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Middle School Family and Consumer Sciences
Five Essential Units of Study
Middle School FACS Overview
Academic Standards - revised April 2005, last updated November 2005

Life & Careers

Financial Literacy & Resources

Nutrition & Wellness

Human Development

Relationships

(Parenthetical information refers to the 1998-2004 Middle School FACS standards) ---
Middle School Life and Careers Standard -
Integrate multiple life roles and responsibilities in school, family, career, and community settings. (‘98-’04 standard 3.0)

M-LC-1 Exploring Self, Family, and Community (‘98-’04 standard 1.1)
Analyze factors that impact self development, including:

M-LC-1.1 Standards and ethics (‘98-’04 standard 2.5)
M-LC-1.2 Goals, priorities, values  
M-LC-1.3 Aptitudes, abilities, interests, motivations
M-LC-1.4 Roles, responsibilities, and life events
M-LC-1.5 Family, career, community, and global connections (‘98-’04 standard 3.3)

M-LC-2 Exploring Work (‘98-’04 standard 1.3)
Explore factors that impact personal image and feelings of personal worth, including:

M-LC-2.1 Work and individual identity
M-LC-2.2 Work ethics and self-management

M-LC-3 Exploring Careers (‘98-’04 standard 3.3)
Investigate personal attributes, standards, goals, interests, and aptitudes as they relate to career concepts, including:

M-LC-3.1 Career clusters, career pathways
M-LC-3.2 Career research
M-LC-3.3 Career planning, four-year course planning

M-LC-4 Decision Making, Problem Solving, and Critical Thinking (‘98-’04 standard 1.2, 3.4)
Accomplish tasks and fulfill responsibilities by using thinking and problem-solving processes, including:

M-LC-4.1 Decision-making and planning processes
M-LC-4.2 Analyzing choices, options, and consequences
M-LC-4.3 Evaluating information

M-LC-5 Using Technology in Personal and Family Settings (‘98-’04 standard 3.4, 4.5)
Demonstrate skills to use technology and evaluate impact of change and innovations in school, family, career, and community settings.

M-LC-5.1 Technology integration throughout FACS units and topics

Middle School Financial Literacy and Resources Standard
Apply management practices to financial, personal, family, and environmental resources. (‘98-’04 standard 4.0)

M-FLR-1 Identifying and Managing Resources (‘98-’04 standard 3.2, 4.1)
Identify and manage resources to provide for personal and family needs and wants, including:

M-FLR-1.1 Personal and community resources
M-FLR-1.2 Time management
M-FLR-1.3 Consumerism
M-FLR-1.4 Economics

M-FLR-2 Personal and Family Financial Literacy (‘98-’04 standard 4.2)
Manage financial resources to meets personal and family goals, including:

M-FLR-2.1 Budgeting, spending
M-FLR-2.2 Banking and financial institutions, electronic banking
M-FLR-2.3 Cash, checking, saving, and investing
M-FLR-2.4 Managing credit

M-FLR-3 Caring for Resources (‘98-’04 standard 4.1)
Demonstrate skills needed to care for personal and family resources, including:

M-FLR-3.1 Reading use/care labels and manuals
M-FLR-3.2 Care, repair, and storage of personal resources
M-FLR-3.3 Clothing care, repair, stain removal, laundry

M-FLR-4 Caring for the Environment (‘98-’04 standard 4.3, 4.4)
Analyze resource consumption and apply conservation practices, including:

M-FLR-4.1 Product selection and use
M-FLR-4.2 Reduce, reuse, recycle

Middle School Nutrition and Wellness Standard
Demonstrate nutrition, wellness, and food preparation practices that enhance individual and family well-being. (‘98-’04 standard 1.4)

Teacher Resources for Nutrition and Wellness

M-NW-1 Nutrition (‘98-’04 standard 1.4)
Evaluate nutrition choices and practices in a variety of settings, using reliable guidelines and sources of information, including:

M-NW-1.1 Dietary guidelines/"MyPyramid"
M-NW-1.2 Comparing food intake to recommendations
M-NW-1.3 Nutrients, nutritional analysis
M-NW-1.4 Nutrition labels
M-NW-1.5 Selecting foods at home and away

M-NW-2 Food and Wellness Issues (‘98-’04 standard 1.3)
Examine factors and issues that impact current and future health and wellness, including:

M-NW-2.1 Activity and exercise
M-NW-2.2 Food safety and sanitation
M-NW-2.3 Wellness issues (for example: obesity, eating disorders, cardio-vascular health)

M-NW-3 Preparing and Serving Food (‘98-’04 standard 4.1, 2.4)
Demonstrate skills needed for preparing and serving foods, including:

M-NW-3.1 Laboratory/kitchen safety and sanitation
M-NW-3.2 Cooking terms, abbreviations, measurements,
M-NW-3.3 Interpreting and using recipes
M-NW-3.4 Techniques and equipment for preparing and serving food 
Kitchen Scavenger Hunt
M-NW-3.5 Teamwork in the foods laboratory

Middle School Human Development Standard
Demonstrate skills that promote positive growth and development across the life span. (‘98-’04 standard 1.2)

M-HD-1 Growing and Changing (‘98-’04 standard 1.0)
Integrate factors that impact development of self-concept, including:

M-HD-1.1 Physical, emotional, and social development for early adolescents
M-HD-1.2 Coping with developmental changes
M-HD-1.3 Roles and responsibilities
M-HD-1.4 Dealing with a changing world

M-HD-2 Caring for Children and Others (‘98-’04 standard 2.6)
Demonstrate skills for positive guidance and care-giving of children and others, including:

M-HD-2.1 Understanding ages and stages
M-HD-2.2 Caregiver responsibilities
M-HD-2.3 Handling emergencies 
M-HD-2.4 Keeping kids safe
M-HD-2.5 Nutritious foods for children
M-HD-2.6 Children’s play and toys

Middle School Relationships Standard
Demonstrate respectful and caring relationships in school, family, career, and community settings. (‘98-’04 standard 2.0)

M-R-1 Leadership for Life (‘98-’04 standard 2.4)
Demonstrate teamwork and leadership skills, including:

M-R-1.1 Leadership skills and styles
M-R-1.2 Assuming responsibility for choices and actions
M-R-1.3 Taking risks, overcoming adversity
M-R-1.4 Character/citizenship, service (‘98-’04 standard 2.8)
M-R-1.5 Diversity and multiculturalism (‘98-’04 standard 2.7)
M-R-1.6 Working in a group

M-R-2 Communication and Personal Presentation (‘98-’04 standard 2.1, 2.3)
Examine factors that contribute to positive relationships, including:

M-R-2.1 Communication skills and styles
M-R-2.2 Behavior, etiquette, and personal appearance for the occasion
M-R-2.3 Conflict prevention and resolution

M-R-3 Quality Friendships (‘98-’04 standard 2.2, 2.5)
Analyze factors that contribute to positive relationships with peers, including:

M-R-3.1 Choices and responsibilities
M-R-3.2 Appreciating diversity
M-R-3.3 Peer pressure
M-R-3.4 Changing relationships
M-R-3.5 Male/female relationships

M-R-4 Positive Family Relationships (‘98-’04 standard 2.2)
Analyze factors that contribute to positive relationships with family members, including:

M-R-4.1 Roles and responsibilities
M-R-4.2 Family change
M-R-4.3 Setting rules, compromising, cooperating

M-R-5 Personal Safety (‘98-’04 standard 3.1)
Demonstrate skills needed for self responsibility and self protection, including:

M-R-5.1 Refusal skills
M-R-5.2 Physical, emotional, and sexual abuse
M-R-5.3 Unexpected situations