This booklet on recreation, 1 in a series of 12, covers all the basic aspects of personal- and family-money management. Suitable for use by high school and college students as well as adults, this handbook suggests ways to plan recreation expenses for special activities, equipment, and vacation travel. Section 1 looks at the need for recreation…

This curriculum guide for high school students contains 20 information acquisition lessons, 6 values awareness lessons, and 5 open-ended discussion lessons. Some lessons contain activities that extend over several days; other lessons contain one specific activity. The nutrition education goals are directed toward the attainment of nutrition…

Five consumer activists relate consumerism to education through: 1) a history of consumerism, 2) the relationship between economic and political citizenship, 3) the use of consumer problems to analyze political decision making, 4) comparing economic systems, and 5) education for consumer activism. (JH)

A joint business-chemistry course which focuses on consumer testing is described. Guidelines for organizing the students into testing teams and suggested laboratory experiments are included. (DT)

This document investigates the effectiveness and application of state laws relating to comprehensive health education. Many states mandate comprehensive health education and leave the choice of topics to be taught up to the individual school system or teacher. This study evaluates the health knowledge of a selected population of twelfth-grade…

Eleven units comprise this Consumer Mathematics course for secondary school students: Consumer Decision Making; Personal Transportation; Insurance; Credit; Banking; Investments; Income Taxes; Food, Clothing, Furniture, Appliances; Housing; Budgeting; and Travel. The introduction to the teaching guide for Consumer Mathematics includes a rationale…

This study on the consumer protection function in postsecondary education was designed to provide the following: (1) improved consumer protection strategies that would stress approaches to presenting or controlling conditions, policies, and practices categorized as consumer abuses; and (2) a nonregulatory strategy detailing ways to improve the…

This document is one in a series of three monographs developed by the National Association of State Boards of Education and designed to acquaint the reader with consumer education issues and how they affect policies. Included in these monographs are articles on what should be taught as part of consumer education, how consumer education programs…

Designed to assist secondary teachers of general business courses, this guide suggests student objectives, content, and activities as a point of departure for teaching general business particularly, as it relates to economic awareness. Eleven instructional units are included: Business All Around Us; Finding Information; Career Exploration; Money;…

Secondary level students learn about product safety in this consumer education learning activity package, which is one of a series. While the majority of products are safe, there remains a small percentage of consumer goods which reach the market place containing a real or potential hazard to the consumer's safety. This module is designed to make…

This publication suggests classroom activities and resources on inflation for use in secondary and adult/community education. Objectives are to enable students to: identify and analyze varying points of view and policy proposals on inflation; apply the decision-making process to various alternatives regarding inflation; and achieve a broader…

This consumer's guide offers practical information about the characteristics and uses of seafoods. It covers both finfish and shellfish, including crabs, lobsters, shrimp, oysters, clams, and scallops. It describes the characteristics, important species, fishing methods, market forms, and consumer inspection tips. It also gives such information as…

This teacher-oriented learning module for secondary level consumer education teachers, the first in a series of three, was developed to provide information on life insurance and ideas for conveying this content to students. The module begins with a definition and general goals of consumer economics, an overview, a pre-test, a performance objective…

Several highly motivating lessons particularly pertinent to the study of mathematics in high schools and the first years of college are presented. These lessons fall into four categories: (1) problems that present a challenge and which are interesting for their own sake; (2) problems based on real situations that can be understood by the student;…

This book is designed to provide a comprehensive and contemporary view of food and nutrition for secondary level students. The activities and text address fundamental nutrition issues in a wide range of disciplines such as economics, government, anthropology, biology and journalism. The following major topics are covered: 1) eating patterns; 2)…