Housing and Interior Design
Standard: 11 Integrate knowledge, skills and practices required for careers in housing, interiors, and furnishings
Content: Standard: 11
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Benchmark
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Physical and
psychological needs
that housing
satisfies
Architecture housing
styles
Home design
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Content: Standard: 11
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Housing alternatives
Renting & buying
Analyze influences
on architectural
and furniture
design and
development
Draw an interior
space to scale
using correct
architectural
symbols and
drafting skills
Examine floor
plans for
efficiency, zones,
traffic patterns
Benchmark
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Evaluate housing
decisions in
relations to
available resources
and options
Skills
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Assessment
Identify how homes meet their needs
now and later in life
Identify primitive dwellings and those
used by immigrants to North America
Compare and contrast housing styles in
the 18, 19, 20th centuries
Identify roof, window, and door styles
Identify materials used in home
construction
Identify various zones in the home
Distinguish between open and closed
floor plans
Determine traffic/circulation patterns
Evaluate floor plans
Use architectural symbols to draw scale
drawing
Skills
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Assessment
Compare and contrast housing
alternatives
Compare and contrast the advantages
and disadvantages of renting and
buying
Content: Standard: 11
Benchmark
Skills
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Content: Standard: 11
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Elements and
principles of design
Color and its effects
Color schemes
Benchmark
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Demonstrate
understanding of
the principles and
elements of design
Evaluate the use of
design ideas in
meeting specific
design needs
Demonstrate design
ideas through visual
presentation
Assessment
Analyze cost involved in renting and
buying a home
Analyze rental agreements and tenant
responsibilities
Learn the steps in the home-buying
process
Understand the principles of financing a
home
Skills
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Assessment
Define and analyze the elements of
design-space, line, form, texture
Understand the impact of color in an
interior
Develop color schemes for various
rooms
Define and analyze the principles of
design- proportion, scale, balance,
rhythm, emphasis, unity and variety
Critique room settings for good design
Content: Standard: 11
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Backgrounds:
Floor covering
Wall covering
Window treatments
Furniture styles
Purchasing furniture
Furniture
arrangement
Accessories
Visual client
presentations
Interior design
careers
Benchmark
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Analyze career paths
Evaluate the use of
design ideas in
meeting specific
design needs
 Demonstrate design
ideas through visual
presentation
 Analyze influences
on architectural
and furniture
design and
development
Skills
Assessment
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Evaluate the suitability of different
types of backgrounds
Determine cost of backgrounds for a
given floor plan
Identify the major styles of American
furniture
Evaluate construction and materials
used in furniture
Draw a floor plan including furniture
arrangement, backgrounds, and
accessories
Compare various types of visual
presentations used by interior
designers.
Prepare and present a design to a
client