Contemporary Living, 12th Edition
By: Verdene RyderCopyright: 2015
Subject: FCS Family Living
Grade Level: 9-12
- Contemporary Living explores the issues facing students and provides the information needed to make wise decisions. The text addresses topics such as personal development, relationships with family and friends, career options, healthful living, relating to peers, dealing with family crises, and managing family living. Students gain critical-thinking skills while they learn about alternatives to different situations so they can make the best choices for themselves.
- Math, technology, and other academic skills are developed through included activities.
- Career features throughout the book are linked back to the appropriate career cluster.
- FCCLA activities are found at the end of every chapter, linking text content to organizational projects and events.
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- Table of Contents
- Personal Development1. You: Growing and Changing
2. Your Environment Affects Who You Are
3. You: Up Close and PersonalThe Decisions You Face4. Your Decisions
5. Your Future Career Decisions
6. Your Health Decisions
7. Avoiding Harmful Substances
8. Lifestyle Options and ConsequencesGetting Along with Others9. Communicating with Others
10. Communication Challenges
11. Developing Close RelationshipsThe Marriage Relationship12. Engagement and Marriage
13. Building a MarriageDimensions of Families14. Family Life Today
15. The Parenting Decision
16. A New Baby
17. Helping Children Grow and DevelopFamilies Face Change18. Balancing Family and Work Concerns
19. Dealing with Family Crises
20. Divorce and Remarriage
21. Growing OlderManaging Family Living22. Providing for the Family's Physical Needs
23. Protecting the Family's Resources
24. Using Banking Services
25. Managing Your Finances - The Look Inside images are for preview purposes only. The format of the actual product may vary from the images shown.
- Correlations
- FCS National Standards CorrelationsNational Standards for Family (PDF, 67 KB)National Standards for Interpersonal Relationships (PDF, 83 KB)IdahoAdult Living (PDF, 528 KB)OklahomaMarriage and Family LifePre-PAC CorrelationsBroad Field Family and Consumer Sciences Pre-PAC (PDF, 92 KB)South CarolinaFamily Life Education 1, 2 (PDF, 520 KB)CTE—Priority 41 Family Life Education 1 & 2, 9-12 (PDF, 520 KB)
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