ERIC Number: ED155320
Record Type: RIE
Publication Date: 1978-Apr
Reference Count: 0
Homemaking in the Elementary Schools. A Resource Guide for Classroom Teachers.
Ohl, Suzanne Sickler; Furth, Judith L.
Basic information for the development of a consumer and homemaking experience-centered program in the elementary school is provided in this resource guide. Content is presented in outline form to facilitate use by both educators who do and do not have homemaking teachers on their staff. The following sections are included: (1) the homemaking program in operation, (2) evaluation and the homemaking program, (3) a guide for planning homemaking experience based on characteristics of elementary school children, (4) the elementary curriculum with its implications for homemaking, (5) correlation of homemaking with the elementary curriculum, (6) one homemaking lesson has many learnings, (7) learning about fruits can be included in all elementary grades, (8) scope and sequence of the homemaking program by areas (basic concepts in foods and nutrition, basic concepts in clothing, basic concepts in family life, and basic concepts in housing), and (9) scope and sequence of the homemaking program by grades (K-6). References and aids are listed for teachers and students, and sections are included on elementary homemaking facilities and qualifications for an elementary homemaking teacher; a homemaking schedule form and homemaking experience plan form are provided. (TA)
Descriptors: Consumer Education, Curriculum Development, Curriculum Guides, Elementary Education, Fused Curriculum, Home Economics, Instructional Materials, Learning Activities, Resource Materials
New Jersey Vocational-Technical Curriculum Laboratory, Building 4103, Kilmer Campus, Rutgers University, New Brunswick, New Jersey 08903 ($6.00 plus postage)
Publication Type: Guides - General
Education Level: N/A
Sponsor: New Jersey State Dept. of Education, Trenton. Div. of Vocational Education.
Authoring Institution: Rutgers, The State Univ., New Brunswick, NJ. Curriculum Lab.
Note: Not available in hard copy due to reproducibility problems