FAMILY CONSUMER
SCIENCE
2008-2009
All students
enrolling in a Home Economics course will be required to join the F.C.S.
(Family Consumer Science) Club. This
will allow the teacher to improve the club activities educationally as well as
incorporating leadership skills. The
dues will be $12.00 for each student regardless of the number of courses taken.
3003 GROUP CODE
ADVOCATING A HEALTHY
LIFESTYLE/ENSURING
Both Courses Must Be Taken
1611 ADVOCATING
A HEALTHY LIFESTYLE
Grades 10-12 (Class Limit of 15)
Semester Course .50 Credit
Dues $ 12.00
Lab Fee $__________
Students will
advance their knowledge and skills of how to acquire and practice a healthy
lifestyle using the dietary guidelines and My Pyramid to reduce the risks of
chronic disease and unsafe habits. They
will gain competence to differentiate methods of weight loss and reliable
resources regarding food and beverage selection. Students will understand culture, family,
community and economic implications of obesity, healthy weight, and lifestyle.
1612 ENSURING
Grades 10-12 (Class Limit of15)
Semester Course .50 Credit
Dues $12.00
Lab Fee $__________
Students will
gain knowledge and develop skills needed to become informed and safe consumers
and handlers of food. They will evaluate
information related to advances in nutrition, safety, and technology. Students will master the skills required to
safely prepare and store food, reducing the risk of food borne illnesses. Students will evaluate the impact of consumer
choices on the economy, environment and the global community.
During the
second semester you will learn to make fantastic pies & cakes from scratch
rather than a mix, yeast breads the way Grandma used to, and the family's holiday
meals with all the trimmings. Wouldn’t
it be nice to know how to really use it?
These topics will be addressed in this course along with foreign
foods. Come be creative and explore the
principles of food technology when preparing these foods in a laboratory
experience. You’ll be glad you did!
3004 GROUP CODE
BUILDING
RELATIONSHIPS/CHILD DEVELOPMENT
Both Courses Must Be Taken
1613 BUILDING
RELATIONSHIPS
Grades 10-12 (Class
Limit of 20)
Semester Course .50 Credit
Dues $12.00
Students can
develop personal assets that make them caring, healthy and responsible
people. They can learn skills to resist
unhealthy influences, observe the impact of technology on relationship, respond
to conflict without hostile intent, establish boundaries, respect diversity,
resolve conflicts peacefully, and show concern for individual, family, and
community. These qualities help with the
building of healthy families, quality interactions with peers and adults,
establishing and maintaining friendships, preparing for engagement and marriage
and developing relationships that make a productive workplace.
1614 CHILD
DEVELOPMENT
Grades 10-12 (Class Limit of 20)
Semester Course .50 Credit
Dues $ 12.00
Students will
discover the needs of infants and young children and how parents and caregivers
can meet those needs to enhance growth and development. Students will identify factors that hinder a
parent’s ability to best provide for their child’s needs. Students will recognize the differences in
individuals, cultures, circumstances, and growth and develop rates to meet the
needs of individual children.
3005 GROUP CODE
Both Courses Must Be Taken
1601
Grades 9-12 (Class Limit of 20)
Semester Course .50 Credit
Dues $12.00
Students will
understand the importance of a career plan in relation to income and meeting
financial needs. They will gain critical
knowledge and skills to help them function as informed, educated and responsible
consumers. They will determine needs
based upon values, critique media’s representation of goods and service,
compare and evaluate quality of products in order to make informed, responsible
decisions. They will develop attitudes
and skills to achieve personal financial wellness by learning the implications
of sound financial decision making, appropriate use of credit, adequate
insurance and the impact of personal and workplace financial wellness. They will learn the interrelationship between
values, spending decisions, income and education. They will be able to use and discern
technology for financial purpose and avoiding financial fraud.
1615 MANAGING
PERSONAL TRANSITIONS
Grades 9-12 (Class Limit of 20)
Semester Course .50 Credit
Dues $12.00
Students are
beginning to assume increasing responsibility for their own growth and
development. They will analyze personal
assets and plan strategies to increase these assets to help them develop into
caring healthy, confident, and responsible people. They will set school, family, and life goals,
develop and implement plans to achieve these goals, and reflect on the process
and results. They will develop personal
leadership skills by creating a self-identity; making ethical choices; learning
to control impulses; showing confidence in their ability to interpret, respond
to, and influence change; and taking reasoned risks. They will develop strategies for life long
learning, assess the impact of their own behavior in the world around
them—friends, family, school, community, nation, world—and develop ways of
improving conditions affecting others.
1606 SEWING
Grades 9-12
Semester Course .50 Credit
Lab Fee $10.00
Students will
construct a variety of projects including craft items and clothing items determined
by past sewing experience and skill level.
Students will be
responsible for supplying their own fabrics, patterns, supplies, equipment and notions. Sewing machines and some materials will be
provided by the district.