Content Area: Career Education and Consumer, Family, and Life Skills

 

Index: 9.2D Grade 8 CPI 3

 

Standard: 9.2 - Consumer, Family, and Life Skills

 

Strand: D - Character Development and Ethics

 

Cumulative Progress Indicator: 3 - The student will list problems and their causes, effects, and solutions that are faced in the home, school, and/or community.

 

Grade: 8

 

Sample Activities:

 

·       A school wide unity day to celebrate diversity is being planned by the school. As part of the celebration, a mini-Olympics will be held. A plan needs to be developed and implemented to include opening exercises, main events, and closing ceremonies. A small budget has been allocated but will need to be supplemented.

 

·      A public relations firm has been hired to develop and produce a documentary alerting young adults to the need for fiscal responsibility when using credit cards. As an employee, you have been asked to develop a five-minute demo for the client.

 

·      Mr./Ms. Z's company has decided to relocate the employee and the family overseas. The employment opportunities exist in Australia, Brazil, China, Kenya, and Switzerland. Your family must make the decision as to the country of preference with a backup alternative. Provide a justification to the human resource department. Be prepared to negotiate a contract that meets career, financial, and personal needs.

 

·      Although New Jersey is well known as the Garden State, it certainly could be recognized as the Invention State. We now live in an increasing complex "global society" with demands for increased invention, design, and manufacturing to make people's lives and work more productive while meeting personal and family needs

 

·       Our Town

 

·      Listen to a presentation on local recycling efforts and regulations. Develop a list of questions to ask prior to the presentation. Write a journal entry on ways to improve recycling in your room and home.

 

·      Research the effects of toxic waste on humans and the environment.

 

·      Hypothesize the effect of pollutants on living organisms and the environment. Find an article about some product in a home that has had an ill effect on a person living in the home. Describe the actions taken and results.

 

·    View and critique a film that depicts a communicable disease or hazardous health risk situation.

 

·      Brainstorm the types of garbage generated by homes, businesses, and government agencies.

 

·      Create a table comparing the advantages/disadvantages of incineration as a disposal method.