FACS

Area of Study 02:

Consumer and Family Resources

Comprehensive Standard – Evaluate management practices related to the human, economic, and environmental resources.

Standard FAC-02.1 Demonstrate management of individual and family resources such as food, clothing, shelter, health care, recreation, transportation, time and human capital.

    • FAC-02.1.01 Apply management and planning skills and processes to organize tasks and responsibilities.
    • FAC-02.1.02 Analyze how individuals and families make choices to satisfy needs and wants.
    • FAC-02.1.03 Analyze decisions about providing safe and nutritious food for individuals and families.
    • FAC-02.1.04 Apply consumer skills to providing and maintaining clothing.
    • FAC-02.1.05 Apply consumer skills to decisions about housing, utilities, and furnishings.
    • FAC-02.1.06 Summarize information about procuring and maintaining health care to meet the needs of individuals and family members.
    • FAC-02.1.07 Apply consumer skills to decisions about recreation.
    • FAC-02.1.08 Apply consumer skills to acquire and maintain transportation that meets the needs of individuals and family members.

Standard FAC-02.2 Analyze the relationship of the environment to family and consumer resources.

    • FAC-02.2.01 Analyze individual and family responsibility in relation to the environmental trends and issues.
    • FAC-02.2.02 Summarize environmental trends and issues affecting families and future generations.
    • FAC-02.2.03 Demonstrate behaviors that conserve, reuse, and recycle resources to maintain the environment.
    • FAC-02.2.04 Explain government regulations for conserving natural resources.

Standard FAC-02.3 Analyze policies that support consumer rights and responsibilities.

    • FAC-02.3.01 Analyze state and federal policies and laws providing consumer protection.
    • FAC-02.3.02 Analyze how policies become laws relating to consumer rights.
    • FAC-02.3.03 Analyze skills used in seeking information to consumer rights.

Standard FAC-02.4 Evaluate the effects of technology on individual and family resources.

    • FAC-02.4.01 Summarize types of technology that affect family and consumer decision-making.
    • FAC-02.4.02 Analyze how media and technological advances affect family and consumer decisions.
    • FAC-02.4.03 Assess the use of technology and its effect on quality of life.

Standard FAC-02.5 Analyze relationships between the economic system and consumer actions.

    • FAC-02.5.01 Analyze the use of resources in making choices that satisfy needs and wants of individuals and families.
    • FAC-02.5.02 Analyze individual and family roles in the economic system.
    • FAC-02.5.03 Analyze economic effects of laws and regulations that pertain to consumers and providers of services.
    • FAC-02.5.04 Analyze practices that allow families to maintain economic self-sufficiency.

Standard FAC-02.6 Demonstrate management of financial resources to meet the goals of individuals and families across the life span.

    • FAC-02.6.01 Evaluate the need for personal and family financial planning.
    • FAC-02.6.02 Apply management principles to individual and family financial practices.
    • FAC-02.6.03 Apply management principles to decisions about insurance for individuals and families.
    • FAC-02.6.04 Evaluate personal and legal documents related to managing individual and family finances.