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WANTS VS. NEEDS
Students gain an appreciation for wants and needs by analyzing poems, researching spending choices on the internet, interviewing family members, and create power point slides.
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Needs And Wants
Students make cards illustrating things they think they need and want to be healthy and happy. Groups then sort these cards into "wants" and "needs." The whole class discusses what it means when people's basic needs are not met and the...
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People making a difference
Pupils identify resources that all humans need and compare needs and wants. In this needs and wants lesson plan, students discuss with their teacher situations in which people need or want items and how some people don't have the...
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Having a Savings Plan
Learners discover the importance of saving and spending. In this finance lesson, students read the book Kermit the Hermit and discuss the differences between needs and wants. The learners complete worksheets concerning money in their...
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The Wants and Needs of Making a Difference
Students analyze a reading selection. In this wants and needs lesson, students read a story to facilitate a discussion about wants and needs. Students discuss how communities help each other in difficult times.
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Homelessness
Take a close look at homelessness with your learners. In this character development lesson, young artists draw a large pair of sunglasses, adding their family and pictures representing their belongings and values on the left lens, and a...
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Meeting Our Daily Needs
Learners investigate the concept of basic needs. In this philanthropy instructional activity, students define the term "philanthropy" and brainstorm ways to help others who don't get their basic needs met. Learners analyze and sort acts...
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"Going Camping"
Students review the difference between "wants" and "needs." Students apply acquired knowledge by preparing for a pretend camping trip. Students plan out their trip together and then revise their list twice.
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Wants Vs. Needs: The Pilgrims sail to America
Students work in groups to create a list of the items needed by the Pilgrims to bring to America. In this wants vs. needs lesson plan, students must agree on what should be on the list. Students create their list by order of importance....
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Wanted: Water!
Learners determine what percentage of the Earth is water and how much water is needed by humans.
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Focus: "R" Is for Respect
Students examine how rules are important for both individuals and groups. They discover how rules are tools so that people can live and work together.
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Kindergarten Money
Students identify the various coins and their values through presentations, a rubric, a value pretest, and coin manipulatives. Money is incorporated into various activities whether at home or in school. Students create money webs using...
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Where is Agriculture?
Students study agriculture. In this agriculture activity, students investigate how agriculture helps to meet a family's needs. Students identify things in their home that began as agriculture.
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What Do I Want To Be When I Grow Up?
Young scholars explore numerous types of careers. As a class, they list people they know and the types of jobs and services that are provided. Students discuss the responsibilities of having a job. Volunteer young scholars explain...
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People Making a Difference
Students research the idea of basic needs, study philanthropists in their community, and think about ways to help others receive basic needs. For this needs and philanthropy lesson, students brainstorm about basic needs. Students use...
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Pet Overpopulation
Students identify the needs of animals. For this animal welfare lesson, students read the article "If This Cat Could Wish" and identify the needs of animals. Students color in a coloring sheet of a cat.
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What I Want to Be
Students draw pictures of what they might like to be when they grow up. They discuss their reasons for choosing that career and what they might need to do that job.
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Settling Disputes
Students examine the need for having a fair way of settling disputes between people. They role play hypothetical problems
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Traveling Community Journal Project
Learners create an online "community journal". In this communities instructional activity, students use a writing template to send e-mail to various people to learn more about their community. The journal is passed from person to person.
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Inventions 2: The Impact
Students explore innovators and inventions. In this technology lesson, students investigate the issues inventors face as they tackle new technology. Students design their own realistic needs-based invention.
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Agriculture Counts
Agricultural survey and the documentation of livestock or goods was the basis for the first written language. Youngsters discuss sorting and counting, and how these skills have been used for thousands of years. They accent their class...
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The Bare Necessities
Students distinguish between wants and needs. In this basic needs lesson, students understand that some people do not have the basic necessities and that they can help them. Student suggestions to help are charted. Students are...
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Agriculture Counts
Students discuss the kinds of things they count and how to use tally marks. In this social science lesson, students count animal crackers by using tally marks for each kind of animal. The tally marks are changed into numbers and one...
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Build a Black History Database/Timeline
Students research famous people and events in Black History then break the biographies and events down into specific information related to dates in history. They