This home economics curriculum for the middle school (grades 6-8) is designed to assist students in developing self-concept, making decisions, and developing basic skills. Written by a group of home economics teachers, this curriculum contains nine learning packages on the following topics: (1) consumer management; (2) decision management; (3)…

This document provides teaching guidelines and student material for a unit intended for use in junior high mathematics, consumer, or home economics programs. Time allotment is from four to six hours of classroom time. The objectives of this capsule are to enable students to identify reasons for comparison shopping, recognize the opportunity costs…

This consumer education capsule focuses on credit financing, with emphasis on the rights and responsibilities of using credit. It is intended for use in conjunction with seventh or eighth grade mathematics textbooks when teaching computation of simple interest. Activities require from four to six hours of instructional time. Specific objectives…