BioEd Online
Bio Ed Online: Living Things and Their Needs: Need or Want?
Students learn the difference between wanting something and needing something in order to survive. The lesson can be downloaded in PDF format.
Utah Education Network
Uen: Lesson Plan: All I Really Need!
Lesson that helps students understand the difference between needs and wants. Students discuss the story The Bag I'm Taking to Grandma's by Shirley Neitsel and then decide which items they need to take to grandma's house and which items...
Utah Education Network
Uen: Lesson Plan: Do I Want or Need?
Lesson that reinforces the difference between needs and wants as students discuss the book Alexander, Who Used to be Rich Last Sunday by Judith Viorst. Includes link to discussion questions.
Council for Economic Education
Econ Ed Link: The Perfect Pet
Consider the economic concept of scarcity while selecting items to buy at a pet store.
Council for Economic Education
Econ Ed Link: No Room for a Sneeze
This lesson plan teaches students about scarcity and standard of living. In the book "No Room for a Sneeze", a folktale retold by Robyn Supraner, a farmer and his wife must deal with scarcity in their home so they turn to the Wiseman for...
SMART Technologies
Smart: Wants and Needs
Use the SMART Table activity to identify the difference between a want and a need.
HotChalk
Hot Chalk: Lesson Plans Page: Wants and Needs
Lesson plans for teaching the fundamental economic concept of needs and wants for grades 1 and 2 using the book The Rag Coat by Lauren Mills. Students work in groups to discuss and classify various images to illustrate the difference...