Wants and Needs
Learning Targets:
I can...
- Define the difference between wants and needs by sorting pictures into the correct categories.
- Identify my own wants and needs.
- Compare my wants and needs to those of people in other communities around the world.
- Explain why access to clean water is a basic human need.
Service-Learning Connection:
After learning the difference between wants and needs, students can:
- Discuss why clean water is a basic human need for every person.
- Research an H2O for Life partner school and compare daily needs.
- Create classroom posters showing why clean water is essential.
- Organize a "Needs vs. Wants" donation drive or classroom awareness campaign.
- Begin planning an H2O for Life service-learning project to help provide clean water and sanitation to a partner school.