LESSONPLANTEMPLATE

YourName:CaitlinLawler
TitleofLesson:WantsandNeedsareImportant
Grade:Firstgrade

STANDARDS
NOTE:Pleaselistatleasttwocompletestandardsyourlessonplancovers.[CommonCoreStateStandards
(mathandlanguagearts),NextGenerationScienceStandards(science),ArizonaStateSocialStudies
Standards(socialstudies)].

Socialstudies
Strand5Economics:Concept1FoundationsofEconomics
PO1.Discussthedifferencebetweenbasicneedsandwants.
PO2.Recognizethatpeopleneedtomakechoicesbecauseoflimitedresources.

Mathematics
1.OA.B.3Applypropertiesofoperations(commutativeandassociativepropertiesofaddition)as
strategiestoaddandsubtractthrough20.(Studentsneednotuseformaltermsfortheseproperties.)

LESSONSUMMARY/OVERVIEW
Provideanoverview/synopsisofthelessonandthetopicsthatitwillcover.Makesuretoprovideareason
whyyouselectedthistoberelevantforaunitonsustainability?

Thislessonwillgivethestudentsmoreexperiencewithwantsandneeds.Thelessonwillstartatthefront
carpetandthestudentsandteacherwilldiscusswhytheythinkwantsandneedscouldbeasustainability
issue.Theywilltalkabouthowwantsandneedsareaproblemwiththedistributionofgoodsandthey
willdiscusshowandwhythiscanbeaproblem.Afterthisdiscussionthestudentswillbeginworkingon
aTcharttodistinguishbetweenwantsandneeds.Studentswillcutoutpicturesfrommagazinesorprint
outsanddeterminewhethertheybelongasawantorneed.Afterthisactivitythestudentswilleach
receivedifferentamountsofbeadsandhavetheopportunitytobuydifferentitemsthatarelaidouton
frontcarpet.Afterthestudentsbuytheitemstheywantandneedthentheywillcometothefrontcarpetto
discusswhattheyobservedduringtheactivityandhowtheymadedecisionstobuyvariousitems.They
willalsotalkaboutthedifferentwaysofthinkingtheyusedandwilllearnthenamesofthosewaysof
thinking.

OBJECTIVES
Describewhatyouwantstudentstoknow/beabletodoasaresultofthelesson.
Forexample,Studentswillbeableto

Studentswillbeabletounderstandthatnotallpeoplecanfulfilltheirneedswhileotherpeoplecanhave
morethantheyneedusingawantsandneedsTchartandabeadeconomic(buying)system.

ASSESSMENT/EVALUATION
Whatmeasureswillyouusetoknowifyoustudentsmettheobjectives?

TheteacherwillassesstheTcharttomakesurethestudentshaveplacedthepicturesinthecorrect
column.Teacherwillalsoevaluatehowthestudentsdecidetospendtheirmoneywiththebeadeconomic
system(buyingneedsfirstratherthanwants)aswellashowthediscussionaftergoes(noticingthatnot
allthestudentshadthesameamountofbeads).

PREREQUISITEKNOWLEDGE
Whatwillstudentsneedtoknowpriortocompletingthislessonandhowwillyouaccesstheirprior
knowledge?

Studentswillknowwhatawantisandwhataneedisbasedondiscussionsandlessonstheotherdays.
Studentswillalsoknowhowtoaddthebeadsusingtheirmathematicsskillstobuythewantsandneeds.

MATERIALS
Listofrequiredmaterials.
WantsandneedsTchart
Magazines
Pictureprints
PictureprintsofWantsandNeedsforbeadactivities
Beads

VOCABULARY/KEYWORDS
Listofkeyvocabularyterms.
WantsSomethingpeoplewouldliketohave
NeedsSomethingpeoplemusthavetolive
MoneyCoinsandpaperbillsproducedbythegovernment
Goodsitemsthatareboughtorsold
Sustainabilityhowwemaintaintheworldwelivein

TEACHINGPROCEDURES
ProceduralSteps(Stepbystepinstructionsforteachingthelesson):

Theteacherwillhavethestudentsatthefrontcarpetandthestudentsandteacherwilldiscuss
whytheythinkwantsandneedscouldbeasustainabilityissue.
Theclasswillalsotalkabouthowwantsandneedsareaproblemwiththedistributionofgoods
theywilldiscusshowandwhythiscanbeaproblem.
Theteacherwillthendescribetheactivitythatthestudentswillbeworkingon.
Afterstudentslistentothedirectionsofthefirstactivityandlistentobehavioralexpectationsthey
willbecalledbyrowsthathavegoodbehavior.
ThepaperpasserswillpassouttheTcharttoeachstudentandtheywillwritetheirnameatthe
topofthepaper.
Theteacherwillthenpassoutmagazinesandthepaperprintoutstothetableteamsandthe
studentscanbegincuttingouttheprints.
Studentswillcutoutpicturesfrommagazinesorprintoutsanddeterminewhethertheybelongas
awantorneed.
ThestudentswillworkonaTcharttodistinguishbetweenwantsandneeds.
Afterthisactivitythestudentswilleachreceivedifferentamountsofbeadsandhavethe
opportunitytobuydifferentitemsthatarelaidoutonfrontcarpet.
Thehousewillbeworth10beads,theelectricitywillbeworth12beads,waterwillbeworth5
beads,foodwillbeworth6beads,abedwillbeworth8beadsandsoonfortheneeds.Forthe
 wantstoyswillbeworth5beads,videogameswillbeworth7beads,acarwillbeworth10
beads,acomputerwillbeworth8beadsandsoonwiththewants.
Theteacherwillstandatthefrontoftheroomwiththeitemsandcollectthebeadmoney.
Eachtableteamwillcomeupandbuytheitemstheywant.
Afterthestudentsbuytheitemstheywantandneedthentheywillcomebacktothefrontcarpet
todiscusswhattheyobservedduringtheactivityandhowtheymadedecisionstobuyvarious
items.
Theteacherwillthentalktothestudentsabouthowtheyallhaddifferentamountsof
beads/moneyandsosomeofthestudentswereabletobuymorethantheyneedwhileotherswere
notabletobuytheirneeds.
Thestudentswillalsotalkaboutwhatkindsofthinkingtheyused.
Theywilllearnthenamesofthosewaysofthinkinganddiscussthem.
Aftertheywillhearaboutthelessonforthenextdayaswellastalkaboutthefieldtrip.

RESOURCES
Listanyreferencesyouusedtocreatethislesson.Ifyouborrowedideasfromanylessonplanspleasenote
themhere.UseAPAformat.

Needsandwantslessonplan:exploringbasiceconomics.(n.d.).RetrievedApril10,2017,from
https://educators.brainpop.com/lessonplan/needsandwantslessonplan/

Waysofthinking.(2014).RetrievedApril25,2017,fromhttp://sse.asu.edu/waysofthinking/

Whatissustainabilityenvironmentforkids.(n.d.).RetrievedApril25,2017,from
http://mocomi.com/sustainability/

WAYSOFTHINKINGCONNECTION
Provideacompleteexplanationofhowyourlessonplanconnectstofutures,system,strategic,orvalues
thinking.Definethewayofthinkingyouselectedandusedinthislessonplan.Remember,thisshouldbe
includedmeaningfullyinthelessonplan.

Thethinkingthatthestudentswilluseduringthislessonisvaluesthinking.Valuesthinkingcallsonthe
studentstolookathowtheirvaluesinfluencethedecisionstheymake.Italsoshowthemthateveryone
hasdifferentwaysofthinkinghowevertheyareallvaluable.Thestudentsdemonstratevaluesthinking
throughwhentheyarebuyingthewantsandneedswiththeirbeadmoney.Theirvaluesthinkingshows
themhowtheybuywhattheybuyandalsoshowsthemhowotherstudentsdothataswell.Itisalso
demonstratedthroughthediscussionandthelearningthatnoteveryonecanfulfilltheirwantsandneeds
whileothershavemoreandcanfulfillalltheirwantsandneeds.