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Methods In FACS

By mbeyer1

  • Catherine Beecher

    Wrote 33 text books one of them being "A Treatise on Domestic Economy" It was the first FACS text book.
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    FACS History

  • Ellen Richards

    A powerful leader who began product standards and testing. She believed science could be used to improve the ​health and well-being of people.

  • Justin Smith Morrill/ Morrill Act of 1862

    A senator from Vermont who established the Morrill Land Grant/Act of 1862. That made federal funding for many colleges in the US.

  • Land Grant Universities in AR

    What is a land grant? An institution that is to teach agriculture, military tactics, and the mechanic arts. In hopes that the working class could attain an education.
    The University of Arkansas in 1862
    University​ of Arkansas Pine Bluff in 1890.

  • School Lunch Program

    Ellen Richards started the first school lunch program.

  • Rumford Kitchen

    The Rumford Kitchen was the first kitchen to sell nutritious lunches that also included the nutrition​ value and cost per serving.

  • Benjamin Thompson (Count Rumford)

    Was the first to label nutrition as a science in the late 1800s. Invented the first range with temperature controls. Named the Rumford Kitchen after him.

  • Lake Placid Conference

    Eleven leaders gathered in Lake Placid, N.Y. Home Economics was established for a new study.

  • Martha Rensselaer

    Professor at Cornell University. Developed Cooperative Extensions Service Programs at Cornell. Preside of AAFCS.

  • W.O Atwater

    Invented the Bomb Calorimeter. Wrote nutrition bulletins at Richard's request. The Father of Nutrition.

  • Smith Lever Act of 1914

    The act that created the Cooperative Extension Service.

  • Smith Hughes Act of 1917

    Established FACS as part of the Vocational Education.

  • Carolyn Hunt

    Conducted two studies of immigrant and ethnic populations. Went to several Lake Placid Conferences.

  • Vocational Education Acts of 1963

    Provided grants to states so they could improve, develop, and maintain vocational-technical education programs.

  • Vocational Amendment Acts of 1968 and 1973

    In 1968, instead of the focus being on occupations, it changed to people. In 1973, the Rehabilitation Act is a federal law that supports vocational rehabilitation​ for employment, independent living, and client assistance.

  • Vocational Amendment Acts of 1976

    Was a bill to amend the Vocational Education Act of 1963.

  • Carl Perkins Vocational Act of 1984

    To increase the quality of technical education in​ the United States.

  • Family and Consumer Sciences

    AHEA voted to change the name to FACS.

  • Carl Perkins Act of 1998

    To increase the quality of technical education for the sole purpose to boost the economy.

  • Carl Perkins Act of 2006

    Using the term "career and technical education". Funding at 5% of a state's allocation.