***Looking at student's book***
Contents Overview:
The parts and comments:
I: A brief history of interior decoration, 1-16 includes a test
II. Introduction to design and decoration, 17 - 33 includes a test
III. Specific treatments, 34 - 46 includes a test
IV. Visual enrichment, 47 - 58 includes a test and suggests a field trip
to "model homes"
V. Sewing for the home, 59 - 63 includes a sewing project
***Looking at teacher's book***
Materials list:
3-ring notebook
white paper - 8.5" x 11"
magazines, ads, and catalogs depicting furniture
markers or crayons, pencils, eraser, ruler, scissors, tape measure
graph paper
3" x 5" cards
tracing paper
decorating samples (see teacher book for more details, page 33)
recommended to have: Ziploc bag for templates - This will go in the
decorator notebook your child will make.
NOTE: This materials list does
not include materials that will be needed for the sewing project. Supply
list for sewing project will be based on what project child chooses to do.
***The amount of time we can spend on this***
Time allotted: 6 weeks (up to 30 days)
NOTE: This may be too slow a schedule if you are planning to complete all
10 Lifepacs in one school year. We are using 5 lifepacs per year, taking
two years to complete the Home Ec course.
***Choosing a planner***
Use a 5 x 6 grid, thumb through book taking note of activities,
questions, tests, field trips, etc. and start filling in page numbers, try
not to overload:
Printable version of this to glue
inside front cover of workbook
| I. Read glossary, discuss words that you are puzzled by, look up any words that you cannot pronounce in the dictionary and learn to pronounce them correctly. Read pages 1-2 | 3-6 stop after answering questions | 7-11 |
12-14 Includes activity: you'll need 15 3x5 cards and magazines, ads, and catalogs depicting furniture |
Self test 1 |
| II. 17-22 includes coloring activity, you'll need markers or crayons, if you do not wish to color in your workbook, use color wheel printable at art.donnayoung.org |
22-27 | Practical Techniques of Interior Design This starts the decorator notebook 28: notebook activities: 2.38, 2.39 |
29 notebook activities: 2.40, 2.41 | 29-30 notebook activity: 2.42 |
| 30-31, notebook activity: 2.43 study for self-test 2 in remaining time |
Self test 2, pages 32-33 | III. 34-36 | 36-38 | 38-39 |
| 40-42 | 42-44, study for self test in remaining time | Self test 3, pages 44-46 | IV: 4750 | 50-52,
over weekend or sometime during this unit, visit model homes |
| Finishing decorator notebook: 54-56 Requires trip to home decorator stores |
Self test 4, pages 57-58 | V: Sewing for the home 59-61 |
61-63: This includes a sewing activity and you can take a few days for this. Will need to buy sewing supplies | |
| After completing the sewing project, study the entire unit, the glossary to prepare for the unit test. The day after you finish studying, take Unit Test 6 | ||||
