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About the Author

Chuck is an experienced CAD, Architecture, and Woodshop instructor dedicated to fostering creativity, technical skills, and a passion for craftsmanship in students. With a background in engineering and design, Chuck brings a wealth of knowledge to the classroom, integrating traditional woodworking techniques with modern computer-aided design tools. He has taught high school for 31 years at Chartiers Valley HS in Pittsburgh, PA. In addition, Chuck has also taught Welding, CAD, and Blueprint reading at Carpenters Pittsburgh Training Center Pittsburgh, and CCAC community college.

About the Author

Steven Cortez has been a Career and Technical Education teacher for 33 years. With emphasis in Woodworking and Broadcasting his teaching career has been wide and varied. Through his years teaching he has boiled his main focus of teaching to one main important point - build relationships with students and the teaching will flow from there. Without the relationship component, true deep teaching rarely happens. He has loved giving back to the teaching profession and hopes this curriculum helps many teachers in their first few years of their career.

About the Author

I began my love for the woods industry at an early age. When I was 3 years old, my parents bought me a tool set which included a hand saw, hammer, and a couple of screwdrivers. In good conscience and effort I wanted to try them out. In doing so I sawed off one of the legs on my mothers dining room table, thus beginning my career in the woods industry.


As I grew older I never lost my passion for woodworking. I was always the one to help my father out with all fixes and remodeling around the house. I would spend my time after hours and on weekends with my Junior High shop teacher at the school shop working on projects. My Senior year in high school is when I built and completed my first house that my parents bought and lived in until they passed away.


After college I started working for a local cabinet maker to advance my knowledge in cabinetry finish trim work. I then married my beautiful wife and we started our own cabinet shop.


While I still owned and operated our business I began my career in teaching in 1986. I have been an industrial arts instructor until my retirement in 2021. My love for the wood industry still lingers on as I have recently come out of retirement to get back in the shop and classroom at Southwestern Heights in KS!

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Woodworking Principles

Complete Course Materials High School Agriculture Design, Production & Repair
Description
A technical level course designed to instruct students in the basic knowledge and skills required for cabinetmaking and furniture design. KCCTE and AWI partnered to develop this course, it is copyrighted by AWI. Creative Commons is still available: teachers are eligible to download and make this course fit your classroom/shop needs. Units 1-7 is calculated to take 78 days.
Course Length: 2 Semesters
Last Updated: 06/07/2024
KSDE Course No. - 17007
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Unit 1 Safety(4) 45 minute class periods
Instructors will guide students through general safety in the woodworking lab and students will need to pass a safety exam before moving on to next lesson.
U1 LP General Safety (4) 45 minute classes
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Unit 2 Fundamentals of Measuring(3) 45 minute classes
Students will be focusing on the importance of reading a tape measure accurately, and preparing to make cuts with little to no variance.
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Tape Measure Tutorial Videos
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Unit 3 Using Power Machines(15) 45 minute classes
By the end of this unit, students will be able to explain general shop safety and know how to safely use the power machines in the lab. This unit will take (15) 45 minute class periods to complete.
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Jointer
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Belt Sander
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Bandsaw
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Drill Press
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Table Saw
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Miter Saw
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Optional Project Oven Rack Push Pull
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Machinery Videos
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Unit 4 Milling Stock Square(3) 45 minute classes
The objective of this lesson is to instruct the students in the processes of milling and squaring stock.
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Unit 5 Hand Tools(3) 45 minute classes
Identify a variety of hand tools and power tools and describe their purpose, application, and how they are operated safely and properly.
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U5L1 Non-Powered Hand Tools
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U5L2 Power Tools
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U5L2a Biscuit Jointer
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U5L2b Circular Saw
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U5L2c Finish Sander
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U5L2d Hand Drill
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U5L2e Router
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U5L2f Jigsaw
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U2L5g Pneumatic Nail Gun
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Tool Tutorial Videos
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Unit 6 Joints(23) 45 minute classes
Students will learn how to properly assemble joints, accurately cut miters and rabbets to precise size, set up table saw with dado blade, and produce a square dado for projects.
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U6L1 Butt Joints(3) 45 minute classes
Upon completion of this lesson, students will be able to properly assemble butt joints with minimal expansion.
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U6L2 Miter Joint(10) 45 minute classes
Students will be able to accurately cut miters and rabbets to precise size and produce attractive frames.
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U6L3 Dado Project(10) 45 minute classes
Students will be able to set up table saw with stack dado blade. Students will be able to safely produce clean and square dado’s for their projects.
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Joinery Tutorial Videos
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Unit 7 Types of Wood, Sanding & Finishing(10) 45 minute classes
With minimal help from the teacher the student should be able to: Identify various species of woods we use in our shop, sand a singular piece of wood from 80 grit to 220 grit, and finish a piece of wood with water based finish or food safe mineral oil.
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Wood Identification Videos
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Sanding Tutorial Videos
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Reindeer Project
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Optional Project
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Unit 8 CNC(6) 45 minute classes
By the end of the lesson, the student will be able to explain general CNC safety and know how to use coordinate points and equations of lines to plot and draw out simple shapes, as well as graph points on a coordinate plane.
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CNC PRES
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Unit 9 Semester 2 Projects1 semester
This semester, you can focus on projects; pick and choose your favorites! Included is a wall shelf, cutting board and tool box.
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Advanced Picture Frame(10) 45 minute classes
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Cutting Board(16) 45 minute classes
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Tool Box(10) 45 minute classes
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Wall Shelf(25) 45 minute classes
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Wall Shelf Tutorial Videos
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Architectural Woodwork Institute (AWI)
Architectural Woodwork Institute (AWI)
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Pittsburg State University
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