MELBA SCHOOL DISTRICT #136

MELBA HIGH SCHOOL

Subject Area: Family & Consumer Sciences

Course Title: Housing

Course Length: Semester

Grade Level: 9-12

Major Concepts:

This course is designed to expose students to knowledge and skills common to housing, interiors and furnishings.

Content:

The content shall include, but not limited to the following:

• Examine housing needs and choices for individuals and families
• Analyze components of housing design and construction
• Analyze components of interior space and planning
• Analyze career paths within the housing, interiors and finishing industry

• Demonstrate design and presentation skills

Intended Outcomes:

After successfully completing this course, the student will be able to:

• Draw floor plans
• Evaluate floor plans for circulation paths and furniture groupings.
• Coordinate furnishings for rooms with a dwelling using both the elements of design and the principles of design
• Design wall groupings for formal and informal balance
• Choose colors appropriate for the activities to take place with a specific room

Grading:

Students will be graded on the following criteria:

• Written assignments
• Projects
• Quarter project will be the designing of a studio apartment floor plan, the layout of the apartment, the furnishing chosen and he color scheme.
• Semester project will be the drawing, designing, constructing and furnishing of a house by the class.