Family and Consumer Sciences (FCS)
“The science and art of living and working well in our complex world”
American Association of Family and Consumer Sciences
Lucas County teachers – list of FCS lessons that OSU Extension can offer to middle school/junior high and high school students. This list is designed to partner with FCS teachers in Lucas County but might be applicable to other classes as well.
Northwest Ohio FCS Teacher In-Service, annual one-day in-service: go.osu.edu/fcsteachers
History of Family and Consumer Sciences in the USA and Lucas County, Ohio:
- Why FCS OSU Extension? one page
- Using Danielle Dreilinger’s 2021 book, The Secret History of Home Economics: How Trailblazing Women Harnessed the Power of Home and Changed the Way We Live to highlight FCS history
- Brief history of FCS in Lucas County Ohio with alignment to national history (link coming soon)
FCS Educator Day Blog posted on Urban Extension, Making a Difference Through Family and Consumer Sciences
Note: CTE = Career and Technical Education
Image from: https://www.leadfcsed.org/career-pathways-through-fcs.html
Documents related to FCS in the classroom and community:
- A Framework for Leveraging Family and Consumer Sciences in CTE (2019) by Reno A. Palobit, acteonline.org
- The Career Ready Practices, www.careertech.org
- Connecting Social-Emotional Learning (SEL) to Career Success by Dr. Angela Smith (2020) Association for Career and Technical Education
- The FCCLA Planning Process for Individual and Team Action Family, Career and Community Leaders of America, Inc. www.fcclainc.org
- Worksheet, Planning Process for Action, Power of One (2019) FCCLA
- Call To Action Plan (worksheet) for Say Yes to FCS marketing campaign (2019)