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BPSS Family and Consumer Science Standards

FACS

Area of Study 06:

Family

Comprehensive Standard - Evaluate the significance of family and its effects on the well-being of individuals and society.

Standard FAC-06.1 Analyze the effects of family as a system on individuals and society.

    • FAC-06.1.01 Analyze family as the basic unit of society.
    • FAC-06.1.02 Analyze the role of family in transmitting societal expectations.
    • FAC-06.1.03 Analyze global influences on today’s families.
    • FAC-06.1.04 Analyze the role of family in teaching culture and traditions across the life span.
    • FAC-06.1.05 Analyze the role of family in developing independence, interdependence, and commitment of family members.
    • FAC-06.1.06 Analyze the effects of change and transitions over the life course.
    • FAC-06.1.07 Analyze the ways family and consumer sciences careers assist the work of the family.

Standard FAC-06.2 Evaluate the effects of diverse perspectives, needs, and characteristics of individual and families.

    • FAC-06.2.01 Demonstrate awareness of multiple diversities and their effects on individuals, families, and society.
    • FAC-06.2.02 Analyze the effects of social and cultural diversity on individuals and families.
    • FAC-06.2.03 Analyze the effects of empathy for diversity on individuals in family, work, and community settings.
    • FAC-06.2.04 Demonstrate respect for diversity with sensitivity to anti-bias, gender, equity, age, culture, and ethnicity.
    • FAC-06.2.05 Analyze the effects of globalization and increasing diversity on individuals, families, and society.