HOME ECONOMICS JSS1 THIRD TERM

1. Healthy feeding and eating practices

• Healthy feeding practices include e.g. Eat adequate diet, use food in season. 

• Healthy eating habits e.g. washing hands before and after eating- taking a small quantity of food at a time- chewing food properly. Etc.

  2. Healthy feeding and eating practices cont'd

• Effect of healthy eating habit e.g. stomach ache.

• Effect of unhealthy feeding practice e.g. Marasmus, kwashiorkor, Obesity etc

  3. Healthy feeding and eating practices cont'd

• Food additive: uses and misuses and detection

• Food contaminants.

  4. Healthy feeding and eating practices

• Meaning of drug abuse. 

• Effects of drug abuse in the body

  5. Family needs and resources. 

• Meaning of Needs and Resources.
• Types of family needs and resources 

• Use a chart on family needs and resources.

  6. Entertainment in the home

• Meaning of entertainment. 

• Simple cooking and serving equipment.

  7. Entertainment in the home cont'd

• Table laying 

• Importance of entertainment and table laying.

  8. Entertainment in the home cont'd

• Preparation for entertainment.
• Characteristics of a good host / hostess.
• Preparation for a good hostess.

9. Simple sewing tools and equipment. 

1- Meaning of tools and equipment.

 2- Importance of each tool mentioned. 3- Classification of tools e.g. manual and non-manual