This handbook contains teaching ideas for personal and family financial planning courses in senior high schools. Each concept includes the type of activity, an overview of the activity in the form of a generalization, student performance indicators, a plan for implementation, evaluation criteria and materials needed to conduct the activity. Many…

A short fictional work for limited English speakers relates a young couple's experience in learning about small claims court through an incident involving damage to the husband's leather jacket. The damage to the jacket occurred when it was left at a dry clearner, but the dry cleaner claims that it sent the jacket to a special cleaner that handles…

This report is the result of a year of research on a number of options available to individuals who will ultimately find themselves responsible for dissemination of metric information to educators and consumers. This document was prepared by the American National Metric Council (ANMC), an organization founded in 1973 by representatives of private…

This miniproduct safety unit is designed as a flexible resource unit and has material for one or several class periods. It is intended to give students some basic information about flammable fabrics and government rules regulating them. There is also information about the new flame resistant materials and their care and maintenance. The unit…

Consumer mathematics topics taught in the subject areas of mathematics, business education, and home economics were compiled. The compilation was analyzed and revised by a panel of secondary teachers and university professors from the three subject areas. The proposed curriculum contains 32 topics arranged in rank order of importance by the panel.…

The active involvement of students in a study of the customs, traditions, and institutionalized ways society has organized to preserve economic stability is the goal of this consumer education teaching guide. Designed for the use of social studies teachers, units are devoted to the studies of: (1) the economic system; (2) income procurement; (3)…

The mid-intermediate elementary level curriculum guide on consumerism is designed to help students better define their own value system, develop an improved decision-making procedure, evaluate alternatives in the marketplace, and understand their consumer rights and responsibilities. The guide contains five sections related to five major…

One of the major objectives of programing for the educable mentally retarded is the development of the individual's economic competency or efficiency. In order to reinforce this objective it is necessary that classroom activities employ real money and that some type of work experience be provided so that students learn to manage a given amount of…

The second National Conference on Consumer Protection in Postsecondary Education was a series of seminars on specific issues. The topics under discussion were (1) protecting the student financial interest; (2) student information needs and systems; (3) postsecondary education institutional responses; (4) regulations and safeguards; and (5) full…

There has been an increasing movement toward consumer protection in recent years, sparked by a few crusaders, a better educated public, and changing socioeconomic conditions. What is new is the interest being generated under the rubric of consumer protection in postsecondary education. This conception of consumer protection deals almost…

The materials reviewed for the bibliography may be useful for secondary schools, postsecondary institutions, and adult groups. Listings are offered under seven headings: comprehensive references; the individual consumer in the marketplace and in society; money management; consumer credit; buying goods and services (subdivided into housing; foods;…

The module is designed to give students a comprehensive picture of housing and how to get dollar value when in the housing marketplace. Further, the module acquaints students with the work that Federal, State, and local government is doing in the housing field and how they and their families can benefit from government help. As a result of using…

The 168 entries of research in consumer and homemaking education, with publication dates ranging from 1959-1969, are arranged alphabetically by author and title within eight sections. Research reports, program descriptions, instructional materials, bibliographies, dissertations, and conference proceedings are included, classified by: (1) Consumer…

This teacher's edition of a tenth grade general mathematics workbook attempts to show how certain mathematical skills are needed by the consumer. Each of the ten instructional units contains review exercises, practical applications, and practice problems for three levels of ability. Included are units on: (1) business forms, (2) algebra, (3)…

Forty-seven abstracts of unpublished research in family economics and home management completed in 1966 are included in this volume. Major code categories are: (1) Home Management, (2) Teaching Home Management, (3) Use of Space, Work Areas, Housing Equipment, (4) Time and Energy, (5) Consumer, (6) Family Economics, (7) Teaching Family Economics,…