7th+Grade


 * FAMILY AND CONSUMER SCIENCE**
 * GRADE 7**
 * CIP # 20-0101/ Assignment code #55006**
 * Rapid City Area Schools**

Family and Consumer Science at the 7th Grade level is designed for the continued exploration of the content area. This course allows a maximum completion of four modules. Topic choices are human growth & development, consumer education, personal development, hospitality/tourism, foods and nutrition, wellness, textiles, interpersonal and family relations, career planning, personal appearance, resource management, fashion & design, child care, and housing. The course is open to all 7th grade students. It is offered with varied formats at each middle school in the Rapid City Area School District. There are no specific prerequisites for this course and this course is not a prerequisite for any other course. However, nearly all students have previously taken a Family and Consumer Science course.
 * __COURSE DESCRIPTION__**

Students will be expected to meet all course goals listed below and demonstrate their understanding of the basic concepts in each topic area. Students will complete all course requirements at a minimum of 70% proficiency to pass the course. To help meet this requirement, students will learn how to evaluate personal and peer progress and make adjustments as necessary. Instruction is presented in a module format using supplemental text, written work, oral presentation, technology and hands-on projects. Students will have the opportunity to work individually and as a member of a team. Projects will require students to use academic skills in language arts, math, and science. Community resources, i.e. speakers, field trips, community service projects, and an advisory council, are accessed when possible. Student assessment will be based upon group work and /or individual completion of projects, journals, presentations, written reports, tests on concept knowledge and demonstrations of important skills.
 * __INSTRUCTIONAL PHILOSOPHY AND INSTRUCTIONAL DELIVERY PLAN__**


 * __COURSE GOALS__**

1.1.5 Determine goals for life-long learning and leisure opportunities for all family members. 1.1.6 Determine skills and knowledge needed to develop a life plan for achieving individual, family and career goals. 1.2.1 Examine potential career choices to determine necessary knowledge and skills and attitudes associated with each. 1.2.2 Demonstrate job seeking skills and job keeping skills. 1.2.3 Apply communication skills in community and workplace settings. 1.2.4 Demonstrate team skills in classroom and community settings. 1.2.6 Demonstrate leadership skills and abilities in the workplace and community. 1.2.7 Examine factors that contribute to maintaining safe and healthy work and community environments. 1.2.8 Demonstrate work ethics and professionalism. 1.3.2 Determine skills that provide beneficial services to the community. 2.1.1 Explain principles of human growth and development. 2.1.2 Examine the basic human needs and patterns that influence individual development. 2.3.1 Select practices that support development across the life span. 3.1.2 Describe the role of family in teaching culture to family members across the life span. 3.1.3 Analyze the role of family in transmitting societal expectations. 3.2.1 Analyze the development of families in diverse cultures. 3.2.2 Describe major family responsibilities including care giving, reproduction, child rearing, social, legal, education, economic, leisure, security and spirituality. 3.3.1 Identify the characteristics of strong, healthy families. 3.3.2 Demonstrate how the use of problem solving empowers family members to meet goals. 3.3.3 Examine the role of family communication to enhance family stability. 3.3.4 Analyze skills and resources families use in meeting family functions. 3.4.1 Demonstrate the impact of services on individuals, family, and community. 4.1.1 Identify characteristics of respectful, healthy relationships. 4.1.4 Examine the impact of various stages of the family life cycle on the interpersonal relationships. 4.2.2 Explain how self-esteem and self-image affect relationships. 4.2.4 Examine the effect of personal needs on relationships. 4.3.1 Examine communication styles and their effects on relationships. 4.3.2 Demonstrate verbal and non-verbal behaviors and attitudes that contribute to effective communication. 4.3.3 Demonstrate effective listening and feedback techniques. 4.4.1 Determine physical, emotional, and intellectual responses to conflict. 4.4.2 Examine communication barriers. 4.4.3 Analyze effective conflict prevention and management. 4.5.1 Demonstrate strategies that encourage and respect the ideas, perspectives, and contributions of all group members. 4.5.2 Demonstrate techniques that develop team and community spirit. 5.1.1 Examine the roles of parenting across the life span. 5.1.2 Examine expectations and responsibilities of parenting. 5.3.1 Choose nurturing practices that support human growth and development. 5.3.2 Select communication strategies that promote positive self-esteem in family members. 5.3.3 Compare common discipline practices on human growth and development. 5.5.1 Examine biological processes related to prenatal development, birth, and the health of mother and child. 6.2.1 Analyze the effect of nutrients on health, appearance, job performance, and personal/family life. 6.2.2 Examine the relationship of nutrition and wellness to individual and family health, throughout the life span. 6.2.3 Assess the impact of food and diet fads, eating habits, and eating disorders on wellness. 6.2.4 Evaluate sources of food and nutrition information that contributes to wellness. 6.3.1 Apply various dietary guidelines in planning to meet nutrition and wellness needs. 6.3.2 Select, store, prepare and serve nutritious and aesthetically pleasing foods that meet the health and wellness needs of family members based on available resources. 6.4.1 Determine conditions and practices that promote safe food handling. 7.1.1 Examine how individuals and families make choices to satisfy needs and wants. 7.1.2 Utilize a time management plan to meet individual and family goals. 7.1.3 Design a plan of work to organize tasks and responsibilities. 7.1.4 Apply consumer skills needed to purchase safe and nutritious food for individuals and the family. 7.1.7 Examine information fro procuring and maintaining health care to meet the needs of individuals and family members. 7.6.2 Implement behaviors that conserve, reuse, and recycle resources to maintain the environment. 8.1.2 Explore opportunities and employment and entrepreneurial endeavors. 8.2.1 Select appropriate terminology for identifying, comparing, and analyzing the most common generic textile fibers. 8.2.4 Assess the effects of textile characteristics on design, construction, care, use & maintenance of products. 8.2.5 Select appropriate procedures for care of textile products. 8.3.1 Examine the ways in which fabric, texture and pattern can affect personal appearance. 8.3.2 Apply basic and complex color schemes and color theory to enhance visual effects. 8.3.3 Utilize elements and principles of design in designing, constructing, and/or altering textile projects. 8.3.4 Demonstrate ability to use technology for fashion and design. 8.4.1 Use a variety of equipment, tools, and supplies for apparel and textile construction, alterations, and repair. 8.4.3 Explore current technology and trends that facilitate design and production of textile products and apparel. 8.4.4 Demonstrate basic skills for producing and altering textile products and apparel.
 * __Family and Consumer Science__**
 * Career, Family and Community Connections**
 * Human Development**
 * Family**
 * Interpersonal Relationships**
 * Parenting**
 * Nutrition and Wellness**
 * Consumer and Family Resources**
 * Textiles and Fashion Design**

7. N.2.1 Students are able to conduct scientific investigations using given procedures. 7. L.1.2 Students are able to identify and explain the function of the human systems and the organs within each system. 7. S.1.1 Students are able to describe how science and technology are used to solve problems in different professions and businesses. 7. W.1.1 Students are able to create expository and persuasive texts of more than one paragraph. 7. W.1.3 Students are able to choose appropriate language and style for writing purpose and audience. 7. W.2.2 Students are able to revise writing to improve clarity. 7. W.3.1 Students are able to apply knowledge of standard language usage, including phrases and agreement. 7. W.3.2 Students are able to edit final copy for correctness. 7. W.4.1 Students are able to write to synthesize information from various subject areas. 7. L.1.1 Students are able to demonstrate specific strategies for listening and viewing in various situations. 7. L.2.1 Students are able to use specific strategies to clarify interpretation or understanding. 7. L.2.2 Students are able to distinguish the accuracy, validity, and influence of presentation, images, text, and sound in a variety of media. 7. S.1.1 Students are able to recognize that audience and purpose influence speech format in exposition and persuasion. 7. S.2.1 Students are able to choose language and style appropriate to purpose and topic of the presentation. 7. S.2.2 Students are able to choose presentation strategies to match audience and purpose. 7. R.1.2 Students are able to use inferences to extend meaning beyond literal understanding of text. 7. R.4.2 Students are able to analyze and organize information from various sources. 7. A.1.1 Students are able to write and evaluate algebraic expressions using the set of whole numbers. 7. A.3.2 Students are able to model and solve multi-step problems involving rates. 7. N.1.1 Students are able to represent numbers in a variety of forms by describing, ordering, and comparing integers, decimals, percents, and fractions. 7. N.1.2 Students are able to find and use common multiples and factors of whole numbers. 7. N.2.1 Students are able to add, subtract, multiply, and divide integers and positive fractions. 7. N.3.1 Students are able to use various strategies to solve one- and two-step problems involving positive fractions and integers.
 * __Science__**
 * __Writing__**
 * __Listening__**
 * __Speaking__**
 * __Reading__**
 * __Math__**

__Competencies:__ Interpersonal Skills: working on teams, working well with people from culturally diverse background. Information: acquiring and evaluating data, interpreting and communicating and using computers to process information. Technology: selecting equipment and tools, applying technology to specific tasks. __Foundations Skills:__ Basic Skills: reading, writing, mathematics, speaking, and listening. Thinking Skills: creative thinking, making decisions, solving problems, and reasoning. Personal Qualities: individual responsibility, self-management, and integrity.
 * __TRANSFERABLE WORK SKILLS__**

Depending on module selection, the students will complete some of the following projects: · Design a nutritional poster, brochure, or PowerPoint presentation using technology based research and presentation skills. · Plan and carry out food science labs, demonstrating proper safety and sanitation procedures, and evaluating results. · Construct a patchwork textile project by following directions, making design decisions, using time wisely, and managing resources. Computerized technology may be used to apply customized embroidery designs on this project.
 * __MAJOR COURSE PROJECTS__**

· Practice and analyze peer and family communication skills, using methods learned through module presentations.

· Research careers that emphasize Family and Consumer Science highlighting transferable work skills.

· Participate in a variety of infant care simulations.

· Compare advertisements and analyze consumer product information.

· Plan, design and construct a pocket organizer.

· Develop a coordinated business venture.

· Create a multi-faceted itinerary for various types of groups.

· Combine housing design principles to produce a personal floor plan.