Chapter 1: Facing Lifes Challenges

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Chapter 1 Facing Lifes Challenges

• Introduction to Family and Consumer Sciences

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Objectives

• Why is it important to respect cultural
  differences?
• Why do workers need more skills today than in the
  past?
• How is our changing society affecting young
  adults today?

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Cultural Challenges

• CULTURE a societys particular set of beliefs,
  customs, and arts includes food, clothing,
  language, religion, and celebrations
• Every nations culture changes over time
• IMMIGRANTS people who come here from other
  countries
• Your Challenge accept diversity and learn to
  work cooperatively with others

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Economic Challenges

• First major challenge finding a job you like
• Due to the increase in technology, employees must
  have more skills than before
• Education and job income the more education you
  have, the higher your income will be
• Challenge for Parents how can both parents work
  and still maintain a high-quality home life

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Social Challenges

• Conditions in our society are changing
• Family structure and living arrangements are
  changing
• DIVORCE the legal termination, or ending, of a
  marriage common
• Challenge for Families finding a balance between
  work and family life

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Environmental Challenges

• How do we preserve our fragile environment?
• ENVIRONMENT composed of the earths land and
  vegetation, water, and air
• Natural resources are precious and populations
  are increasing
• Reusing and recycling is a partial solution
• Your Challenge find a way to use technology to
  conserve and restore the environment

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Ethical Challenges

• The decisions you make today are similar to the
  decisions your parents and grandparents made
• ETHICS standards of right and wrong
• Ethical questions may be very challenging
• Medical who should get life support and who
  should not
• Companies people want products that harm the
  environment

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Technological Challenges

• TECHNOLOGY the application of scientific
  knowledge to business and industry
• New technology continues to transform our world
  at a rapid pace-potential for improving the world
• Challenges
• Can classrooms use technology with out changing
  the classroom?
• Should employers be able to monitor their
  workers progress?
• Should people who work in their homes benefit
  from losing person to person interaction?

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Apply Your Knowledge

• Get into pairs with the person sitting next to
  you
• Together, you will discuss the 6 challenges we
  just went over
• Come up with 1 scenario for each challenge with a
  solution
• For example ETHICAL-Bobby saw his friend Joey
  steal 5 from the cash register at work. What
  should Bobby do? Bobby should
• YOU HAVE 15 MINUTES TO COMPLETE THIS ACTIVITY

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Homework Assignment

• Your homework assignment is due Tuesday, August
  16 at the beginning of class. No late work will
  be accepted.
• You are to interview a person from a different
  culture. Ask about cultural differences.
  Compare that persons customs and beliefs to your
  own. Write down your results and turn in a 1
  page paper.

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Review

• Name 3 of the 6 challenges we discussed today.
• Define culture.
• What is 1 environmental issue we face today?
• Give 1 example of an ethical question.
• Name 1 benefit of technology.
• When is your homework due?
• Any questions about the homework?