This publication presents classroom instructional materials in separate units for use in teaching and implementing a housing and home furnishings component in the home economics curriculum at the secondary level. Units given are included for living space design; living space and human needs; housing selection; home finance; construction and…

The physical environment has been the focal point of many recent innovative changes in educational facilities. Public acceptance of open space schools as a response to changing educational philosophies has generally been favorable. A problem, however, is not the planning and construction of new schools, but the modernization of existing ones. A…

This course of study in painting and decorating is intended as a teaching and learning guide and presents the basic skills needed for initial employment in painting and decorating occupations. Introductory material includes an outline of general course objectives and corresponding activities to achieve the objectives, an instructional plan which…

The Cranston Secondary School Curriculum Guide (7-9) for Home Economics is intended to serve as a resource for teachers, students, department chairman, guidance personnel, curriculum planners, and others involved in present or future curriculum planning. At least one broadly stated major objective is provided for each section, encompassing the…

The Arizona Department of Education designed this curriculum guideline to aid teachers in planning programs that provide opportunities for students of all ages to comprehend, identify, apply, and analyze housing and life styles. The topics concentrated on are: nature and housing of man, housing as a modification of environment, effects of housing…

Focusing on design occupations, this document is one in a series of forty-one reprints from the Occupational Outlook Handbook providing current information and employment projections for individual occupations and industries through 1985. The specific occupations covered in this document include architects, commercial artists, display workers…

Intended for use by teachers at the high school level, this curriculum guide, which is one in a series of guides for consumer and homemaking education in Kentucky, outlines a semester special interest course on the subject of housing. The two units, comprehensive I and II, which are prerequisites for this course are found in a separate guide (CE…

Prevocational materials for use at the seventh and/or eighth grade levels are presented in this curriculum guide. Materials cover six areas, each consisting of several instructional units planned for more than one lesson or class period. Each unit includes behavioral objectives, suggested activities for teacher and students, information sheets,…

Intended for use by teachers on the junior high and high school levels, this curriculum guide, which is one in a series of guides for consumer and homemaking education in Kentucky, outlines four courses on the subject of housing. The seventh grade unit discusses the benefits of creative arts and has the student construct a creative art project for…