Traditional religious and family values.
Morals and ethics...Respecting yourself and others
Leadership and setting examples
Volunteering at home, at school and in your community.
Personal and family economics. Learning about saving, debt, investing, budgeting,
Earning a living...all the various things people do to make money and keep society functioning.
Ways we strengthen our minds and bodies and what to avoid.
I'm sure there are many others we could add to the list that would build wisdom, strength and character in young people.
Add to this a cooking class. Teach the techniques for cooking, baking, frying, and grilling from scratch. Learn how to identify good cuts of meat and poultry. How to find quality fruit and vegetables, and how to properly store them. Learn what method of cooking works best for what you're trying to accomplish. Learn how to properly use herbs and spices. My hope is, on the other side of this fast food and processed supermarket food will become, something that we look back on with disdain.
You mean Home Ec?
No, i don't mean Home Ec, as I learned it in the 7th grade. Tuna noodle casserole, and cinnamin rolls. I mean learn to cook, well enough to feed yourself, and not have to rely on Burger King, and Ramen noodles.
You had the already watered-down version, sorry. It was to have included basic sewing, groceries on a budget, preserving food that was harvested or bought in bulk, backyard gardens and basic medicinal herbs, home chemistry (borax, washing soda, ammonia, vinegar, baking soda, fabric dyes, and all their wonders), balancing an account /checkbook, avoiding debt, understanding credit, simple home repairs.
Shop class would have been basic mechanical maintenance of autos and major appliances, fundamental home repairs (roof, siding, windows and doors, faucets and light switches), basic woodworking, sheds, roofing, garden infrastructure and irrigation, fertilization and fruit trees, and maybe simple livestock (ag tech).
Obviously a lot to cover!!