The course described in this pamphlet will help the student construct his or her own garments and participate in the planning, preparation, production, and presentation of a show which will include modeling the garment and other variety-type acts. Designed for junior or senior year high school students, it is recommended that he or she…

This course of study on careers in apparel and accessories is one of a series on home economics careers designed to assist teacher-coordinators in Texas in promotion and/or teaching home economics cooperative education programs. The course of study consists of (1) an overview and job description, (2) a job analysis, (3) a course outline, (4)…

Developed with input from personnel in the industries, this curriculum guide complements a companion reference book about various areas of the textiles and apparel industries. Each of the 22 chapters of the guide begins with 1 or more essential elements and objectives, and each chapter consists of teaching strategies for classroom use. Teaching…

This curriculum guide for apparel is one of a number of guides developed for use in vocational home economics education in Texas. Introductory materials address use of the guide and list the essential elements upon which the content is based. The guide is divided into six units: individual and family apparel decisions, apparel management,…

Developed to address the needs of the apparel industry, this fashion merchandising curriculum guide is designed to assist marketing educators in effective instructional delivery. Introductory materials include the following: a course blueprint that illustrates units of instruction, core competencies in each unit, and specific objectives for each…

This curriculum guide describes the content of the curriculum of the senior home economics program for high schools in Manitoba. The curriculum, revised to foster both intellectual and personal growth and enhance a positive life-style, encompasses primary skills of inferring, synthesizing, analyzing, and evaluating, as well as a complete range of…

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…

This instructional module on fashion merchandising is designed as a guide for secondary education teachers who are helping twelfth grade students develop occupational competency for entry-level positions in fashion-related jobs. An introductory section covers module goals, career opportunities and employment demands, administrative considerations,…

This guide, which was written as an initial step in the development of a systemwide articulated curriculum sequence for all vocational programs within the Metropolitan Nashville Public School System, outlines the suggested scope and sequence of the clothing and textiles component of a course in consumer education and homemaking for grades 10 to…

This guide was developed to be used by consumer home economics teachers as a resource in planning and teaching a year-long course in clothing and textiles for high school students in North Carolina. The guide is organized in units of instruction for a first semester course and a second semester course. Each unit contains a content outline,…

This task analysis guide is intended to help teachers and adminstrators develop instructional materials and implement competency-based education in the course, Life Management Skills I. Section I contains a validated task inventory for this course. For each task, applicable information pertaining to performance and enabling objectives and…

This task analysis guide is intended to help teachers and adminstrators develop instructional materials and implement competency-based education in the course, Life Management Skills II. Section I contains a validated task inventory for this course. For each task, applicable information pertaining to performance and enabling objectives and…

This document describes a project conducted in South Dakota to develop and validate competency task lists in the area of consumer resource management. During the project, the following activities took place: literature on validation was reviewed; an outline was structured for content based on current references by a panel of two teachers and two…

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 first volume of a curriculum guide for use in vocational home economics programs in Louisiana includes entry-level materials for students in grades six through eight. The topics from this level may be included in Exploratory Homemaking, an approved elective offering for students in the cited grades. The unit may be limited to nonlaboratory…