Middle Practical Living Skills

Consumerism Subdomain

7^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: Examine influences on consumer choices of adolescents Compare products by price, quality, and availability to make informed decisions Identify ways to become an intelligent health consumer Recognize environmental issues related to consumer purchase Analyze advertisements for consumer approaches and accuracy of information Defend consumer decisions

 

Specific Activities:

• Analyze print advertising for misleading and/or fraudulent information.
• Change advertisements to be truthful without misleading information.
• Role-play a process for returning a defective or inappropriate product.

 

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

7^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: Identify budgeting procedures for achieving short- and long-term goals Compare the cost, time and skills needed for preparing a dinner at home and ordering a restaurant meal

 

Specific Activities:

• Research the costs related to supporting a family during a month.
• Interview a bank manager about various savings plans appropriate for teens.

 

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

 

 

Middle Practical Living Skills

Consumerism Subdomain

7^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: Explore sources of health information, services, and resources Explore health-related careers Suggest solutions to community environmental problems Examine governmental health and safety regulations

 

Specific Activities:

• Research federal, state and local health and safety regulations for school campuses/buildings.
• Evaluate your school building for problems related to health and safety issues and develop a plan to improve your school.

Critical Vocabulary: specialist, health insurance, health maintenance organization (HMO), health services, prevention, maintenance, treatment, primary care provider, managed care, Medicare, Medicaid

 

 

 

Middle Practical Living Skills

Consumerism Subdomain

7^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:

Billions of dollars are spent on advertisements.

Directions:

• Identify three places the consumer may encounter some form of advertisement.
• Explain why companies chose the form advertisement you identified in part A.
• Describe the various strategies used by advertisers to persuade you to buy their products.

Scoring Guide for Question: Why advertise?

Score 4 points: Correctly identifies at least three places ads may be encountered (e.g., television, radio, magazines, billboards). Uses a high level of knowledge to thoroughly analyze why companies strategically place ads where they do. Successfully identifies and thoroughly describes various techniques used by advertisers.

Score 3 points: Correctly identifies at least two places ads may be encountered. Uses a sound level of knowledge to explain why ads appear where they do. Describes a couple of techniques used by advertisers without as much detail.

Score 2 points: Mentions at least one place an ad was seen. Offers a vague explanation of why ads appear where they do. Identifies one or two techniques used by advertisers without much, if any, description.

Score 1 point: Lists one place an ad was seen. Lists one technique used by advertisers.

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

 

 

Middle Practical Living Skills

Consumerism Subdomain

7^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:

Trey has an after school job and is able to earn some extra money. He wants to begin saving or investing some of his money in order to reach his long-term goals.

Directions:

A. List and explain 3 types of services banks offer.

B. Thoroughly explain one type of banking service Trey can use to save or invest his money.

Scoring Guide for Question: Investing for the future

Score 4 point: Lists and thoroughly explains 3 types of services banks offer. Thoroughly explains one type of banking service available to save or invest money.

Score 3 point: Lists and explains 3 types of services banks offer. Briefly explains one type of banking service available to save or invest money. Or, Lists and thoroughly explains 2 types of services banks offer. Explains one type of banking service available to save or invest money.

Score 2 point: Lists and explains 2 types of services banks offer. Mentions one type of banking service available to save or invest money. Or, Lists and thoroughly explains 1 type of service banks offer. Mentions one type of banking service available to save or invest money.

Score 1 point: Lists and explains one type of service banks offer.

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

 

 

Middle Practical Living Skills

Consumerism Subdomain

7^th Grade

 

Academic Expectation(s):

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

Organizing Standard(s):

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

 

Prompt:

Laws to develop standards for our health and safety have created Government health agencies such as the Food and Drug Administration (FDA), fire department, hospitals and health departments.

Directions:

A. Explain why different health agencies are needed to maintain the health of a community.

B. Explain how contagious disease can be monitored and managed in your community through the various governmental agencies.

Scoring Guide for Question: Government Agencies

Score 4 point: Thoroughly explains how government agencies maintain the health of a community. Successfully applies knowledge to demonstrate that contagious diseases can be managed through this process. Demonstrates knowledge that indicates an awareness of the large scope of the task of maintaining the health of a community.

Score 3 point: Discusses some duties of governmental agencies that help keep our community free of diseases. Recognizes the importance of having these agencies in place to reduce the spread of disease.

Score 2 point: Has a vague understanding of the purpose of governmental agencies. Makes a vague connection between community health and government agencies.

Score 1 point: Has a vague understanding of the purpose of governmental agencies. Or, makes a vague connection between community health and government agencies.

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