This learning packet contains materials for junior high school students to use while taking a unit on law in a consumer home economics course. The unit's aims are to help students to (1) understand the role of individual rights and responsibilities in our society; (2) understand the fundamental principles and processes of our legal system; (3)…

This curriculum guide is intended to provide classroom teachers with an easily adaptable consumer education program that is appropriate for use with students in grades K-adult. In the first part of the guide, various consumer educational concepts are listed by grade and then by subject area. Discussed next are the suggested scope and sequence of…

This guide is intended to assist home economics teachers at all grade levels in presenting a curriculum concentrating on development of life skills. The guide is divided into six sections, one for each of the following content areas: child development, clothing and textiles, consumer education, foods and nutrition, housing and interiors, and…