Family & Consumer Sciences A

mood boards, client personas, or specific event needs. ○​ Emphasizes professional communication, visual presentation, and aesthetic decision-making. ○​ Students use budget worksheets, online catalogs, and brand research tools to build a minimalist wardrobe. ○​ Teachers guide students through ethical sourcing evaluations and spending reflection logs. ○​ Students investigate ethical topics and engage in guided debates, position papers, or panel discussions. ○​ Teachers provide background readings, debate frameworks, and discussion norms.

●​ Track spending and ethical sourcing

●​ Debate ethical issues

Resource Activities:

●​ My Fashion Style Assignment - Canvas (.5 - 1 day) ●​ Fashion History Presentation - Canvas (2 - 3 days) Skills : ●​ Students will identify their fashion styles and preferred trends. ●​ Students will identify and give examples of different fashion terms (i.e., fashion, fad, classic, style, design). ●​ Students will identify different laundering techniques depending on the textile. ●​ Students will identify the advertising campaigns of various companies and brands and analyze whether they are successful or unsuccessful. Scaffolded Learning : For new learners : ●​ Consider scaffolded notes or limit the scope of assignments or projects. ●​ Provide one-on-one guidance or precision partnering for classroom activities or projects. For accelerated learners : ●​ Students can draw and design different outfits that were popular in a chosen decade. ●​ Students can research different types of fibers and what items they are best used for. ●​ Students can research local clothing companies to see what kind of advertising they have used and whether it was successful. Vocabulary ●​ Fashion ●​ Fad

●​ Classic ●​ Design