Financial Literacy- Making Decisions LIFE SKILLS CURRICULUM: Wants vs. Needs Gr. 9-12+
 
One of the most basic concepts when it comes to saving money is learning how to determine our needs and wants. It seems simple to do, but many blur the lines and send more money on their wants vs their needs. In this course students will learn how to determine their needs and their wants.

Scope and Sequence
Defining happiness
Compare and contrast wants vs needs
Identify wants and needs
Activity


Standards
#1: Integrate 21st century skills into core academic subject standards. Each subject area should be treated differently, with an eye for thoughtful and authentic ways to incorporate skills like critical thinking, problem solving, communication, information literacy and technology literacy into the standard.


#2: Integrate 21st century themes into core subject area standards, where appropriate. Global awareness, financial literacy, health literacy and civic literacy are all requirements in the 21st century and should be intentionally integrated into state standards wherever possible.

Objectives
Students will be able to:
Define happiness
Compare and contrast wants vs needs
Explore Maslow Hierarchy’s of Needs
Create a list of their own wants and needs

Differentiated Instruction
Inquiry-based learning
Self-directed learning
Journal writing
Goal-setting
Project

Materials
Lesson
Workbook

Assessments
Formative
Project based