Wants and Needs

What do I need in life?

My Expectations

• Listen while the teacher is talking• Listen while other students are talking• Put up your hand if you would like to speak• Be reliable• Respect others at all times• Use appropriate language

What do we want?

What are some things we want…but don’t really need?

• http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=XP7bSQpcWVY

We have rights…

We have the right to:• Life • Health care• Somewhere to live• Education• Food and water….

We do not have the right to…

• Take the rights of others• To do whatever we want, whenever we want

• We have responsibilities…..

• What we want is different from what we need

In your exercise books• Write the title: Needs and Wants

A need is something we have to survive and live.A want is something we believe makes our life

better.

What do I want? What do I need?

What are some things we need?

• Food• Water• Clean sanitation

• If you are reading this, and are being good, give yourself one credit….

Japan last month…

Japan today….

• http://www.guardian.co.uk/world/video/2011/mar/14/japan-tsunami-amateur-footage-video

You are in an emergency.

You need to survive. • What things do you bring with you from your

house to survive?• Food?• Water?• Clothing?

In Pairs

• Create a mind map of all the things you need to take with you from your house to survive…

Learning Objectives

• Have we explored our own wants and needs?

• Have we begun to understand about our rights and responsibilities with what we need to survive?

• Have we looked at resources and how they meet our wants and needs?