I was a little worried when I started thinking about how my inquiry project was going to be connected to an AASL or Indiana State Standard. I instantly thought of middle school level children because that the grade level at which I teach and knew that there were not any standards that covered child birth, pain relief, etc. I then remembered Indiana Standards cover K-12 (I must think outside of my little world!!)and relaxed. In high school I took a child development class my senior year and learned a lot about pregnancy, labor, and delivery. So I began looking at the high school family and consumer science standards -- a complete list can be found at http://doe.state.in.us/octe/facs/childdevelopparent.html. The standards that I found that would be covered by my inquiry project are below:
Standard 1 Students will integrate processes of thinking, communication, leadership, and management in order to apply child development and parenting knowledge and skill
Apply management, decision-making, and problem solving processes to accomplish tasks and fulfill responsibilities.
Standard 2 Students will analyze factors related to preparing for parenthood.
Examine biological processes related to conception, prenatal development, birth, and health of child and mother.
Evaluate physical, emotional, and environmental factors of prenatal development and birth in relation to the health of the parents and child.
Standard 6 Students will evaluate external support systems that provide services for parents and caregivers.
Evaluate criteria for selecting and providing care and services, including preventative health care, for children.
I thought about some of your examples. I think I may have one for some older children too. Have them make a monthly budget if they were a single parent, or a married couple. You could give the kids a lottery draw if you will. Have different options in a hat and they pick one and have to make the budget based on the information on the card. You could also include things like what their job is, how much they make, where they live, rent and utility costs, and even a grocery bill.
I never thought about standards for FACS before. You did a ggreat job of matching up the appropriate standards with your inquiry. I like Terri's idea, it sounds like a classroom version of the game LIFE.
Another place to check for standards for this is middle school health. The curriculum specifically includes childbirth ed, too. (Just another case of redundant, required standards in Indiana.)
That is right...middle school students do a unit on childbirth. I had a student come up to me and say he saw what was going to happen to me. I was a little embarrassed that he was thinking of me and that entire situation/position. He quickly added "I'm sorry" without even a smile or smirk, so I knew that he was being sincere.
I thought about some of your examples. I think I may have one for some older children too. Have them make a monthly budget if they were a single parent, or a married couple. You could give the kids a lottery draw if you will. Have different options in a hat and they pick one and have to make the budget based on the information on the card. You could also include things like what their job is, how much they make, where they live, rent and utility costs, and even a grocery bill.
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I never thought about standards for FACS before. You did a ggreat job of matching up the appropriate standards with your inquiry. I like Terri's idea, it sounds like a classroom version of the game LIFE.
ReplyDeleteAnother place to check for standards for this is middle school health. The curriculum specifically includes childbirth ed, too. (Just another case of redundant, required standards in Indiana.)
ReplyDeleteThat is right...middle school students do a unit on childbirth. I had a student come up to me and say he saw what was going to happen to me. I was a little embarrassed that he was thinking of me and that entire situation/position. He quickly added "I'm sorry" without even a smile or smirk, so I knew that he was being sincere.
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