A brief history of FACS worksheet
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1. What 3 forces must an individual be familiar with to better understand the development of Family and Consumer Sciences (FACS)?
2. Summarize the education of girls in the 1700s and the 1800s.
3. Who were the two earliest educators who thought that preparation for homemaking was the responsibility of the schools?
4. What are the titles and dates for the earliest home economics books?
5. In what year was domestic science was introduced in New York City public schools?
6. By 1908 home economics courses were established in seven universities of the country and in all but ______of the agricultural colleges.
7. What two movements emphasized the need for practical education in the schools and are largely responsible for the vocational programs in home economics (FACS) in the elementary and secondary school in the United States today?
8. Why were early kindergartens closely associated with home economics?
9. The New England Kitchen was not successful and its death knell was sounded by what quote?
10. What movement paved the way for the “school-lunch” program in Boston?
11. What 3 developments were of interest to the home economic workers of the World’s Fair in Chicago in 1893?
12. Before the 1893 World’s Fair who in the school was responsible for serving school lunches?
13. What practical values did the early cooking schools show?
14. Because of the early cooking schools influence what was created to address the solutions of household problems?
15. What year was the first Good Housekeeping magazine published?
16. List at least one fact about each of the following:
a. Brillant-Savarin
b. Edward L. Youmans
c. Benjamin Thompson
d. Wilbur O. Atwater
e. Charles and Carrie Thwing
17. Land-Grant colleges were made possible by what Act of Congress in 1862?
18. List the three states that first introduced college home economics courses.
19. Before the name Home Economics was used, what name did the course of study go by?
20. How many Lake Placid conferences were there?
21. What are the dates of the first and last Lake Placid conferences?
22. Why was the Lake Placid conferences first held?
23. What 4 topics were discussed in the 1899 Lake Placid conference?
24. What 5 areas were the committees of the 1899 Lake Placid conference to work on before the next conference?
25. What 8 areas of problems of interest were addressed by the last Lake Placid conference?
26. What was the one major accomplishment of the tenth conference?
27. What was officially organized in December 1908?
28. Summarize the contributions of Ellen Henrietta Swallow Richards to the home economics movement.
29. Summarize the contributions of Isabel Bevier to the home economics movement.
30. Summarize the contributions of Martha Van Rensselaer to the home economics movement.
31. Summarize the contributions of Abby L. Marlatt to the home economics movement.
32. Summarize the contributions of Mary Tileston Hemenway to the home economics movement.
33. Why was the “Betty Lamp” chosen for the symbol for AAFCS?
34. AAFCS strive to:
35. How many AAFCS members are there?
36. What are the 4 areas that support is given to its members by AAFCS?
37. AAFCS is the only national organization that represents what professionals?
38. What 5 things do the members of AAFCS provide so that students and consumers can make sound decisions and enjoy a healthy, productive and more fulfilling life?
39. What organization was the Missouri Home Economics Association a division of prior to 1922?
40. What was the nucleus for building the present Missouri FACS organization?
41. Why is the state of Missouri more appreciative of the FACS professionals that belong to the Missouri Home Economics Association?
42. What is the current name for the Missouri Home Economics Association?