Middle Practical Living Skills

Consumerism Subdomain

6^th Grade

 

Academic Expectation:

2.30 Students evaluate consumer products and services and make effective consumer decisions.

Organizing Standard:

Accessing and assessing consumer information, comparing and evaluating products and services, and critiquing advertisements are necessary for making effective consumer decisions.

Core Content for Assessment: PL-M-3.1.1 A comparison of needs vs. wants will influence consumer decisions. PL-M-3.1.2 Products and services are compared and evaluated based on a range of considerations (e.g., price vs. quality, generic vs. name-brand, comparison shopping vs. impulse shopping, immediate availability vs. advance ordering). PL-M-3.1.3 Media, technology, and cultural influences (e.g., method and mechanics of presentation, peer pressure, advertisements, desire for status, cultural diversity) have an impact on consumer choices of adolescents. PL-M-3.1.4 There are positive and negative aspects of advertising (e.g., providing accurate or misleading information, gimmicks). PL-M-3.1.5 Environmental issues (e.g., pollution) should be considered when making consumer decisions (e.g., recycling, reducing, reusing).

Demonstrators: Compare wants and needs in relation to consumer decisions Describe positive and negative techniques used by advertisers Analyze environmental impacts when making consumer decisions Identify elements of advertisements Recognize good consumer decisions

 

Specific Activities:

Choose a variety of advertisements related to different units (tobacco, alcohol, nutrition, clothing, etc.) and identify the positive and negative aspects of the ads.

Develop ads or commercials related to consumer decisions and the environment.

Critical Vocabulary:

need, potential, wants, values, refusal skills, goods, service, consumer, advertisement, information ad, image ad, media, infomercial, commercial, impulse buying, department store, specialty store, chain store, factory outlet, discount store, warranty, redress, expires, shoplifting, exchange, refund, natural resources, pollution, conservation, insulation, energy efficient

 

Middle Practical Living Skills

Consumerism Subdomain

6^th Grade

 

Academic Expectation:

2.30 Students evaluate consumer products and services and make effective consumer decisions.

Organizing Standard:

As consumers, people must learn to determine their personal needs and manage their resources.

Core Content for Assessment: PL-M-3.2.1 There are financial management practices (e.g., budgeting, saving) for achieving short- and long-term goals.

Demonstrators: Compare wants and needs in relation to short- and long-term goals

 

Specific Activities:

Compare the basic needs of individuals with their personal wants.

Develop personal short and long-term goals related to budgeting.

 

Critical Vocabulary:

income, expenses, fixed expenses, budget, interest, layaway plan, debit card, credit, goals

 

 

Middle Practical Living Skills

Consumerism Subdomain

6^th Grade

 

Academic Expectation:

2.33 Students demonstrate the skills to evaluate and use services and resources available in their community.

Organizing Standard:

People rely on services and resources provided through private, public, and voluntary agencies.

Core Content for Assessment: PL-M-3.3.1 A range of resources and services are provide by community agencies: Public health department Fire department Police department Family resource centers Hospitals Nonprofit organizations (e.g., American Heart association, American Red Cross, American Cancer society) PL-M-3.3.2 Improving environmental conditions (e.g., air and water quality) and preserving natural resources impact personal and community health.

Demonstrators: Identify health services and resources available in the community Distinguish among various health-care providers Explain the difference between profit and non-profit health care agencies Identify health related careers Identify service provide by environmental protection agencies

 

Specific Activities:

Role play various health care providers in their professional roles.

Interview health-care professionals and develop a notebook/journal/chart that describes the services offered, cost and eligibility.

Critical Vocabulary:

specialist, health insurance, health maintenance organization (HMO), health services, prevention, maintenance, treatment

 

 

Middle Practical Living Skills

Consumerism Subdomain

6^th Grade

Academic Expectation(s):

2.30 Students evaluate consumer products and services and make effective consumer decisions.

Organizing Standard(s):

Accessing and assessing consumer information, comparing and evaluating products and services, and critiquing advertisements are necessary for making effective consumer decisions.

 

Prompt:

A full-page advertisement in a national magazine (such as Time or Newsweek) may cost as much as $150,000.

Directions:

Discuss at least three reasons a tobacco or alcohol company would spend that much money on one advertisement.

Explain four false suggestions tobacco or alcohol ads use to persuade the public to buy their products.

 

Scoring Guide for Question: Costly Ads

Score point 4: 7 or more points of correct information

Score 3 point: 5 or 6 points of correct information

Score 2 point: 3 or 4 points of correct information

Score 1 point: 1 or 2 points of correct information

Score 0 point: No response or response is irrelevant to the question.

 

Each of the following counts as one point of information.

 

Middle Practical Living Skills

Consumerism Subdomain

6^th Grade

Academic Expectation(s):

2.30 Students evaluate consumer products and services and make effective consumer decisions.

Organizing Standard(s):

As consumers, people must learn to determine their personal needs and manage their resources.

 

Prompt:

Ben wants to save money for a school trip. He also wants to go to the movies with his friends on Saturdays.

 

Directions:

 

Scoring Guide for Question: Saving Plan

Score 4 point: Thoroughly explains the difference between short-term and long-term budgeting goals. Develops 2 complete long-term goals and 2 complete short-term goals that will solve the budgeting problem.

Score 3 point: Explains the difference between short-term and long-term budgeting goals. Develops 2 basic long-term goals and 2 basic short-term goals that will solve the budgeting problem.

Score 2 point: Briefly explains the difference between short-term and long-term budgeting goals. Lists 1 basic long-term goal and 1 basic short-term goal that will solve the budgeting problem. Or, Explains either short-term or long-term budgeting goals. Develops 3 budgeting goals.

Score 1 point: Explains either short-term or long-term budgeting goals. Lists 1 budgeting goal.

Score 0 point: No response or response is irrelevant to the question.

 

Middle Practical Living Skills

Consumerism Subdomain

6^th Grade

Academic Expectation(s):

2.33 Students demonstrate the skills to evaluate and use services and resources available.

Organizing Standard(s):

People rely on services and resources provided through private, public, and voluntary agencies.

 

Prompt:

Doctors are often thought of as the main providers of health care. There are other people and groups that help make up our health-care system.

Directions:

A. Other than a doctor, name three other services or resources in your community that provide health care.

B. Explain qualities and qualifications you would look for in a health care provider.

 

Scoring Guide for Question: Choosing Health Care

Score 4 point: Correctly names three services or resources that provide health-care (e.g., dentist, nurse, local health department, hospital). Uses detailed and thorough description to describe qualities and qualifications for a health-care provider. The description shows evidence of ability to make proper decisions when choosing a health-care provider.

Score 3 point: Correctly name two services or resources that provide health-care. Demonstrates a good knowledge base to describe sound qualities of health-care provider.

Score 2 point: Correctly names one service or resource that provides health-care. Attempts to vaguely describe qualities of a good health-care provider.

Score 1 point: Correctly names one service or resource that provides health-care. Or, attempts to vaguely describe qualities of a good health-care provider.

Score 0 point: No response or response is irrelevant to the question.