Descriptor
Source
| Canadian Social Studies | 1 |
Publication Type
| Guides - Classroom - Teacher | 5 |
| Guides - Non-Classroom | 1 |
| Journal Articles | 1 |
| Reports - Descriptive | 1 |
Education Level
Audience
| Practitioners | 7 |
| Teachers | 7 |
Location
| Canada | 1 |
| Florida | 1 |
| Mississippi | 1 |
| Missouri | 1 |
| Ohio | 1 |
| South Carolina | 1 |
Laws, Policies, & Programs
Assessments and Surveys
What Works Clearinghouse Rating
Peer reviewedSteinhauer, Noella – Canadian Social Studies, 1997
Considers the effects of commercialism and the current mania for name brand clothing on the lives of Canada's young Native Americans. Argues that the adoption of assimilationist and mainstream cultural values grows from the Indians' lack of any real political power. Postulates that young Indian women are particularly vulnerable to this tendency.…
Descriptors: Alienation, Canada Natives, Clothing, Community Characteristics
Download full textKister, Joanna; And Others – 1993
This Resource Management Resource Guide is intended to help teachers implement Ohio's Work and Family Life Program. Course content focuses on the practical problems related to managing human and material resources, making consumer decisions, and feeding, clothing, and housing the family. These practical problems are posed through case studies and…
Descriptors: Citizenship Education, Clothing, Consumer Economics, Consumer Education
Florida State Dept. of Education, Tallahassee. Div. of Vocational, Adult, and Community Education. – 1992
This document contains vocational education program courses standards (curriculum frameworks and student performance standards) for exploratory courses, practical arts courses, and job preparatory programs in home economics education offered at the secondary or postsecondary level as a part of Florida's comprehensive vocational education program.…
Descriptors: Child Care Occupations, Clothing Instruction, Competence, Competency Based Education
Hansen, Joan – 1983
This instructor's guide contains materials for use in teaching a middle school exploratory home economics course. Addressed in the individual units of the guide are the following topics: nutrition education and food management, parenting education, resource management, clothing management, and personal management. Each section contains a unit…
Descriptors: Behavioral Objectives, Clothing Instruction, Consumer Economics, Consumer Education
Pough, Carmen R. – 1989
This guide was developed to assist administrators and teachers in planning and conducting an exploratory program in home economics at the middle-school level. Curriculum content and learning experiences were selected to meet the needs and characteristics of middle-school students. The guide provides a course description, list of course…
Descriptors: Behavioral Objectives, Career Choice, Career Education, Classroom Techniques
Hansen, Joan – 1984
This teacher's guide for exploratory home economics on the middle school level emphasizes a hands-on, fun-filled, active approach to a variety of topics in home economics. It is organized in five units covering the following topics: personal management, resource management, parenting and babysitting education, clothing management, and food and…
Descriptors: Behavioral Objectives, Classroom Techniques, Clothing Instruction, Consumer Economics
Mississippi State Dept. of Education, Jackson. Office of Vocational, Technical and Adult Education. – 1988
Standardized vocational education titles and core contents are provided for 10 home economics courses offered in Mississippi: (1) living skills; (2) exploratory home economics; (3) consumer homemaking I; (4) child care; (5) clothing and textiles; (6) consumer education; (7) family living and parenting; (8) family/individual health; (9) foods and…
Descriptors: Behavioral Objectives, Check Lists, Child Development, Child Rearing
