Consumer Sciences (CS)

Other Wisconsin Family and Consumer Sciences sets

• Career, Community, and Life Connection (CCLC)
• Consumer and Family Resources (CFR)
• Culinary Arts and Food Services (CAFS)
• Education and Early Childhood (EEC)
• Family and Parenting (FP)
• Food Sciences and Dietetics (FSD)
• Hospitality, Tourism, and Recreation (HTR)
• Housing, Interiors, and Furnishings (HIF)
• Human Development (HD)
• Human Services (HS)
• Interpersonal Relationships (IR)
• Nutrition and Wellness (NW)
• Textiles, Fashion, and Apparel (TFA)

Identify careers in consumer service industries.FCS.CS.1.A.b.1

Describe opportunities for employment and entrepreneurial endeavors.FCS.CS.1.A.b.2

Introduce career paths in consumer services. FCS.CS.1.A.b.3

Discuss current events related to consumer services.FCS.CS.1.A.b.4

Identify personal strengths and achievements. FCS.CS.1.A.b.5

Recognize the role of professional organizations in consumer service professions. FCS.CS.1.A.b.6

Classify roles and functions of individuals engaged in consumer service careers.FCS.CS.1.A.i.1

Explore opportunities for employment and entrepreneurial endeavors.FCS.CS.1.A.i.2

Examine education and training requirements and opportunities for career paths in consumer services.FCS.CS.1.A.i.3

Compare local, state, national, and global economies.FCS.CS.1.A.i.4

Compare the skills employers look for in careers within the consumer service industries.FCS.CS.1.A.i.5

Research professional organizations in consumer service professions.FCS.CS.1.A.i.6

Explain roles and functions of individuals engaged in consumer service careers.FCS.CS.1.A.a.1

Analyze opportunities for employment and entrepreneurial endeavors. FCS.CS.1.A.a.2

Summarize education and training requirements and opportunities for career paths in consumer services.FCS.CS.1.A.a.3

Analyze the effects of the consumer service industry on local, state, national, and global economies.FCS.CS.1.A.a.4

Create an employment portfolio to communicate skills needed for careers in consumer services. FCS.CS.1.A.a.5

Summarize the role of professional organizations in consumer service professions.FCS.CS.1.A.a.6

Describe the role of advocacy groups at state and national levels.FCS.CS.1.B.b.1

Define consumer protection.FCS.CS.1.B.b.2

Identify skills needed to become an effective consumer advocate. FCS.CS.1.B.b.3

Differentiate between producer and consumer.FCS.CS.1.B.b.4

Identify the risks of consumer fraud.FCS.CS.1.B.b.5

List different forms of media. FCS.CS.1.B.b.6

Identify businesses in the local community. FCS.CS.1.B.b.7

Explain the use of educational and promotional materials.FCS.CS.1.B.b.8

Investigate advocacy groups at state and national levels.FCS.CS.1.B.i.1

Illustrate how a bill becomes law.FCS.CS.1.B.i.2

List strategies that enable consumers to become advocates. FCS.CS.1.B.i.3

Discuss consumer protection.FCS.CS.1.B.i.4

Discuss the risks of consumer fraud.FCS.CS.1.B.i.5

Compare roles of media in consumer advocacy. FCS.CS.1.B.i.6

Discuss businesses at the state and national levels.FCS.CS.1.B.i.7

Produce educational and promotional materials in consumer advocacy. FCS.CS.1.B.i.8

Analyze the role of advocacy groups at state, national, and international levels.FCS.CS.1.B.a.1

Evaluate the contributions of policymakers to consumer advocacy.FCS.CS.1.B.a.2

Demonstrate strategies that enable consumers to become advocates.FCS.CS.1.B.a.3

Report the effects of consumer protection laws on advocacy.FCS.CS.1.B.a.4

Apply strategies to reduce the risk of consumer fraud.FCS.CS.1.B.a.5

Review the role of media in consumer advocacy.FCS.CS.1.B.a.6

Examine the effects of business and industry policies and procedures on advocacy.FCS.CS.1.B.a.7

Analyze the use of educational and promotional materials in consumer advocacy.FCS.CS.1.B.a.8

Describe how the economy affects family, work, or career decisions.FCS.CS.1.C.b.1

Define the difference between a shortterm and a long-term goal. FCS.CS.1.C.b.2

Identify the effect of consumer credit in long-term financial planning. FCS.CS.1.C.b.3

Explain the importance of savings.FCS.CS.1.C.b.4

Introduce the possible risks of financial planning.FCS.CS.1.C.b.5

Label the different stages of the life cycle. FCS.CS.1.C.b.6

Identify the importance of financial planning.FCS.CS.1.C.b.7

Explore the importance of meeting financial deadlines.FCS.CS.1.C.b.8

Explore the effects of the economy on personal income, individual and family security, and consumer decisions.FCS.CS.1.C.i.1

Choose short-term and long-term financial goals.FCS.CS.1.C.i.2

Examine the effect of consumer credit in long-term financial planning. FCS.CS.1.C.i.3

Illustrate investment and savings alternatives. FCS.CS.1.C.i.4

Illustrate strategies for long-term financial planning. FCS.CS.1.C.i.5

Describe financial situations for each stage of the life cycle.FCS.CS.1.C.i.6

Relate the role of estate planning to long-term financial planning. FCS.CS.1.C.i.7

Discuss how handling one’s finances properly can help improve one’s credit score and reduce rates on credit and insurance.FCS.CS.1.C.i.8

Explain the effects of the economy on personal income, individual and family security, and consumer decisions.FCS.CS.1.C.a.1

Demonstrate components of a financial planning process that reflect the distinction between needs, wants, values, goals, and economic resources for a variety of diverse populations.FCS.CS.1.C.a.2

Assess the effect of consumer credit on short- and long-term financial planning.FCS.CS.1.C.a.3

Compare investment and savings alternatives. FCS.CS.1.C.a.4

Critique the effects of riskmanagement strategies on long-term financial planning. FCS.CS.1.C.a.5

Analyze the effect of key life cycle transitions on financial planning.FCS.CS.1.C.a.6

Explain the role of estate planning in long-term financial planning. FCS.CS.1.C.a.7

Determine factors that influence establishing and maintaining a good credit rating and the effect of credit ratings on rates and terms for credit and insurance.FCS.CS.1.C.a.8

Describe the importance of keeping the environment clean.FCS.CS.1.D.b.1

Introduce the importance of recycling in the local community as well as other energy reduction resources.FCS.CS.1.D.b.2

Discuss strategies and practices to conserve energy and reduce waste. FCS.CS.1.D.b.3

Identify waste management issues.FCS.CS.1.D.b.4

Label roles of government, industry, and family in energy consumption. FCS.CS.1.D.b.5

Illustrate sources of residential and commercial energy, water policy and usage, waste disposal, and pollution issues in the local environment.FCS.CS.1.D.i.1

Apply local, state, and national consumer programs and services, both private and governmental, to recycle and conserve energy and environmental resources.FCS.CS.1.D.i.2

Demonstrate strategies and practices to conserve energy and reduce waste.FCS.CS.1.D.i.3

Compare waste management issues and consequences for the next generation.FCS.CS.1.D.i.4

Illustrate historical circumstances that have led to the need for improved conservation and waste management policies. FCS.CS.1.D.i.5

Investigate sources and types of residential and commercial energy, water policy and usage, waste disposal, and pollution issues.FCS.CS.1.D.a.1

Evaluate local, state, and national consumer programs and services, both private and governmental, to recycle and conserve energy and environmental resources.FCS.CS.1.D.a.2

Explore strategies and practices to conserve energy and reduce waste.FCS.CS.1.D.a.3

Examine waste management issues. FCS.CS.1.D.a.4

Examine roles of government, industry, and family in energy consumption.FCS.CS.1.D.a.5

Explore market research and recognize its uses in product development.FCS.CS.1.E.b.1

Compare consumer products.FCS.CS.1.E.b.2

Demonstrate the marketing tools used to sell a product.FCS.CS.1.E.b.3

Identify a product and its purpose. FCS.CS.1.E.b.4

Show how to collect data. FCS.CS.1.E.b.5

Identify key components of a design. FCS.CS.1.E.b.6

Visualize new products. FCS.CS.1.E.b.7

Identify different marketing techniques. FCS.CS.1.E.b.8

Classify market research strategies and their uses in product development. FCS.CS.1.E.i.1

Evaluate the needs met by consumer products. FCS.CS.1.E.i.2

Analyze a product for its marketing techniques. FCS.CS.1.E.i.3

Create a product using design thinking. FCS.CS.1.E.i.4

Model statistical analysis processes to interpret, summarize, and report data from product field tests.FCS.CS.1.E.i.5

Create a product that contains the components of a good design. FCS.CS.1.E.i.6

Analyze new product reviews.FCS.CS.1.E.i.7

Explain marketing and sales techniques to aid consumers in the selection of goods and services that meet consumer needs.FCS.CS.1.E.i.8

Conduct market research to determine consumer trends and product development needs.FCS.CS.1.E.a.1

Design or analyze a consumer product.FCS.CS.1.E.a.2

Analyze features, prices, product information, styles, and performance of consumer goods for potential global impact and trade-offs among the components.FCS.CS.1.E.a.3

Evaluate a product using valid and reliable testing procedures. FCS.CS.1.E.a.4

Apply statistical analysis processes to interpret, summarize, and report data from tests.FCS.CS.1.E.a.5

Evaluate the labeling, packaging, and support materials of consumer goods.FCS.CS.1.E.a.6

Demonstrate a plan to educate an audience about a new product on the consumer market.FCS.CS.1.E.a.7

Utilize appropriate marketing and sales techniques to aid consumers in the selection of goods and services that meet consumer needs.FCS.CS.1.E.a.8