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1. Welcome Bachelor Merit 5 Lesson Plan AR Workbook – Pages 143 – 150 Leaders Gold Reference Guide Pages 13 – 29 AR Leaders Guide Pages 95 – 120 Lesson 2 Lesson 3 Lesson 4 Lesson 5

2. Lesson One - Objectives • You will be able to select a personal goal to achieve. • You will be able to develop and write a plan to achieve your goal. • You will be able to clean an oven, refrigerator, stove, and wastepaper basket.

3. Personal Goals AR Workbook Page 145, Question 12a Select a personal goal you want to achieve. (This may be a short-term goal such as buying clothes, or it may be a long-term goal such as saving for college.) YOUR GOAL: Draw or paste a picture of your goal:

4. Achieving Personal Goals AR Workbook Page 145, Question 12b • Write a plan to achieve it. Determine the following: • How much will it cost? • How much time do you have to achieve your goal?

5. Achieving Personal Goals AR Workbook Page 145, Question 12b • Write a plan to achieve it. Determine the following: • How will you earn the money to pay for your goal? • What adjustments could you make to your plan if you cannot reach your goal in time?

6. Preparing and Cooking Family Meals AR Workbook Page 143, Requirement 1 • What steps are involved in preparing and cooking family meals? • On the piece of paper supplied, write out the first of three complete family meals. • Try to accomplish one meal per week.

7. Preparing and Cooking Family Meals Food Guide Pyramid A Guide to Daily Food Choices MLR 1 Page 25

8. Dishes Cleanup AR Workbook Page 143, Requirement 2 • What is involved with cleaning the kitchen dishes? • What should we clean and how? • Wash and clean the dishes for five different meals.

9. Kitchen Cleanup AR Workbook Page 143, Requirement 3 • What areas of the kitchen do we need to clean after every meal? • Clean the kitchen oven, stove, refrigerator and wastepaper basket. • What special considerations are there?

10. Lesson Two - Objectives • You will be able to set up a personal budget.

11. Personal Budget AR Workbook Page 144, Requirement 11 • God expects us to be careful with the use of our money, time, talents and the other resources we have been given. • Learning a personal budgeting system can help you be a good steward. • Do any of you use a budget system now?

12. Budgeting Income 10% - Tithe 25% - Short-term Savings 25% - Long-term Savings 40% - Spending

13. Budgeting Income • God instructs us in Malachi 3:8-12 to give 10% of our income to Him. • First thing to do is set aside $1.00 of every $10.00 of income. • This is the tithe, and it goes to the local church.

14. Budgeting Income • You may want to purchase something that requires you to save. • Money for this goes into the short-term savings ($2.50 / $10.00). • After a short period of time you will have the money to buy what you’ve been saving for.

15. Budgeting Income • For other future items, you save for a long time (Long-term savings). • Could include college, trade school, or a car. • Set aside $2.50 / $10.00 of income, put into a long-term savings account.

16. Budgeting Income • Of course you will want to spend some of your income right away. • General guideline is to spend $4.00 / $10.00 on those kinds of things. • How would you divide up $25.00 income? • With $20.00 income, how long to save $38.00 for a game?

17. Sources of Income Allowance Gifts of Money Money for jobs you do Money for things you sell

18. Expenses • What are expenses? • Anything you pay money for. • Includes sodas, candy, popcorn, clothes, games, shoes.

19. Budget Worksheet AR Workbook Page 149 January 06 $90.00 $9.00 $22.50 $22.50 $36.00

20. Budget Worksheet AR Workbook Page 149 1/6/06 Allowance $20.00 $20.00 1/13/06 Allowance $20.00 $40.00 1/20/06 Allowance $20.00 $60.00 1/27/06 Allowance $20.00 $80.00 1/28/06 Clean Grandparents Garage$10.00 $90.00

21. Budget Worksheet AR Workbook Page 149 1/7/06 Tithe $2.00 $2.00 1/8/06 Soda & Chips $1.50 $3.50 1/10/06 Soda - Rangers $0.50 $4.00 1/13/06 Movie & Popcorn $12.00 $16.00 1/15/06 Tithe $2.00 $18.00 1/16/06 Candy $1.00 $19.00

22. Lesson Three - Objectives • You will be able to do your laundry. • You will be able to explain how to vacuum, dust, and make your bed. • You will be able to plan a weekly menu, prepare a shopping list, and purchase ingredients. • You will be able to explain how to keep your room clean. • You will be able to explain how to clean a bathroom.

23. Laundry AR Workbook Page 143, Requirement 4 • Laundry is not hard to do. • Simple guidelines must be followed: • First, speak to the person who does laundry in your household (how do they do it?)

24. Laundry • Second, separate clothes into three piles: • Whites • Bright Colors • Dark Colors

25. Laundry • Third, separate each of these piles into piles that produce lint and those that attract lint. • Clothes that attract lint: Corduroy and most permanent-press clothes. • Clothes that produce lint: Flannels, towels, and sweats.

26. Laundry • Wash each pile separately. • Zip zippers and clean out pockets. • Use stain remover following the manufacturers instructions. • Use hot water for heavily soiled clothes.

27. Laundry • Use correct amount of detergent, by using the measuring cup provided. • Set water temperature to hot, warm or cold after checking instructions on clothes labels.

28. Laundry • Cold Water: Bright Colors and dark clothes to keep the colors and prevent shrinking. • Warm or Hot Water: Preshrunk cottons.

29. Laundry • Machine Settings: • Most have three cycles – Regular (cottons and sturdy clothes); Heavy; Delicate. • Water level based on load size.

30. Laundry • Bleach – allow machine to run a few minutes to mix detergent and water before adding. • Color-safe bleach may be used on all colorfast clothing. • How to test for colorfastness: Soak hidden area in a teaspoon of color-safe bleach, rinse and dry. Did it fade?

31. Laundry Clothes Drying • Most clothes can be put into the dryer. • Read labels first. • Anti-static sheets? • Clean out dryer lint before turning on. • Set timer, pull out when dry, fold or hang immediately.

32. Laundry Complete MWS 1 “Separating Laundry”, page 146 in your workbook.

33. Vacuuming What is involved with vacuuming, dusting and making beds? • Vacuuming -more then just a once-over, 5-8 times pickups all particles in heavy traveled areas. • Move small furniture and vacuum under beds • Carry out vacuuming at home to finish requirement 5.

34. Bedrooms What is involved in keeping your room, dresser, and closet clean? • Clean your room this week, with your parents inspection, for fulfillment of requirement 9.

35. Bathrooms What is involved in cleaning the bathroom facilities and floor? • Scrub the sink, counter, toilet and bathtub / shower with cleanser or vinegar/water solution. • Wipe out sink with towel to reduce water stains.

36. Bathrooms • Tile or linoleum floors – sweep and clean with floor cleaner or vinegar/water solution. • Carpeting thoroughly vacuumed. • Throw rugs vacuumed, shaken outside, or washed. • Clean the bathroom in your home this week in partial fulfillment of requirement 10.

37. Shopping MLR 3a “Weekly Menu” Page 28

38. Shopping MLR 3b “Shopping List” Page 29

39. Shopping • Requirement 7 – use MWS 2 “Weekly Menu”, page 147, to plan a week of menus. • Use MWS 3 “Shopping List”, page 148, to list all the items needed for the menus. • Go with your parents to purchase the items. • Some of these meals may include those prepared for Requirement 1.

40. Lesson Four - Objectives • You will be able to iron several clothing items.

41. Ironing General Tips • Keep fingers away from the iron surface. • Never leave an iron unattended, it may cause a fire. • Unplug after use. • Shirt labels show proper care instructions, many are now wrinkle free.

42. Ironing General Tips • Some shirt labels have iron setting suggestions. • When using steam, use distilled water. • Irons heat up quickly.

43. Ironing Ironing a Shirt • Begin ironing the collar. • Start at the back. • When ironing the collar front, go from edges slowly to avoid creasing. • Unroll cuffs and iron inside first.

44. Ironing Ironing a Shirt • Smooth sleeves with clean hands. • Iron sleeve backs first, then fronts. • Collar end on narrow end of board, start with one front panel, iron from collar to shirt bottom. • Rotate shirt to back, repeat ironing from collar to tail, then other front panel.

45. Ironing Ironing a Shirt • Immediately hang the shirt on a hanger. • Button it to the second button from the top. • Pants and other items are ironed in a similar fashion. • Requirement 6: Under adult supervision, iron a shirt, pair of pants, and one other item.

46. Lesson Five - Objectives • You will be able to sew on a button.

47. Sewing Threading the Needle • 18” thread. • Moisten end and thread the needle. • Pull thread through until ends are equal. • Tight overhand knot, then second overhand knot on top of the first.

48. Sewing Sewing the Button • Place the button on the material and push the needle up through a buttonhole from underneath. • Pull thread all the way through until the knot is firmly pulled into the material. • Push needle down through another hole, pulling thread tight.

49. Sewing Sewing the Button • Go through the first hole again and repeat three times. • Come up through the third hole and down the fourth. • Repeat three times.

50. Sewing Tying Off • On the backside, push the needle through the threads on the button and then through the loop, tying an overhand knot. • Repeat above procedure. • Cut thread near the button.