7th Grade FACS
1 semester
Curriculum Emphases:
 Solving Practical Problems using Process Skills
 Personal Hygiene
*Action Projects
 The Popularity Game
throughout class.
 Management: Personal and Financial
 Safety, Nutrition and Food Preparation
*FCCLA incorporated
 Basic Sewing (If time allows)
throughout class
Introduction to Human Services
8th Grade
1 semester
State Mandated Curriculum Emphases:
 Human Service Careers
 Soft Skills Necessary in HS Careers
 Getting to Know Yourself
 Needs of Family
 Balancing work, family and volunteer demands
 Decision Making
 Action Projects throughout class
 Nutrition and cooking basics
 Basic sewing skills (if time allows).
Nutrition and Wellness
Semester
(Alternate weeks for full year.)
State Mandated Curriculum Emphases:
 Fitness and Wellness
 Wellness Management
*FCCLA Incorporated
 Nutrients and Wellness
throughout class
 Nutrition Resources
*Power of One Activities
 Food, Safety and Sanitation
*Adolescent Health Issues
 Working in Teams
*School/Community Service Project
 Current Food Technologies
*Action Projects
Human Growth and Development
1st semester
State Mandated Curriculum Emphases
 Intro to Human Development
o Major Researchers
o Child Development
 Life Stages
o Early Years
o Youth
o Middle Life/ Senior Years
 Relationships
o Friendships
o Dating/Life Partners
o Healthy/Unhealthy
Relationships
o Becoming Parents
o Parenting Children
o Caring for Parents
(1 Semester)
 Building Interpersonal Skills
with Children
o Communication
o Technology
o Decision
Making/Problem
Solving
o Conflict Resolution
 Course Portfolio
 Implementing FCCLA
throughout course
Consumer Education
(2 semesters)
State Mandated Curriculum Emphases:
Needs vs. Wants
 Similarities and Differences
 How do families make choices?
 Decision Making
 Use of technology to gather
information
 Media Influence/Advertising
Financial Planning
 What is it?
 Spending vs. Saving
 Financial Institutions
 Services Provided, Costs to Consumer,
Benefits
 Credit types
 Economy’s impact on consumer
decisions/actions
Resources Organizing Tasks and
Responsibilities
 Time Management to Achieve Goals
 Community Resources for Individuals
and Families
 Where are they?
 How to access them
 Impact of future trends on individual
decisions
 Impact of individual decisions on
environment (recycle, reuse,
conservation)
Cost and Benefit Analysis
 SWOT Analysis (strength, weakness,
opportunity and threats)
 Opportunity Costs
 Savings/Investments
 Predicting future economy
 Role of Insurance
 Property, Medical, Life, Disability, etc.
 Family role in teaching financial
literacy
 Cultural views on
spending/saving/investing
 Teaching literacy to children
 (By example, Encouraging Savings,
Checking Accounts, Providing
Allowances/Spending Plans, Allowing
children to make own financial
decisions)
Consumer Rights and Responsibilities
 Policies and Legislation for Consumer
Protection
 Bill of Consumer Rights
 Role of Taxation
 Identify Theft
o How to avoid it
o How to respond if it happens
FCCLA Throughout!
Career and Community Connections
(2 semesters)
State Mandated Technical Emphases
Soft skills necessary for success in the human
Services Profession
 Character development (Trust,
respect, responsibility, fairness, caring,
citizenship
 Development of service (volunteer)
attitude, and skills human services
require.
 Balancing work, family, and volunteer
demands.
 Changing view toward community
involvement- impact of
o Age
o Life happenings
o Work demands
Community support for individuals and
families
 Formal community resources including
SRS, WIC, Head Start…
 Informal community resources:
churches, neighborly attitude, etc.
 Determining need of individuals and
families: children, youth, young
adults, adults, parents, senior citizens
 Intervention warning signs professional help?
Conflict Resolution at the workplace
 Solutions all can accept
 Follow Decision Making Project that
allows input from all involved
FCCLA throughout course
Explore Human Service Careers
o Career areas (Social Work, Therapy,
Counseling, Volunteer Coordinator,
Nutrition Educator, Personal Trainer,
Geriatric Work, Youth Coordinator,
related careers (careercluster.org)
o Educational requirements
o Professional Organizations linked with
each area
o Considerations of each career
o Professionalism and ethics
o Technology Use
o Legal requirements
o Safety issues (personal)
o Diversity and Disability Acceptance
Human Service Careers, cont.
o Global impact on human service careers
o Family Impact: cultural, disabilities
o Respect for differences- gender, age,
culture, ethnicity, disability
Skill Application
o Practice skills in actual human service
area
o Implement job interview/application
process
o Follow codes and rules: attire, policies,
regulations
o Document experience through
portfolio using a variety of media.
Course Portfolio
Family Studies
nd
(2 Semester following Human Growth and Development)
State Mandated Curriculum:
Local Curriculum
Roles and Responsibilities of Parents
Valuing Differences
 Parents and other childcare providers.
 Readiness for children
 Life stages and the role of parents.
Family Structures
Healthy Relationships
 Role of family in child development
 Cultural differences and stereotyping
Growth and Development of Children
*FCCLA Incorporated throughout
 Ethics of technology (surrogate mothers, gene class.
splicing, etc.)
 Reproduction/Mothers Health issues
 Prenatal Development / Birth
 Nurturing and Bonding with infants
 Ages and stages of development
 Impact of media on child development
(computers/ gaming/ TV/ video selection)
 Discipline / guidance (“I” / “You” messages)
 Abuse and neglect
 Nutrition and establishing eating habits
 Health Issues/Preventative Care
 Creating a safe home environment
Balancing Work and Childcare Needs
Community
 Financial needs and poverty (community
 Responsibilities
assistance)
 Service and Resources
 Balancing work, personal and children’s needs
 Selecting child care:
Portfolio of course materials
o Options
o Licensing/Regulations/Safety
o Determining factors
 Parents as role models