East Pennsboro Area School District
Curriculum Unit Map
Course/Subject: 9th Grade FCS
Grade Level: 9
Unit Topic: Advertising
Duration: 8 days, 68 minutes
per lesson
Unit Essential Question:
How do advertisers
influence consumers to
buy products or
services?
Texts/Resources/Materials:
Teacher Generated
Worksheets
Magazine Advertisements
TV Commercials
Why You Buy video
PA Core Standards (if applicable):
ELA CC.1.2.9-10.H
CC.1.2.11-12.F
CC.1.4.9-10.P
PA Academic Standards (if applicable):
FCS 11.1.9. F
KEY LEARNING/GOALS/SKILLS (know, understand, do):
The students will understand the role that advertising plays in everyday life. They will
understand that advertising uses everyday psychology to influence buying choices. It does
get around your persuasion defenses, but the powers are quite limited in it’s effectiveness
to get you to buy products and services. They will evaluate specific advertising techniques
used in advertisements.
Unit Assessment Plan/Competencies
Common Summative Activities/Performance Tasks/Assessments:
Students will create two advertisements using techniques covered in class.
Students will take a written test to show understanding of material taught.
CONCEPT:
Advertising Media
CONCEPT:
Identifying Common Advertising Techniques
CONCEPT:
CONCEPT:
Lesson Essential Questions:
Where, how often, and buy what methods is a person
exposed to advertisements?
Lesson Essential Questions:
How are various advertising techniques used to
market products?
Lesson Essential
Questions:
Lesson Essential
Questions:
Vocabulary
Academic Specific (with definitions):
(examples: analyze, trace, identify)
Analyze
Implied
Content Specific (with definitions):
(examples: drama, characterization, theme)
advertising
buzz words
entertainment
guarantees
hero endorsement
independence
information
intelligence
junk mail
media
negative option
peer approval
perceptual contrast
pop ups
scarcity
scientific or numerical claims
sexual attraction
spam
status
unfinished comparison
East Pennsboro Area School District
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Course/Subject: 9th Grade FCS
Grade Level: 9
Unit Topic: Sewing Machine
Duration: 4 days, 68 minutes
per lesson
Unit Essential Question:
How does the proper identification of
sewing machine parts help an operator
use it effectively?
Texts/Resources/Materials:
Sewing Machine
Sewing Pattern Worksheets
Teacher Generated Worksheets
PA Core Standards (if applicable):
ELA CC.1.2.9-10.L
PA Academic Standards (if applicable):
FCS 11.2.12. A
KEY LEARNING/GOALS/SKILLS (know, understand, do):
The student will be able to identify the parts of the sewing machine and
demonstrate knowledge and control of the machine through completing
intricate stitching patterns.
Unit Assessment Plan/Competencies
Common Summative Activities/Performance Tasks/Assessments:
Students will be able to identify the parts of the sewing machine by taking a written test.
Students will be able to manipulate the machine to follow 4 different types of sewing patterns.
CONCEPT: Sewing Machine Parts
CONCEPT: Stitch and Control
CONCEPT:
CONCEPT:
Lesson Essential Questions:
Lesson Essential Questions:
• How does complex sewing patterns on paper familiarize the
operator with the sewing machine?
• How does paper sewing build hand-eye-foot coordination?
• Why practice on paper before sewing fabric?
• Why sew patterns in a specific order?
Lesson Essential
Questions:
Lesson Essential
Questions:
•
Where is the …thread guide, tension
disc, hand wheel…?
Vocabulary
Academic Specific (with definitions):
(examples: analyze, trace, identify)
Sequential order
Content Specific (with definitions):
(examples: drama, characterization,
theme)
bobbin
bobbin case
bobbin winder
bobbin winder tension disc
feed dog
fly wheel
hand wheel
needle clamp
needle
needle position selector
power switch
presser foot
presser foot clamp
presser foot lever
reverse stitch control
slide plate/cover plate
spool pin
stitch length control
stitch selection control
stitch width control
take-up lever
tension dial
thread guide
throat plate
pressure regulator
East Pennsboro Area School District
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Course/Subject: 9th Grade FCS
Grade Level: 9
Unit Topic: Project
Construction / Technical
Reading
Duration: 14 days, 68 minutes
per lesson
Unit Essential Question:
Why are reading and
following written instructions
critical to project
construction?
Texts/Resources/Materials:
Sewing Machine
Sewing Kit (Pattern Pieces,
Instruction, Fabric, Thread)
Sewing Machine Operational
Guide
PA Core Standards (if applicable):
ELA CC.1.2.9-10.L
Math CC.2.1.HS.F.2
PA Academic Standards (if applicable):
FCS 11.2.12. A
KEY LEARNING/GOALS/SKILLS (know, understand, do):
The students will be able to complete a project from raw materials following
written and verbal instructions. Students practice key academic skills, which are
used in other classes including working with fractions, improving reading
comprehension, building vocabulary, and measuring.
Unit Assessment Plan/Competencies
Common Summative Activities/Performance Tasks/Assessments:
Students will sew a hooded sweatshirt using a sewing machine.
CONCEPT:
Measurements
CONCEPT:
Project Layout and Cutting
CONCEPT:
Project Construction
CONCEPT:
Lesson Essential Questions:
• How and why do you take body
measurements?
Lesson Essential Questions:
• Why is project layout critical to the
success of the project?
• Why is cutting accurately important?
Lesson Essential Questions:
• How do raw materials turn into a
finished garment?
• How do you effectively evaluate a
finished project?
Lesson Essential
Questions:
Vocabulary
Academic Specific (with definitions):
(examples: analyze, trace, identify)
Ruler
Measure
Fold
Self-Evaluation
Parallel
Perpendicular
Content Specific (with definitions):
(examples: drama, characterization, theme)
Back length
Backstitch/Reverse
Chest
Cutting line
Double Notch
Ease
Facing
Fold Line
Grain line arrow
Hem
Notch
Pattern Piece
Pivot
Place on fold
Right/wrong side
Seam allowance
Selvage
Sleeve length
Stitch length
Stitch width
Tape measure
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Course/Subject: 9th Grade FCS
Grade Level: 9
Unit Topic: Clothing Care
Duration: 3 days, 68 minutes per
lesson
Unit Essential Question:
Why is it important to know how to take care of
clothing properly?
Texts/Resources/Materials:
Teacher generated worksheets
Clothing Care Video
PA Core Standards (if applicable):
PA Academic Standards (if applicable):
PA FCS 11.2.9
N FCS 5.2.1-2
N FCS 5.6.1-4
KEY LEARNING/GOALS/SKILLS (know, understand, do):
The students will be able to know the various methods of how
to care for clothing.
Unit Assessment Plan/Competencies
Common Summative Activities/Performance Tasks/Assessments:
Students will take a written test that will assess understanding of material.
CONCEPT:
Laundry and Dry Cleaning
CONCEPT:
Ironing and Clothing Storage
CONCEPT:
CONCEPT:
Lesson Essential Questions:
Why is doing the laundry an important skill to
acquire?
Why is it important to follow the different methods to
clean clothes?
Lesson Essential Questions:
Why do garments have different heat
requirements for ironing?
How can incorrectly storing garments ruin them?
Lesson Essential
Questions:
Lesson Essential
Questions:
Vocabulary
Academic Specific (with definitions):
(examples: analyze, trace, identify)
Content Specific (with definitions):
(examples: drama, characterization, theme)
anionic
chlorine bleach
detergent
dry cleaning
dryer
enzyme
non-chlorine bleach
nonionic
optical brightener
spotter
stain
surfactant
washer