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Needs and Wants

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Lesson plan · North Dakota · NDNAEU 1 · NDNAEU 3 · NDNAEU 7

Themes: Land & stewardship, Kinship & family, Identity & belonging, Storytelling & oral tradition, Education & learning, Values & generosity, Culture & continuity, Food & plants, Economy & livelihoods, Listening & observation

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Inquiry Design Model (IDM) Blueprint™ Needs and Wants NDNAEU 1 “Sacred Relatives”, NDNAEU 3 “Sharing & Generosity”, NDNAEU 7 “Native Identity” Compelling Question What are the essential needs in our lives? Standards and Practices ND Health Standard 4: Students demonstrate the ability to use communication skills to enhance health. 4.2.1 Identify healthy ways to express needs, wants, feelings, and emotions (e.g., discuss how you are a special person, listen, take turns, happy laugh, happy-cry, sad-cry). ND Social Studies Standards E.K_2.3 Identify consumer decisions and the difference between needs and wants. E.3_5.8 Describe how economics have changed over time. Staging the Question If you were lost in a forest, what would be important to have with you? Supporting Question 1 Supporting Question 2 Supporting Question 3 What is a want?  What is a need? What were the traditional wants and needs of the Indigenous People of North Dakota? How have wants and needs changed throughout time? Formative Performance Task Formative Performance Task Formative Performance Task Given examples of wants and needs, students will sort items by correct category. Compare your wants and needs with the traditional wants and needs of the Indigenous People of North Dakota. Create a Past/Present T chart. Discuss differences between traditional and contemporary wants and needs. Featured Sources Featured Sources Featured Sources Arthur’s TV by Marc Brown https://www.amazon.com/Arthurs-Trouble-Adventure-Hardcover-September/dp/B010EWDQSG/ref=sr_1_9?s=books&ie=UTF8&qid=1470336805&sr=1-9&keywords=arthur%27s+tv+books Chicken Sunday by Patricia Polacco https://www.amazon.com/Chicken-Sunday-Patricia-Polacco/dp/0698116151/ref=sr_1_1?s=books&ie=UTF8&qid=1470336859&sr=1- Nothing by Jon Agee https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Gxl2HuAVRw0&t=20s Needs and Wants Sorting Activity https://www.teacherspayteachers.com/Product/Wants-and-Needs-Freebie-1641427 Needs and Wants (Used on Amazon) https://www.amazon.com/Needs-Wants-Pebble-BooksGillia/dp/1429617071/ref=sr_1_1?s=books&ie=UTF8&qid=1470326208&sr=1-1&keywords=needs+and+wants+pebble+books The Giving Tree by Shel Silverstein https://www.amazon.com/Giving-Tree-Shel-Silverstein/dp/0060256656/ref=sr_1_1?s=books&ie=UTF8&qid=1470336981&sr=1-1&keywords=the+giving+tree+by+shel+silverstein https://www.wolakotaproject.org/lakota-stories/ How People Learn to Fish Iktomi’s Blanket SUMMATIVE PERFORMANCE TASK: Supported Claim (written/spoken) or Demonstration of Process (project-based) During a class discussion, have students explain how one item can be both a need and a want. SUMMATIVE PERFORMANCE TASK: Extension After creating a list of wants and needs, justify your answers through discussion Taking Informed Action / Real World Application Class research or discussion on how we keep our essential needs accessible to us (land, air, food and water).

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