sheet
• Game Cards
• Play Money Denominations
  • 1 dollar
  • 5 dollars
  • 10 dollars
  • 20 dollars
  • 50 dollars
  • 100 dollars
  • 500 dollars

County Action Plans

• 4-H Congress Action Plan
• Action Planning Worksheet