This teacher-oriented learning module for secondary level consumer education teachers, the first in a series of three, was developed to provide information on life insurance and ideas for conveying this content to students. The module begins with a definition and general goals of consumer economics, an overview, a pre-test, a performance objective…

During the 1990-91 school year, a study was conducted to determine a validated list of competencies (concepts and tasks) for use in curriculum development efforts for general marketing programs in Michigan. DACUM (Developing a Curriculum) was the occupational analysis procedure used to identify the competencies, job tasks, level of difficulty, and…

This teacher-oriented learning module for secondary level consumer education teachers, the second in a series of three, was developed to provide information on credit and ideas for conveying this content to students. The module begins with a definition and general goals of consumer education, an overview and rationale, five performance objectives…

This teacher-oriented learning module for secondary level consumer education teachers, the last in a series of three, was developed to provide information on the metric system and ideas for conveying this content to students. The module begins with a definition and general goals of consumer education, a rationale, an overview, ten module…

Service-learning is an educational practice that has been used successfully in many disciplines, and is defined as "a credit-bearing, educational experience in which students participate in an organized service activity that meets identified community needs and reflect on the service activity in such a way as to gain further understanding of…

One of a series of social studies curriculum guides, this publication outlines a fourth-grade course on Michigan and other regions. Material is presented in two parts. Part 1, an overview of the program, contains an introduction, a statement of philosophy, an outline of elementary level scope and sequence, a description of Michigan mandated…

As one of the components of the career development curriculum materials for Michigan schools, this guide contains objectives for the career development of students in three grade-level clusters. The objectives are categorized according to grades K-3, 4-6, 7-9. For each of these levels, objectives are grouped into four subject areas: self-awareness…