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,…

Intended to assist Illinois teachers in planning an instructional program in consumer education that meets state requirements, this consumer education curriculum is designed to help students in grades 9 through 12: (1) become informed consumers; (2) understand the rights and responsibilities of consumers in society; (3) develop responsible…

Several intermediate performance objectives and corresponding criterion measures are listed for each of seven terminal objectives for a 6- to 9-week orientation to home economics occupations course for seventh grade students. The titles of the seven terminal objectives are Overview, Human Care Cluster, Food and Nutrition, Home Service Cluster,…

In 1971, 24 teachers attending summer school at Northern Arizona University reviewed hundreds of books on the history and culture of Southwestern American Indians. Since no one publication that dealt specifically with the historical and cultural background of Arizona Indian tribes could be found, they consolidated their notes into this resource…

This curriculum contains three one-semester courses for use in home economics classes in Idaho. The nutrition and foods course is designed to address nutrition and personal life-style. Content emphasis is on food preparation techniques, meal management skills, consumer skills, the impact of nutrition on our lives, and career options in nutrition…

In this unit, students from grades 4 through 12 study the cultural areas, traits, and life-styles of the North American Indians before settlement by the white man. Students examine the cultural traits of the Indians who live in 12 cultural areas to note the cause-and-effect relationship of traits to the environment and to make comparisons between…

This energy activity guide, developed and field tested in Colorado, presents teaching units and strategies to aid home economics teachers to teach energy management. The guide is divided into six subject areas: introduction (background information on energy use and conservation); foods and nutrition; clothing and textiles; housing and home…

This guide is designed to give advanced or upper-level consumer and homemaking education students a chance to take a futuristic look at the roles they will have as consumers in the next years. Divided into 12 units, the first three cover the consumer, the family, and consumer responsibilities. The next eight units are on the goods and services…

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…

A basic text for adult students who need to learn oral English patterns and vocabulary required in day-to-day situations is presented. The second book is intended for adults with at least one year of instruction in English as a Second Language. It consists of nine units on: personal identification and social communication; food and money; health…

This guide is intended to assist home economics teachers in designing lessons and activities that will reinforce mathematics skills in consumer and homemaking education programs. Included in the guide are a total of 55 mini-lessons on the following areas of home economics: child development; family relationships; foods and nutrition; consumer…

This guide is intended to assist home economics teachers in designing lessons and activities that will reinforce reading skills in consumer and homemaking education programs. Included in the guide are a total of 60 mini-lessons on the following areas of home economics: child development; family relationships; foods and nutrition; consumer…

This guide is intended to assist home economics teachers in designing lessons and activities that will reinforce writing skills in consumer and homemaking education programs. Included in the guide are a total of 59 mini-lessons on the following areas of home economics: child development; family relationships; foods and nutrition; consumer…

This manual is intended for use by senior adult peer advisors (age 60 and over) engaged in helping relationships in providing consumer education to other senior adults. The advisory procedures are based on a problem solving approach which incorporates the development of a self-help concept. Chapter 1 provides information on consumer advising. It…

This bulletin contains sets of learning experiences and emphasizes the multiple effects of classroom experiences. These effects are referred to as concomitant learning or the student's affective incidental learning. In an article preceding the area materials, the teacher is identified as the classroom's most important hidden persuader, and the…