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Vocational Family & Consumer Science Lesson Plans
- 9-12
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- 6th - 12th Grade
Students design menus and shopping lists after examining the financial and dietary needs of a family. They read a family profile before planning their menu addressing dietary restrictions. They examine unit pricing of purchases, waste management, and packaging.
- 6th - 12th Grade
Students create menus and shopping lists based on the financial and dietary restrictions of profiled families. They examine menu planning, unit pricing, waste management, packaging, and food groups, and record their results in journals and graphs.
- 3rd - 12th Grade
Students compare prices of goods across the century and consider the concept of inflation. They investigate the Consumer Price Index and the information it can (or cannot) provide. They create a graph showing their observations.
- 11th - 12th Grade
Students read a picture storybook. They tell why they like or dislike it and with a partner present the book to the class in a creative way. They write an original story, share in reading a story and practice speaking in Gullah.
- 10th - 12th Grade
Students discover how to use sewing machines, ironing boards, and steam irons. Using diagrams, they label all the parts of a sewing machine and solve crossword puzzles in groups. Following a teacher demonstration, students sew their own chill bands.
- 9th - 12th Grade
Students practice writing and preparing written technical descriptions and written reports in this Language Arts and/or Writing lesson for the High School classroom. The lesson explores many different writing situations that cover academic, vocational, and personal needs.
- 9th - 12th Grade
Students use the Internet to compare prices of a garment of their choosing.
- 9th - 12th Grade
Students investigate opportunity cost and trade offs through discussion and practical experience. They practice calculating credit card interest and see why it is extremely important to manage credit effectively and wisely.
- Kindergarten - 12th Grade
Students explore how New World explorers helped change the Old World's diet. The many foods that were unknown to the New World were also brought to the Americas by the explorers.
- 8th - 10th Grade
Students explore the concept of a monthly budget. In this monthly budget lesson, students create, implement, and revise a monthly budget. Students manage their finances and savings plan. Students use a spreadsheet to aid in their budget calculations.

