Our school staff is very supportive of our efforts, so together the students and I are able to care for the garden. I teach Intro to Agri- science and my students are very fortunate to spend half of their class
in addition to cooking—industrial labor, craft working, trade, artistry, medicine, butchery, gardening, and more. However, by the late 1940s, the apron becomes the icon of the (implicitly white, middle-class, and heterosexual) American housewife as domestic goddess. As writer...
A good way to start any lesson is by brainstorming. Here is an execise that introduces the topic of cooking . Students or the class try to complete the brainstorm sheet with their own ideas. Brainstorming cooking (PDF) Related Resources for the Hospitality Industry Food, Restaurants and Coo...
don't need to wait until they're older to make a difference. Learning about the work these young people are doing can give your students new ideas for how to protect the environment. It can open the door of possibilities for how to think about finding solutions to problems they can help...
In light of this, home economics education is believed to provide students with valuable tools for managing their health through mindfulness. A nutrition class, for instance, might include mindfulness exercises before preparing a healthy meal. A knitting class could discuss the benefits of crafting fo...