Family & Consumer Sciences A

○​ Teachers guide with annotation tools, analysis frameworks, and Socratic discussions to unpack design decisions. ○​ Students design and conduct interviews or surveys to gather qualitative data on the housing priorities of diverse individuals (e.g., accessibility, style, function). ○​ Teachers support with question design, rubrics, sample scripts, and reflection tasks. ○​ Students use digital tools or physical materials to create blueprints, 3D models, or interior layouts, aligning features with the needs of their chosen "client." ○​ Teachers provide design briefs, tech tool tutorials, and peer critique sessions throughout the process. ○​ Students investigate various roles within the interior design industry (e.g., residential designer, commercial designer, staging consultant) and compile findings into written reports, infographics, or presentations. ○​ Teachers provide research prompts, digital resource guides, and presentation rubrics to support depth and clarity. ○​ Students create a mock budget for furnishing or renovating a space using pricing research, spreadsheets, and cost comparison tools. ○​ Teachers model budgeting techniques and provide scenarios with constraints to foster critical decision-making. ○​ Students analyze advertisements, social media content, and showroom displays to evaluate how design, branding, and psychology influence buying choices. ○​ Teachers facilitate media deconstruction exercises, group discussions, and ad critique tasks.

●​ Interview or survey friends/family

●​ Virtual/model home design projects

Strand 2, Standard 3 : Consumerism/Careers ●​ Research and report on different career paths

●​ Cost Calculations

●​ Explore the marketing strategies of companies

Strand 2, Standard 4 : Floor Plans and Furniture Arrangement ●​ Create scale models

○​ Students design room layouts using physical scale models or digital design platforms (e.g., SketchUp, Roomstyler) to explore balance, proportion, and function.​