Students will use the Occupational Outlook Handbook to explore occupations related to child development and care. Students will create lapbooks to share their findings.

This resource was created by Amber Karber, in collaboration with Dawn DeTurk, Hannah Blomstedt, and Julie Albrecht, as part of ESU2's Integrating the Arts project. This project is a four year initiative focused on integrating arts into the core curriculum through teacher education, practice, and coaching.

During this single day lesson plan, students will be hypothesizing, preparing and comparing the usage of fats within baked products. Students will be asked to hypothesize the potential results of saturated versus unsaturated fats within a chocolate chip cookie recipe. Throughout the lesson, students will be completing a follow along lab packet. Said packet contains the following: lab plan/hypothesis sheet, recipe, lab notes sheet, and reflection sheet. This lesson may be completed within a single 55 minute class period or spread across two days to allow for extended preparation and reflection time (2 days suggested). Image Credit: OER Title Image Provided by Sorin Gheorghita | Unsplash

Students will contrast the terms parent, parenting, and parenthood by engaging in a round robin and group work.

This lesson introduces students to the core components of an early childhood daily schedule. Students will study the differences in schedules by age in order to develop their own.

Define and compare the core elements of the hospitality and event planning industries.

In this lesson, students will be introduced to the concept of crisis. Students will gain an understanding of what crisis is, how it is different from regular stressful situations, and will be able to identify situations that can be categorized as crisis. 

This lesson introduces the concept of developmental domains.  They are separate concepts but work together to achieve individual growth and development.  This lesson is inquiry-based and will take between 40 and 50 minutes.

This lesson introduces students to the National Association for the Education of Young Children’s Developmentally Appropriate Practice (DAP). Students will learn the core considerations of DAP and the guidelines. Students will apply their knowledge of the guidelines for DAP to a set of early childhood educator “checklist questions.” 

Watch “Bright Eyes” video and introduce Shirley Temple using some of the information contained in the Who is Shirley Temple document.Have students arrange the provided pictures, youngest to oldest.  They should note what features or characteristics they are using to make the age determination.Have students complete the Jamboard, Determine Age.

Students will use MyFitnessPal or another teacher-approved website to record their food and drink consumption for 10 days. Then students will complete a reflection focused on analyzing if students met their recommended daily nutrition goals and nutrients.

Throughout this project, the students will create a drawstring bag. This project will take about five days (50-minute class periods) for students to complete. Everyday, students will begin with setting up their sewing machines and setting goals for the day. Students will follow the written and video instructions to complete the project. At the end of each day, students will reflect upon what they accomplished and what they hope to improve upon for the following day. As there are written and video instructions, students can move through the project at their own pace.  This project works well for middle school or as a project to refresh students on how to use the sewing machine and construction terminology in high school. 

Throughout this project, students will research historical influences on fashion through the lens of a fashion journalist. The lesson gives the students the prompt, “As a Fashion Journalist, you are constantly observing and reporting on the current styles and fashion trends. Your boss at the magazine, Today’s Trends, has tasked you with creating a mini magazine on the popular fashion trends of the past decade. (The trick here is that each student will be assigned a different decade - you are each placed at a different point in time!)” Each student will choose a different decade throughout history and then use reputable sources to create a mini magazine on Canva that features women’s clothing, men’s clothing, shoes, accessories, historical events, important individuals of the time, and more information about the given decade.  This multi-day lesson plan includes complete instructions for the project as well as a grading rubric. Suggestions for reputable resources are also included. Students are graded on including a variety of information and following the set formatting parameters.

This lesson introduces students to different curriculum models, Montessori and HighScopes, used in early childhood settings. Students will identify important details to each model, then identify similarities and differences in curriculum as the child ages. Students will end the lesson by developing an opinion on which model they believe to be the best.

Students will choose a podcast to listen to and analyze it by identifying similarities and differeneces between education in modern society and education historically. 

OverviewStudents will be introduced to (or quickly review) the elements of design in this one-day lesson. Students will begin with a Quizzizz game. Next, the students will use a notes sheet to follow along with a slide deck to learn about this topic. While taking notes, students will doodle, write, reflect, and discuss the elements of design as prompted by the slides. Discussion questions are included in the Notes section on each slide. At the end of the class period, the students will watch a music video and discuss how the elements of design are incorporated into the video. If there is extra time, additional discussion questions are included at the end of the slide deck. Essential QuestionWhat should be done about students learning to use the elements of design to create a visually appealing end result? 

Students will learn about ethical psychological research involving human subjects. They will discover the history of ethical research, analyze how ethical principles came to be, and will also learn the role of IRBs in research. 

Throughout this lesson, the students will learn about the history of weaving and the different types of fabric weaves. This is designed to take one 50-minute class period, but it may take 2 class periods for the students to complete all of their sample weaves. 

This lesson is meant to be a guide for Nebraska Family and Consumer Sciences teachers who may teach the following courses Human Development, Human Growth & Development, Child Development, Parenting, Interpersonal Relationships, Relationships, Family Living, Teen Living or Daily Living courses. Any additional readings and/or topics not included in the lesson plan should be marked N/A.