In Italy the middle school (age 11-14) included "Technical Applications", which AFAICT was the same thing, i.e. crafts. Boys and girls would have different subjects though.
This lasted between 1963 (the year this unified middle school was introduced, previously there were specific work-oriented schools) and 1979 (they year the subject became a more theoretical "Technical Education", and unisex).
Russia has the same system, and at least 10 years ago it still wasn't unisex. Boys' crafts included woodworks and metalworks, while girls learned cooking and sewing.
Those were pretty good classes, I enjoyed them. Learned to use a coping saw, some wood and metal working. We had a lathe there and all. Some of that I had learned from my dad, but we just didn't have a lathe or those other tools and materials at home.
Our classes also included doing demolition. The school was being remodeled so they gave us hammers and pick axes and told us to go wild on a few walls. Totally unhealthy and risky. But it was an exciting activity for a bunch of 14 year olds.
Another time the teacher told to "go and get these bricks from that construction site, so and so will let you in". Looking back I am pretty sure, he was sending us to steal after he cut a deal with the guard.
Oh and also other class was told to cut some trees. Those trees were not on the school property.
But we never got to do anything. Wr had a room of wood- and metalworking appliances that got turned on maybe once per months. Laziness + risk aversion = paperwork instead of handiwork. We goofed around mostly.
At my junior high school outside of Cleveland, Ohio, the boys had wood shop in 7th grade and metal shop in 8th grade. Girls took "home economics", cooking and perhaps sewing. This was in 1967 through 1969. I don't know what the schools there teach now.
I was at high school (13-17yo) in Australia from around 1990-1994. We had Tech Studies which included three separate components: woodwork, metalwork and plastics. We also did Home Economics which included basic cookery, sewing, etc. Both boys and girls undertook these same classes. From memory, there was one year where this was compulsory (14-15yo or so) and then people interested in more tended to specialise in later years of high school or leave at 15 to take on a trade apprenticeship.
I think school age students would benefit from more subjects like this as part of their formative years, learning basic practical and finance skills.
My middle school in the USA (Texas, in particular) included a 'Technical Applications' curriculum. As of ~2001-2004, this included:
Level 1: basic computer (Windows and Mac OS) usage, desktop productivity/publishing apps (Microsoft Office), and basic digital photography and image/video editing (Adobe Creative Suite).
Level 3: PHP, AppleScript, apprenticeship handling low-level technical support issues and IT operations tasks for the school district
Level 1 was obligatory for all students. Levels 2 and 3 were available for 2nd and 3rd year Middle School students that wished to continue the progression. Very few opportunities aside from typical digital arts or compsci options were available at the high school level afterwards.
Most (65% or better) of my peers that took the 2nd and 3rd level Tech Apps courses are now employed in some sort of IT role.
When I was in high school here in Scotland in the late 70s and early 80s we did quite a lot of interesting stuff: metalwork, woodwork, technical drawing. I was absolutely terrified of using the lathe though.... welding was fun.
However, my absolute favourite courses were navigation and seamanship - I was gutted that I had to drop these to continue with French which I thought (incorrectly) I needed to get into university.
This lasted between 1963 (the year this unified middle school was introduced, previously there were specific work-oriented schools) and 1979 (they year the subject became a more theoretical "Technical Education", and unisex).