The guide suggests activities and resources for teaching home management and maintenance skills to mentally retarded boys and girls. Material is designed for use by both home economics and special class teachers. Broad areas covered include grooming and personality, home management and maintenance, clothing, food, and child care. Each section…

This curriculum guide contains content outlines and outlines of the specific learning objectives for all courses taught in the Home Economics Department of Sweet Grass County High School, Montana. The courses are Homemaking for Today, Foods and Nutrition, Housing and Home Furnishings, Single Survival, Clothing I, Clothing II, Family Life, and…

The guide is one of a series developed in a pilot project to integrate career education concepts with traditional subject matter and topics in elementary grades K-7 and in special education. Developed by teachers in the Radford, Virginia, schools, the units make use of resource-persons from outside the school, occupational information,…

This guide for junior high school home economics provides teachers with a curriculum for grades 7, 8, and 9. An "Overview" section presents the rationale, discusses how the content of home economics programs is related to the developmental stages of the adolescent, describes the program structure, and lists program objectives. The "Implementation"…

Designed for use with educable mentally handicapped girls, the guide stresses the importance of certain homemaking areas. They include grooming and personality, home management, foods and nutrition, clothing, and child care. For each area, an outline of suggested content is provided, specifying sub-units, general objectives, and activities. Sample…

This curricular framework for the subject area section, Home Economics for Grades K-8, is one of eight Montgomery County (Maryland) Public Schools (MCPS) Programs of Studies. The Goals of Education adopted by the MCPS Board of Education are provided. A Point of View subsection includes reasons for studying the subject, general outcomes sought,…

As the appendix for a series of curriculum guides for consumer and homemaking education on the secondary level in Kentucky, this booklet contains instructional activities for classroom use in conjunction with the units in the comprehensive curriculum guides. Included are games, puzzles, skits, quizzes, survey forms, checklists, and review sheets…

The new guidelines constitute a supplement to the New York State Syllabus for a Comprehensive Program: Home Economics Education. This new approach provides guidelines for reorganizing the program for Grades 5 and 6 into four basic subject areas and six content emphases. The four subject areas are: human development; housing, furnishing and…

This guide presents, in syllabus form, an outline training program for rehabilitation teachers, supervisors, and related staff to provide educational information and experience-oriented training in innovative techniques of teaching legally blind adults. It begins with a checklist of points to remember in teaching blind and visually impaired adults…

This curriculum, part of a coordinated exploratory vocational core program, is an activity-oriented instructional course that enables students in grades 6-7 to explore careers and skills related to consumer and occupational roles. The curriculum consists of five units: (1) independent living skills; (2) families; (3) child care; (4) textiles…

This document, which is intended for family and consumer science teachers, contains two lists of recent magazine articles, curriculum guides, bibliographies, videotapes, and other educational resources and references about and for use in secondary-level family and consumer science courses. Included on the first list are the following: 50 magazine…

This instructional guide for a one-half credit course for grades 11-12 emphasizes preparation for family and career roles, effective management, and personal and career effectiveness. Introductory materials are a course description; overview of course design; facilities, equipment, and resources; and how to use the instructional guide. Texas…

This collection contains 74 cognitive objectives and related test items for home economics instruction in grades 7-9. It is organized into the following categories: child development--including toys, babysitting, and home discipline; clothing and textiles; consumer practices; foods and nutrition; and home management and family economics. Each…

This life skills curriculum for seventh and eighth grade is organized according to major concept areas. These concept areas are defined by concerns/specific needs of the students. Part I suggests a scope and sequence for five program options dependent on time spent in instruction. Part II discusses use of the concerns approach. Sample student and…